MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Some stories don't fly. This one doesn't even breathe.
The city council of Wisconsin's capital voted on Tuesday to designate the plastic pink flamingo its official bird, honoring a college prank committed 30 years ago.
In 1979, University of Wisconsin students planted roughly 1,000 of the pink plastic birds on a grassy incline outside the dean's office.
Alderman Marsha Rummel told the Wisconsin State Journal the council's 15-4 vote ensured the event was "captured in our imaginations forever."
Pink (Plastic) Flamingo becomes official Bird of Madison WI.
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Pink (Plastic) Flamingo becomes official Bird of Madison WI.
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Re: Pink (Plastic) Flamingo becomes official Bird of Madison WI.
THAT'S AWESOME!!!Now I know this Joe down in Mexico.
He went there to work on his tan.
For years he's been plugged into blenders and songs.
They call him the Twelve Volt Man
He went there to work on his tan.
For years he's been plugged into blenders and songs.
They call him the Twelve Volt Man