# Ahhhhhhh, confusion of the masses may be possible with the help of my fellow dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823 "2001-05-09T00:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/1 "2001-05-09T00:43:19Z")
Hey guys, I’ve got a quest and I am having a bit of trouble with it. I’d really appreciate it if someone could find the cheapest wholesale price of\*\* plastic flamingo lawn ornaments\*\*. I am planning on purchasing somewhere between 100 and 500 of said plastic flamingoes, so the best price would be good. Let’s just say it’s early planning for confusing the administrators at my school. ::grins knowingly:: Thanks ahead of time for those who are willing to help in a little “innocent mischief.” ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/2 "2001-05-09T00:44:27Z")
reminder to self: check all your coding before sbmitting! ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/3 "2001-05-09T00:48:17Z")
(And check your spleling, er, spelling…) There has to be some form of wholesale Pink Flamingo market online. I’ll bet you could find it pretty quick, although I don’t know exactly where. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/4 "2001-05-09T01:42:45Z")
Pink Flamingo’s galore! [Oriental Trading Company](http://www.oriental.com/webapp/commerce/command/ExecMacro/otc_search.d2w/report?sequence=20010508.74095) Windchimes, banners, lights, lawn decorations, pinwheel yard stakes, birdhouses! Knock yourself out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/5 "2001-05-09T11:52:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*Pink Flamingo’s galore! > > [Oriental Trading Company](http://www.oriental.com/webapp/commerce/command/ExecMacro/otc_search.d2w/report?sequence=20010508.74095) > > Windchimes, banners, lights, lawn decorations, pinwheel yard stakes, birdhouses! > > Knock yourself out. 😉 \*\* Where are the Magnetic Chinese Imortality rings that Provide Vast Sexual potency? Just asking… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/6 "2001-05-09T12:31:03Z")
\*\*Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \*\*… Heh… they’re probably there _somewhere_! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/7 "2001-05-09T19:03:45Z")
I’m getting a vague memory here… several years ago there was a web site that rented out flamingos by the hundreds. For a price, they’d go to an address, and set up a bazillion flamingos on the lawn. A quick web search doesn’t find anything. Anyone else remember this? ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/8 "2001-05-09T20:14:05Z")
Athena, I remember it too…but I couldn’t turn up anything either. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhhhh-confusion-of-the-masses-may-be-possible-with-the-help-of-my-fellow-dopers/64823/9 "2001-05-10T02:32:05Z")
Yeah, I saw that site. There’s a company near me that will do that, it’s just that it’d be more fun and cost efficient to do it myself [with the inclusion of all the friends I could find to help me]. Let’s just say this is early planning for next year. I would just like to explore all my options. I looked at sites and in general they only do the “2 flamingos for $10” deal, which isn’t cost effective at all.