Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
They are very cool. I'm getting several for the backyard.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
Those are beautiful, but I would put those under a covered space.Nan6b wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:40 am This one is classy.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
Pink flamingo garden stuff is just plain fun. If they make you smile go for it!
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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.

Flamingos in bluebonnets.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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.
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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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
That's the ones in Austin out on 360.SpookyShoe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:47 pmGinger2778 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.
Screenshot_2020-03-01-13-56-43~2.png Flamingos in bluebonnets.
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.

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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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. )
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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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
Ouch! My eyes! I can't unsee that.SpookyShoe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:47 pmGinger2778 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.
Screenshot_2020-03-01-13-56-43~2.png Flamingos in bluebonnets.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
I remember the real pink flamingos on the coast along with all the other birds.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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.
Pink flamingos in Wisconsin is very tacky.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
Someone here must rent out a flock, as I've seen them occasionally.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
they look great...in Fla. here they are just tacky. shudder.
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
I say we all pitch in and rent a flock for Marsha's front yard. 
Donna, zone 9, El Lago, Texas
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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
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.SpookyShoe wrote: ↑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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Re: Pink flamingos garden decor...tacky or retro cool?
My old veterinarian/good friend used to breed Jack Russel / Fox terrier 50/50 mixes .
What a handful.

What a handful.



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