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Disclaimer (and long story): Among my home decorations is a STUFFED pink flamingo, originally acquired for my work desk as a message to my oddball supervisor. He had at one point been advised to use a lot less profanity in the workplace by HIS boss, so he started substituting the word "duck" for something that rhymes with it. Of course, he ended up saying THAT so much, the other supervisors in the department started calling him "The Grand Duck". He then picked that up and ran with it, christening his unit the "Duck Pond", and nicknaming his staff: "Danger Duck", "Dazzle Duck", "Slam Duck" (a fervent LA Lakers fan named during NBA playoffs), and I, being his official assistant, was "The Wingman". I wasn't that thrilled with the nick, but you didn't argue with him, a fact I forgot when I got into a political discussion with him and he realized I was significantly more liberal than he was (which wasn't hard, Scrooge McDuck was more liberal than this raging mallard). So he re-dedicated me "The Pinko Flamingo". I had no choice but to embrace the designation and throw it back in his face, therefore pink and flamingo-based decorations in my cubicle of which the stuffed flamingo is the only log-term survivor. (One I really wished had survived was a cartoon showing the cross between a flamingo and a gorilla, the flamingo-rilla - imagine a fatter-than-usual long-legged bird with brown fur holding a banana with one foot - there have been attempts to depict this portmanteau since, but none as good)