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# do you know where that expression comes from?
(Dr Nick Riviera's old profile has dissapeared again., Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:15, archived)
# No.....
I first heard it in Suicidal Sid in Viz ages ago. But if you can enlighten us - please do!
(I helped save b3ta! sick_boy, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:16, archived)
# its a US airforce expression.
Aircraft testing was generally done in remote farming areas. When the pilots (frequently) crashed, the US Air Force generally had to compensate the Farmewr for any damaged crops/buildings/livestock etc, meaning that most pilot deaths resulted in a farmer getting a large wedge of cash.
(Dr Nick Riviera's old profile has dissapeared again., Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:20, archived)
# Ooooh smarty pants!
But that is very interesting!
(I helped save b3ta! sick_boy, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:21, archived)
# that is very interesting
I love useless trivia that I didn't know before
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:22, archived)
# I specialise in it.
Why are flamingoes pink in the wild?
(Dr Nick Riviera's old profile has dissapeared again., Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:24, archived)
# eating shrimps innit?
Beta Carotene or summat
(I helped save b3ta! tobypowell Ptarmigan!, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:26, archived)
# Cos their diet
consists of shrimp.


or somesuch pink goodness
(I helped save b3ta! dirty barry, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:26, archived)
# nearly there.
The brine shrimp they feed off in the wild are full of hematite, and other iron compounds. Chester zoo has a bunch of grey flamingoes, and they dont half look dull.
(Dr Nick Riviera's old profile has dissapeared again., Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:28, archived)
# Bet you didn't know
that the victorians used to feed flamingoes blue food colouring.....
(Dan Jaw, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 17:05, archived)
# because of the plankton/shrimp/whatever
they eat.

IF you feed them other stuff they turn a dull grey/brown colour.
(I helped save b3ta! jonas is not my name, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:26, archived)
# they eat pink
shrimps
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:27, archived)
# they're gay
obviously
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:32, archived)
# they grey ones in Chester are the hard northerners then.
(Dr Nick Riviera's old profile has dissapeared again., Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:36, archived)
# Something
about old soldiers retiring from service to work on a farm innit?
(I helped save b3ta! Ijon Tichy, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:17, archived)
# Heard it was something to do with people waiting to leave the army
always wanted to buy a farm and settle down in peace, hence dead = buy the farm.
(internalprimate, Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:17, archived)