Brown ribbon
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At county and state fairs in the United States, a brown ribbon is the award for placing eighth in a contest.
Brown ribbons have also been proposed by comedian George Carlin as a cynical response to the preponderance of as symbols of political or social movements. The color is meant to imply a scatological frame of mind.
[edit] See also
- Blue ribbon - 1st
- Red ribbon - 2nd
- White ribbon - 3rd
- Yellow ribbon - 4th
- Green ribbon - 5th
- Orange ribbon - 6th
- Purple ribbon - 7th
- Brown ribbon - 8th