Flamingos

Before New York, I lived in Madison, Wisconsin.

Oh, Wisconsin, fair state that have doth deemed the Badger, Muskellunge, Sugar Maple, White-tailed Deer and Wood Violet its state symbols. And now... Move over, Robin, 'cause there's a new state bird in town!

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One of the greatest college pranks ever has inspired Madison leaders to name the plastic pink flamingo the city's official bird.

The Madison City Council voted 15-4 on Tuesday to give the plastic bird the distinction.

The reason dates to the classic 1979 prank orchestrated by leaders of the Pail and Shovel Party, which were in charge of student government at the University of Wisconsin at the time. They organized the surprise placement of more than 1,000 pink plastic flamingos on Bascom Hill, the steep incline that leads to the dean's office.

Resolution sponsor Alderwoman Marsha Rummel says that event "signifies something that makes us a very special place" is "captured in our imaginations forever."

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