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Post number 14132

stuporJIX — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:02:28 -0800

If your flamingo doesn't have a signature on its bum, the terrorists have already won. Someone has secretly monkeyed with the classic plastic pink flamingo -- and outraged connoisseurs are calling for a worldwide boycott of America's beloved bauble of bad taste.

By: danOstuporStar

danOstuporStar — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:14:16 -0800

now you've done it. you got me all nostalgic for the years i lived in spanishtown. the best damn neighborhood on louisiana.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:35:28 -0800

My flamingo is of 1984 vintage, pre-signature, though it has been specially modified with internal flashing Christmas lights. Classy.

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:14:21 -0800

*grin* What a walk down memory lane. Back when I lived with my parents, in a very upscale *sticks nose in air* neighborhood, our neighbors couldn't stand the pair of flamingos prominently displayed in our front yard. One night, the flamingo mafia came and took them away...

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:16:45 -0800

Uhr? If they were made for thirty years without the signature, then it's the signature that is unnatural and its removal is merely a return to the flamingo's natural state.

By: th3ph17

th3ph17 — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:18:21 -0800

AIR is a great zine...my family never had plastic lawn animals...but i used to get AIR newsletters thru a BBS many moons ago. kindall...if this is an AIR-headed protest, it is half-joke.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:28:18 -0800

I promise. I'll never buy a plastic flamingo, with or without a signature on the ass.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:54:10 -0800

now you've done it. you got me all nostalgic for the years i lived in spanishtown. the best damn neighborhood on louisiana. Not only the best damn neighborhood, the best damn Mardi Gras parade! I'll put the pink flamingos up against Bacchus beads anyday. (okay, okay, the Zulu Coconut trumps them both, but still...)

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:30:20 -0800

Yeah, well, it would be funnier if it made sense.

By: Carol Anne

Carol Anne — Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:29:48 -0800

Cartoonist Berke Breathed, in mid-80s Albuquerque, violated a housing covenant by placing pink plastic flamingoes in his yard. He got back into compliance (though not the hearts of his neighbors) by painting the birds "adobe" tan.