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Garden Ornaments of Oz: Flamingos? Gnomes? Wild Geese?

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roger
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 05:45 pm
I bet if I lived in Oz, I's have a life size, animated salt water crocodile for a lawn ornament.
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boomerang
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 05:50 pm
This thread make me think of the dear SealPoet who, I believe, hand hundreds of pink flamingos installed at the site of his wedding to Mrs. SealPoet as his company or her company has some connection to the pink flamingo manufacturing plant.

I think Australians should have small, cement sculptures of me installed in their gardens.
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roger
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 05:52 pm
The SealPoet had people from halfway around the world sending Twinkies to his mother-in-law. Why not flamingos.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 06:44 pm
boomerang wrote:
This thread make me think of the dear SealPoet who, I believe, hand hundreds of pink flamingos installed at the site of his wedding to Mrs. SealPoet as his company or her company has some connection to the pink flamingo manufacturing plant.


this ... click ... is where I 'met' Mrs. SealPoet.

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We actually did decorate with pink plastic flamingos when we were married 3 years ago. We were fortunate to live on the same road (about 25 miles, and 4 towns, east ) as Union Products - home of the original pink plastic flamingo. We got a case of them - something like 124! Many of my family had not yet met DH's family, so we had our rehearsal dinner in our back yard and everyone assembled the flamingoes(inserting legs) and placed them around the yard. Everyone who attended the wedding was given a flamingo to take home as a wedding favor.


and then l'k and I saw the left-overs with Mrs. SP (I think they're searchin' for fishin' in this photo)

http://img207.echo.cx/img207/6889/ahoyfishin0td.jpg
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boomerang
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 07:08 pm
Ohmygosh I miss Seal Poet.

He was my first: the first online friend I made, the first online person I ever talked to outside a forum.

I know his real name and his old online address and I know he changed jobs and that the address isn't any good anymore and that it would just feel weird to try his old not at work address.

Does anyone still see/talk/hear from him?

Anyway, back to topic ---

What about it you Australians? Should I start sending cement figurines of myself over there?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 07:34 pm
We HAVE frogs already.
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boomerang
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 07:39 pm
Ha!

You've got me there.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 08:36 pm
Whooooooohoooooooooo - just heard from mrs SP ! I posted a note to her at Taunton about that flamingo post and she responded!

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Heybeth! we miss you too! Sealpoet and I have been too busy to visit the boards as often as we used to.
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littlek
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 08:50 pm
(you did! you did hear from SP!!!)
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 08:57 pm
Not quite the SP - but news about him is a start.

(doesn't Mrs. SP look great with the haircut!)

Very Happy





I've still got some Twinkies in the car, that are to go to his mother-in-law. Odd that they never seem to change shape.
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littlek
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 09:01 pm
She does!
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boomerang
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 09:23 pm
That's great!

Thank you eBeth for sharing the news. I'm glad to hear that they are both doing well.

Maybe they'll come back....
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goodfielder
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 09:29 pm
The most famous lawn ornament in Australia is Neville the Concrete Aboriginal

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/kingswood_002.jpeg
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 09:34 pm
Dear goddess!!!!! Put that poor man away!

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The Seal Poets live!!!



I have heard that twinkies are like cockroaches - they will survive the coming nuclear inferno and populate the new world which rises from its ashes....
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 09:44 pm
I have several lawn ornaments.
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goodfielder
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 09:47 pm
There was a Neville the Concrete Aboriginal which belonged to a flight crew member at RAAF Edinburgh dlowan. Neville was very well travelled Very Happy

Of course the gentleman in the pic is Ted Bullpitt from Kingswood Country
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 13 May, 2005 09:55 pm
Lol - I never watched that! Ever!
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margo
 
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Reply Sat 14 May, 2005 05:07 pm
Deb - great Oz life drama - Kingswood Country -and always sooo tasteful!

I have been considering getting a gnome to keep my lion company - but perhaps a frog will do - or a boomerang!

I think I'll pass on Neville the concrete aboriginal -but I live in a good Italian area, so many and varied garden ornamnets are available to me.

Bear in mind that my front garden is about the size of your dining room table. Just about anything will be overgrown by plants, as no-one ever does any weeding!
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 14 May, 2005 05:10 pm
A unicorn! You need a unicorn!!!
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