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Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?

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Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:32 am

They are very cool. I'm getting several for the backyard.
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:14 pm

Nan6b wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:40 am This one is classy.
https://www.lakeside.com/Garden---Outdo ... lsrc=aw.ds
Those are beautiful, but I would put those under a covered space.
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:34 pm

I live in Florida, home of real flamingos. Those pepto bismol pink plastic ones are seriously tacky. I think I might be a minority opinion though.
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:42 pm

Pink flamingo garden stuff is just plain fun. If they make you smile go for it!

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Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:47 pm

Ginger2778 wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:34 pm I live in Florida, home of real flamingos. Those pepto bismol pink plastic ones are seriously tacky.

I like funky stuff, so the
Pepto-Bismol pink ones are just what I had in mind. :D
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Flamingos in bluebonnets.
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:48 pm

There is a local sign business that has a hillside facing the highway. They have several flamingos that they arrange for special events. Heart shaped for Valentines Day, ribbon for breast cancer awareness, etc. Pretty cool.

We have a wrap around deck and have an island corner. Flower pot with pink flamingo, small round table with tile flamingo and two chairs with flamingo cushions.
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:23 pm

SpookyShoe wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:47 pm
Ginger2778 wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:34 pm I live in Florida, home of real flamingos. Those pepto bismol pink plastic ones are seriously tacky.

I like funky stuff, so the
Pepto-Bismol pink ones are just what I had in mind. :D

Screenshot_2020-03-01-13-56-43~2.png Flamingos in bluebonnets.
That's the ones in Austin out on 360.
Been seeing them for years.
Not for sure if they are still there or not.

I need to find a bunch of fake vultures for my yard. :lol:
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:47 pm

Oh, I like them. Very funky and retro. Tacky, yes, but only if your grandmother has them along with plastic gnomes and squirrels. I think i would bend their little legs and sit them at a table playing checkers or something. But then I would have to fashion some flamingo wings/arms to look like they were moving the checkers so obviously it is very important that I never get any as that is the last thing on earth I need to do. You do have to have more than one, of course. One is sad.

There was a business that would deliver a ‘pat’ of them and put them in somebody’s yard for a joke. I guess you rented them. ( I looked it up- ‘pat’ is a bunch of flamingos. )
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:20 pm

SpookyShoe wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:47 pm
Ginger2778 wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:34 pm I live in Florida, home of real flamingos. Those pepto bismol pink plastic ones are seriously tacky.

I like funky stuff, so the
Pepto-Bismol pink ones are just what I had in mind. :D

Screenshot_2020-03-01-13-56-43~2.png Flamingos in bluebonnets.
Ouch! My eyes! I can't unsee that.😨😮
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:28 pm

I remember the real pink flamingos on the coast along with all the other birds.
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:11 pm

There is a school here that will "flock" a person's yard for a fee as a fundraiser. That would be funny to drive up and see a yard full. 🙂
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Mon Mar 02, 2020 12:23 am

In my neighborhood they have a flock that appear in people's yards as a hoax for the dreaded 50 and 60 birthdays.

Pink flamingos in Wisconsin is very tacky.
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Post: # 12622Unread post Nan6b
Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:02 am

Someone here must rent out a flock, as I've seen them occasionally.

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Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:04 pm

they look great...in Fla. here they are just tacky. shudder.

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Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:55 pm

Clkeiper wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 1:04 pm they look great...in Fla. here they are just tacky. shudder.
I live in Florida, so uh, NOPE!😛
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Mon Mar 02, 2020 3:25 pm

I say we all pitch in and rent a flock for Marsha's front yard. 😊
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Mon Mar 02, 2020 4:41 pm

SpookyShoe wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 3:25 pm I say we all pitch in and rent a flock for Marsha's front yard. 😊
Be careful or I will send you a 2 year old that just drank a cup of coffee, and a new Jack Russel terrier puppy.
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Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:15 pm

My old veterinarian/good friend used to breed Jack Russel / Fox terrier 50/50 mixes .
What a handful. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:24 pm

worth1 wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:15 pm My old veterinarian/good friend used to breed Jack Russel / Fox terrier 50/50 mixes .
What a handful. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yup, that's what I mean!!!
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