{"id":6286,"date":"2019-04-09T07:12:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T12:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6286"},"modified":"2019-04-09T07:15:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T12:15:40","slug":"11-years-before-the-enchanted-highway-geese-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=6286","title":{"rendered":"11 years before the Enchanted Highway? Geese in Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Articles like the one pictured above have indicated a resolution over whether or not a giant metalwork along I-94, erected in 2001, can stand and be accessible to the public. I had to include a screenshot of the article above because it pictures the atrocious misspelling of the words “temporarily” or “enchanted” – the latter being an especially important word in this case. I make my share of typographical errors as well, probably even within this post, and usually while pointing out someone else’s typos. But I feel compelled to point out that “enchanted” might be one of two words they’d really<\/em> want to get right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An astute person commenting on Facebook pointed out that an ornament like this actually appeared in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands, so I had to look back in my collection to be sure. Yep…there it is. That made me even more curious, so I had to hit “the Google” for a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A quick search for “geese sunburst wall ornament” produced a ton of results. That was a surprise. Apparently this design has been out there in various forms for a long, long time in a surprising number of permutations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not going to accuse “Geese in Flight” of being an act of plagiarism; more likely it may be an homage to such ornaments, which have apparently graced many a living room over the years. Personally, I think it’s an eyesore…but I’ve always been under the impression that it’s an original<\/em> eyesore. Apparently not, since it’s been gracing living rooms since the twentieth century. One learns something new every day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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