The Tacky History of the Pink Flamingo

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Meanderer said:
Very cute War...but watch out for the alligators! :) (only they were made from old tires:).)

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We have all seen the large pieces of rubber lying around on the interstates and turnpikes that are remnants of tires off of trucks that have blown that were mostly retreaded tires. Truckers call these pieces of large rubber, "Road Gators."

The first time that I encountered this term was when I was a rookie Trooper patrolling the Pennsylvania Turnpike when I came upon a semi off to the side with his 4-ways blinking. I stopped to see if I could help. He told me that he ran over a "road gator" and it flew up into his engine compartment and must have struck something because the "Check Engine Soon" light came on. (That large piece of rubber actually tore one of the fan belts.)

I was like, "What's a "road gator?" He had his laugh for the day before telling me what it was. I made the mistake of telling just a few Troopers back at the barracks the story and it got around to the rest of the guys and of course, I was continually asked for about a week if I was bitten by any "road gators" today?
 
I much prefer the real ibis, herons, cranes and egrets that live in my neighborhood. I've not seen a pink flamingo among the crowd but would not be surprised if one wandered in.
 
I had just bought my home. At work, another employee and I were joking about getting those tacky plastic flamingoes for my lawn. We were laughing our........off, when Karen walked in. All she heard was "pink flamingoes", she said she loved them. And she went on about them. But she got the idea I wanted a pair, so she kept on buying them for me. I didn't want to hurt her feelings, and she was such a nice person, but I was getting a flock of those things. I tried giving them to Good Will, but they wouldn't take them. The trash guy was under contract, he had to.
 
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