Pink Flamingos

There are more plastic flamingos in the United States than real flamingos. Plastic pink flamingos were first introduced as lawn ornaments by Union Products in the late 1950's. The original flamingos were designed by Don Featherstone. They had his signature on their bottoms, beaks of yellow and black, and were sold only in pairs. Because hot pink was in style in the 1950's, pink flamingos were fairly popular with the suburban crowd. Since then, pink flamingos have fluctuated in popularity while still retaining their nice, tacky kitsch.

In my not-so-humble opinion, pink flamingos will never be nearly as tacky as the 2-D "Granny Fanny" lawn ornaments.