Yep, Fargo’s doing it too…but they’ve got painted Bison instead of painted ponies. I saw this one at the Downtown Street Fair, which opened today (Thursday). There was a cooler one over by the F-M Community Theater, but I didn’t have the time to snap a photo of that one.

Obviously the only retaliatory response is to begin planning on the Catch a Painted Moose campaign; while not necessarily bigger than a bison, it would certainly be on par — and cooler.

I imagine these were chosen over ponies because of NDSU’s mascot, the Bison. One has to chuckle at the though of Grand Forks following suit. Can you imagine the outrage over a “Catch a Painted Sioux” campaign? Ouch.