[Magdalen] More screws definitely seem to be coming loose...

[Marion Thompson]

I was the happy subject of 50 birthday surprise Flamingos on my lawn 
back in the day.  Golly, over a quarter century ago!!!!!  A church youth 
group had nothing to do with it. :-D

Marion, a pilgrim


On 8/3/2016 4:28 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> One occasional custom in this area is for church youth groups to "sell" flamingos at $1 apiece for birthday celebrations. Someone orders a number of flamingos equal to the person's age, and then the kids plant them in the recipient's yard under cover of darkness.
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> Grace Cangialosi
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> "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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> On August 3, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/3/2016 3:46:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
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> That is  totally bizarre! Do you suppose he thought she was
> plastic?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> The (plastic) pink flamingo craze is everywhere.  It would be
> interesting to find how this craze originated.  Being a John
> Waters fan, I tend to relate it to his first color film, "Pink  Flamingos,"
> but OTOH that film already uses plastic pink flamingos, so the
> phenomenon must have started earlier.
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> In any case, I have 50 of them in my garden and they are visible
> from the street.  I periodically move the flock, much to the
> amusement of passersby.  My Alma Mater has an annual pink
> flamingo time when the main undergraduate mall is decorated.
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> Just google Bascom Hall UW-Madison Pink Flamingos.  There
> are plenty of pictures..
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> David S.
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