My Fellow Flamingo lovers

[xs11jack]

I have, after years of hints, leaving advertising cutouts laying around, veering conversations around to Flamingos, I have finally obtained permission (actually wore down) from SWMBO to put a couple (They breed you know) of plastic pink Flamingos in the back yard. She thinks I will put them behind the 10X10 garden shed I built last fall(HA!). So, the local farm store called Rural King has a pair on sale for $7.99us. I must go and look at them this afternoon because I don't want the wussy little 12" or even 18", no, I am going hole hog and am looking for a minimum of 24". Now comes the rub, I don't have enough money to buy more than the pair from Rural King. But, if you wonderful people have any Pink Flamingos just laying around, not being apreciated for thier beauty and wonder, could you find it in your heart to contact me and just maybe we could strike a deal that wouldn't cost an arm or a XS11 part. Remember, this is not a test, this is the real thing!!!!!
Ole "pink" Jack
Notice: no pink flamingos were hurt, harassed, or damaged in the making of this ad!
OJ

[Wildkat]

Due to their fire safety hazard...

I'm afraid that plastic pink flamingoes have been outlawed in our household...

Taking the kids to a girl scout campout one afternoon, we were held up in traffic by what appeared to be a huge fire up ahead... Thinking the worst, we finally saw the source of the flames... An RV had caught on fire and the culprit? Yep... pink, plastic flamingoes... I don't know how the fire was initially started... but the flamingoes in their dastardly way... found the method to make it a fire to be reckoned with...

Good luck in your search... and better luck if you find them...

[DiverRay]

If you look up the Monterey Bay Aquarium online, you will see they have a lot of Flamingos at the moment! I don't know about the plastic ones, though...
SWMBO is a volunteer at the MBA, so she knows about all the "new" things going on.

[crazy steve]

Sorry, but anytime anybody says 'pink flamingos' all I can visualize is the John Waters movie of the same name...

'78E original owner

[fredintoon]

Frugal flamingos

Hi Jack,
as it's 1,400+ miles from my place to yours, I will share this with you.
Buy an 8 foot x 4 foot panel of 2" thick pink builder's insulating foam
(FYI, scaredyKAT, building insulation products have to be non-flammable)
Can't cost more than $10 to $15?
If you lay them out carefully you can cut ~20 two-foot flamingo profiles out of that one sheet.

[TopCatGr58]

Ebay has lots, but for the shipping fees alone, you could buy a pair locally. However these are up to 34" tall!


2 HUGE PINK FLAMINGO
Yard/Lawn Ornaments-34" Flamingos!

Item number: 200326582708



T.C.

[ross]

pink flamingos on XS11.com

hey there xs11jack.....i'm sure it's a missouri thang, but really....24"........son, ya'll thinkin' 2 small......if ya gonna go hole hog, ya gotta think big....really big!!!!

(26 "feet" tall!!)

was da picture i took of my stupid cousin holdin' his cousin's daughter right after she ate the paint chips......ride hard, ride safe...ross

[Pat Kelly]

There are more plastic pink flamingos than there are real pink flamingos. I don't remember the source but I read that several years ago.

[xs11jack]

Thanks

Guys, I like Fred's idea, but I must continue the quest for the real plastic big guys. Just keep me in mind if you happen on some of them. Thanks
Ole Jack

[ross]

another underhanded idea....

hey there xs11jack...ya could call a rental company as your neigbor, have his lawn decorated in the early morning (4am or so)....then just get up and help yourself to all you need....not recommended, but it is a thought!.....have even thought of the people that i know that i don't like.....hhmmmm.....drop a yard of pea gravel at the end of their driveway.....just for sh*ts and giggles.....ride hard, ride safe....ross

[Ken Talbot]

Buy an 8 foot x 4 foot panel of 2" thick pink builder's insulating foam
(FYI, scaredyKAT, building insulation products have to be non-flammable)
Can't cost more than $10 to $15?
If you lay them out carefully you can cut ~20 two-foot flamingo profiles out of that one sheet.

Voice of experience, Fred?

BTW - rigid pink styro is flammable, that's what you need to cover it with gyproc when you put it in your basement.

[latexeses]

Head for the nearest mobile home or trailer park. I think pink Flamingos roost there before heading out into the neighborhoods.

[freebird01752]

Well jack you are too late with the request. On my 40th bday my sister send 40 pink flamingos to be put in my yard yes 40 of those #$%# pink things. My wife and her friend put them together and placed them all over my yard. a few days I boxed them up for a while but just cleaned out the shed last month and threw them away.
Hell I would have sent them to you for free.
Sorry
Steve

[81xsproject]

On the subject of flamingos, you absolutely must watch this clip. SWMBO watches it constantly while LHAO. (LMAO, M=H, H=her).

[trbig]

Every time I scroll down the forum quickly, I see the title of this thread, and my brain reads, "My Fellow Flaming Lovers."

and I think, WTF!? for a sec.. lol.

Back to your regularly scheduled topic.


Tod