[Magdalen] Spring peepers!!

[Jay Weigel]

Pink flamingos are the weapons of choice and a fundraiser for the youth
group of All Saints', Morristown, TN. Folks pay them to place the flock in
people's yards, along with a sign saying "You've been flocked!" They used
to also sell "flamingo insurance" which guaranteed that you wouldn't be
flocked, but I think now it only guarantees that they'll clean up if you
are. You can see pictures on the All Saints Facebook page. They have
flocked a few commercial targets this year, including the local arts center
and the Chamber of Commerce. If I still lived there I would pay good money
to have them flock the big First Baptist Church (aka Fort God) across the
street <evil grin>

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Reminds me a little of the flock of plastic pink flamingos that our
> yard/garden
> guy plays with when he comes by once or twice a week during the  summer.
> Our little flock, some 20 in number, move here and there in the  garden,
> to everyones' amusement since the garden opens onto the street.
>
> I don't know how this pink flamingo thing got started.  There is, of
> course,
> the notorious film of the same name by John Waters.  Then there was  the
> mass display along the Mississippi bluffs at Savannah, Illinois (where  the
> Burlington Zephyrs left the river for a straight shot at Chicago),  and
> more recently, it has worked it's way into a tradition on Bascom  Hill,
> UW-Madison Campus.
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> http://www.surroundedbyreality.com/UW/Other/Presidents/PinkF.asp
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> David Strang.
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> n a message dated 3/3/2016 9:23:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> Peeps  will ever remind me of a particular roommate who used to place a
> single row  of five Peeps in unexpected places in the house. I'd be
> shaving, and  something would catch my eye and I'd look up to see a row
> of yellow beaks  protruding from above the bathroom mirror. Some days
> they'd be in the  fridge or on a bookshelf. Of course I played along
> and repositioned the  Peeps every time. What made it extra funny was
> that we didn't mention this  to each other while it was going on.
> Silent shenanigans.
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> On Thu, Mar  3, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Cantor03--- via  Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > Likewise, here in  Pennsylvania you know it's spring by the stacks of
> > brightly colored  "Peeps," the marshmallow based candy made just
> > down the pike at  Bethlehem (PA).
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> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater,  Chicago, Illinois USA
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