Always try SOMETHING!

The Creator of the Pink Flamingo has died, Don Featherstone was 79.  

Remember the pink lawn flamingo?  Hello, 1960's and 70's!

Those cheesy looking things were an odd sort of item to catch on as a "thing".

But hey, Don and his wife dressed alike for 35 years, so he was a bit odd to begin with!

You never know what's going to be popular, right?

I mean, what focus group would say, hey people want plastic birds on their lawn?  

What board of directors would approve such an idea? 

Probably the same guys who said Beanie Babies would be worth millions someday!

Probably the guys who sold those "country" wallpaper borders in the 90's! 

Thanks guys!

Don invented hundreds of products for his company and went on to become president of it!  

Bottom line is he made them a ton of money, so what do they care if he was a bit eccentric?

"We know he fishes in a kiddie pond in front of his desk, but we just leave him alone, cause...you never know right?"

They say there are more plastic Featherstone flamingos in the world than real flamingos!

There is one species of bird that we definitely want on the endangered list!

Let the WWF try and save them!  Public opinion is against them on this one!

The upside for environmentalists is that because they're plastic they will get recycled!

Who knows?  

That hipster-environmentally-friendly cell phone case may have once graced the front yard of an insurance salesman in Boca Del Vista, Florida!

I'm not sure why some trend catch on and others don't, there has to be something tribal about it.

We follow the people who stand out, but we like to make fun of them the whole way!
 
Here's the lesson...never be afraid to try something, don't be afraid to fail, and you never know, your invention or idea could be what EVERYBODY wants!