Why do so many people in America use Flamingoes as garden gnomes?
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Cause they are IDIOTS! That's my guess!! They probably have an old Dodge truck in the front yard that serves as rust storage!
Maybe even a toilet bowl planter!!
Sandy :O(
I never really thought about that..but I see those bright pink flamingoes, usually in Florida...probably has something to do with wanting their lawn to "stand out".
Not many do.....
What do you use?
They're so tacky...why do I like them? For me, they're less creepy than some little gnome staring at you...you just don't know what they're thinking...
They are exotic, something only people see on tv. That and they are cheaper then stone carved gnomes.
It's a "Florida dream" thing. I guess if they see the pink plastic flamingos, they think they are in Florida. Is cheaper than living there though.
I thought they used flamingos as flamingos and garden gnomes as garden gnomes! When I was a kid, they were used as decorations, they signified warm weather, beaches, and the state of Florida. A place 'seniors' retired to. I only saw them on the 'old folks' gardens. Now, as far as I know its a joke. Because they are so pink and plastic and not natural. Surely anyone who has them on their lawn know people think its funny. I think people put them on their lawns to make other people smile!
I'm not sure what the proper use of a garden gnome is. If it's to look ridiculous, then that's why 95% of we Americans keep them in our yards.
I think they are tacky.But in my town it is a charity thing they do.If your participating in the charity you put a flamingo in your yard.( something like that).I'd rather walk for a charity.those flamingos are goofy.
i saw where people would come and put those pink flamingoes in your yard ,and you had to donate money to have someone come and get them.that would be the only way i would have them.
It probably started in Florida, which is the only place you'll find them in the U.S., and they're not even native there. Maybe someone's grandparents moved there, got them, and someone got them to remind them of them, and it took off. We have a cute charity program here--they'll stick about 20 of them in a person's yard with a sign saying, "You've been flocked!"
Because we can. So there!
don't know why ,,but they get stole around here when they go outside sickos all over now days
Because they're "white trash chic" and the closest thing to "art deco" a trailer park can get. I got some! :)
it was a 1950's solution to making the yard look tropical.
It may be just me but i have yet to see any here. Though that is a question to ponder..
It's a tacky Florda thing. Ugh!
I thought there was a movement to reclaim all those birds...? Isn't the manufacturer going around getting them from homes? I'm not sure where I heard/saw that... Oh, definitely tropical and less creepy than the gnomes... Gnomes get stolen more than birds right...?
I have one because it matches my old Ford pickup truck on blocks in the front yard (that serves as rust storage) and toilet bowl planter.
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I guess because they like them!
I never see flamingos but I love yard ornaments!! A flamingo and maybe one of those colored balls.
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