[Magdalen] Creator of Cultural Icon RIP

[Jo Craddock]

Our youth group started doing this a few years ago as an Epiphany season 
fund raiser. The most popular Mardi Gras parade/krewe in Baton Rouge is 
that of Spanish Town, a politically-incorrect, very edgy parade, that 
started in the eclectic neighborhood bordering the state capitol, so 
usually goes with a political theme. The mascot of Spanish Town: the 
pink flamingo. The City Park lake is filled with six-foot wooden pink 
flamingos near the start of carnival season, and it just grows from there.

http://www.spanishtownmardigras.com/parade.htm

All to say: the flamingos were in *high* demand, and we had several 
families disappointed that they *weren't* flocked, thus having the 
unofficial BR Mardi Gras mascot all over their front yard. In fact, this 
year, we had to set a three-day limit for keeping the flock in one's 
yard, and were able to charge additional fees for a longer period!

Peace,
Jo



On 06/24/2015 4:50 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> Actually, I believe the flamingo insurance is not against being flocked,
> but insures cleanup in the event one is flocked.
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Jay Weigel<jay.weigel at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> >A source of income for the youth group of my former parish in TN...you can
>> >pay them to "flock" someone of your choice (place a large number of said
>> >cultural icons about their lawn in dead of night). They also sell "flamingo
>> >insurance, which one may purchase against being "flocked", so they come out
>> >ahead in either direction.
>> >
>> >On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Jim Guthrie<jguthrie at pipeline.com>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>>> >>"Don Featherstone did not invent Phoenicopterus ruber: Nature took care
>>> >>of that eons ago. But what Mr. Featherstone did nearly six decades ago — in
>>> >>the process indelibly altering the landscape of midcentury America — was to
>>> >>cast the creature in plastic and attach slender, rodlike legs for planting
>>> >>it in the ground."
>>> >>
>>> >>Read it all:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/business/don-featherstone-inventor-of-the-pink-flamingo-in-plastic-dies-at-79.html
>>> >>
>>> >>(Not to be confused with the great 1972 movie of the same name)
>>> >>
>>> >>Cheers,
>>> >>Jim
>>> >>
>>> >>"The enemy isn’t liberalism;
>>> >>the enemy isn’t conservatism.
>>> >>The enemy, is baloney." - Lars Erik Nelson
>>> >>
>> >
>> >