Shorts had a history of building some ugly airplanes. For instance the SB.3 which looks as if it has a problem with its proboscis.
Or the SC.1 for example.
And Boeing engineers must have had a bad night before they came up with the X-32B. That Joker-like intake and overall shape, if it had won, would have had fighter pilots wearing C-5 patches when they entered the bars.