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                      Little pink flamingos for you and me
                                        
> BOSTON—The original pink flamingo lawn ornament, the symbol of kitsch whose
> obituary was almost written after its central Massachusetts manufacturer
> went out of business, is rising phoenix-like from the ashes and taking wing
> to upstate New York.
> 
> A manufacturer that bought the copyright and plastic molds for the original
> version plans to resume production in Westmoreland, N.Y. HMC International
> LLC will pick up where Union Products Inc. left off last year when it
> shuttered its Leominster, Mass., plastics factory after 50 years of making
> flamingos.
> 

“Flamingos back from the dead [1]” (link via Bunny)

Back in October, I reported on the demise of the plastic pink flamingo [2],
but I'm happy to report that the pla stic pink flamingo [3] has been taken
off the extinction list.

[1] http://www.sun-/
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/10/21.1
[3] http://www.yourmediacoverage.com/theatre/?reel=PinkPlasticFlamingo

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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