Posted on 03/31/2013 3:40:43 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BERLIN (AP) An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany.
Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead inside their transport box Wednesday morning.
The circus immediately scrambled to find and train a new batch ..
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
They should check with the Occupy crowd. Lots of fleas there.
we need that Freeze in florida!
We have a flea circus year round.
I bet it’s hard to whip those little suckers into shape.
Hmm...how does one “train” fleas?
You have to start from scratch.
ping to potential undead
“Hmm...how does one train fleas?”
By employing the EBT method
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/flea-circuses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_circus
sounds like satire
see how funny a headline can be?
lol
I saw a flea circus in Atlantic City when I was a kid. From what I remember, it starts with putting a thin wire around their neck, and it takes about a week. They don’t realy do much but juggle and kick a styrofoam pellet around. They had a Ben Hur type chariot race set up too with two little fleas pulling each tiny wire chariot around the track with another flea inside.
Must be tiny whips.
P.T. Flea isn't going to be happy about this.
I bet the ownbers are now itching to scratch out something new to infest in.
I don’t know how any human being could have enough self-control NOT to click on that headline! :-)
My cat is ROFLOL.
All the dogs in Germany are scheduling a parade.
It’s April 1 in Germany by now.
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