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Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey, the Greatest Acrobatic and Music Show on Earth (no longer a circus).
Vanity ^ | 10/30/23 | Vanity

Posted on 10/30/2023 8:13:19 AM PDT by hardspunned

No elephants, no lions, no tigers, no horses, not even a dog act. NO CLOWNS! Great acrobatic performances and lots and lots of very loud, very bad music (25% of the entire show).


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KEYWORDS: bailey; barnum; circus; ringling
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To: hardspunned

I saw the circus train sitting in the yard at Grand Rapids, MI several years ago. The circus still traveled by train. Unbelievable that occured as long as it did.


21 posted on 10/30/2023 8:37:50 AM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: Red Badger

You didn’t find one in a storm drain by any chance did you......?

😆😬🤣😅😄😜


22 posted on 10/30/2023 8:37:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: hardspunned

They were here in Pittsburgh last weekend, I have an 8 year old and debated taking her, but really wasn’t sure what it would entail.. Used to be an annual event before they shut down.

But if they got rid of all the animals, it really does leave one scratching what is left.

Trapeze artists, high wire, the motorcycle death ball stuff... clowns.... human cannonball, etc.. but I mean the animal acts were easily half the show... before.


23 posted on 10/30/2023 8:39:40 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: GaltAdonis

24 posted on 10/30/2023 8:40:17 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: Roadrunner383
Song; Ringling Road by William Clark Green

“And the trapeze guys are all high on cocaine

That they bought from a guy that used to drive the train”

25 posted on 10/30/2023 8:42:34 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: SaveFerris

Clowns just creeped me out as a kid.

Even clowns like Bozo and others.

The ‘Emmett Kelly’ type clowns, dressed like bums, weren’t as bad, though. Just the outrageous circus types with orange hair and huge clown shoes and bulbous noses...........


26 posted on 10/30/2023 8:44:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger; gundog; Larry Lucido; Kenny Bania

I only know Eric the Clown 🤡.

FIRE!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥


27 posted on 10/30/2023 8:52:57 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: discostu

“Time to bring back the freak show.”

It just moved from the carnival wagons to the TV and internet.


28 posted on 10/30/2023 8:56:16 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Iceclimber58
There was a guy who was the HR manager of our plastics plant here in Detroit who used to be a Ringling Bros. clown along with his wife.

While employed by us, he also ran a clown college and had a clown supply business....

29 posted on 10/30/2023 9:01:47 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Dr. Sivana

30 posted on 10/30/2023 9:03:54 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: HamiltonJay

No Clowns! I’d been taking children and grandchildren for 35 years. I was glad to see it back. I took 8 grandkids. I wish I had not.


31 posted on 10/30/2023 9:06:42 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: buckalfa

If you go to cirque du soleil and sit in the front row it is not much different.

The difference is that the women are in top physical condition and wearing virtually no clothing. The clothing they wear is skin tight too.


32 posted on 10/30/2023 9:14:18 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: hardspunned

No Clowns??

How they heck do you have a circus with no clowns? No animal acts is weird enough, but how do you say its a circus with no clowns?


33 posted on 10/30/2023 9:17:57 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Roadrunner383

I am old enough to remember their last under-the-bigtop tour.


34 posted on 10/30/2023 9:33:23 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: HamiltonJay

My four year grandson’s sentiments as well.


35 posted on 10/30/2023 9:41:48 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: hardspunned

Irony of ironies. The circus has become even more of a clown show by getting rid of the clowns (and basically everything else that made the circus a circus).


36 posted on 10/30/2023 9:42:30 AM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: cymbeline

Most of congress should be side show geeks. That’s about all they’re qualified to do.


37 posted on 10/30/2023 9:44:48 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: hardspunned

Oh, boo! My parents used to take me to this circus all through childhood.


38 posted on 10/30/2023 9:45:23 AM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: hardspunned

I won’t miss the friggin clowns,.


39 posted on 10/30/2023 10:22:58 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: hardspunned

Clown phobia is the norm in my clan. We don’t even tolerate mall Santas.


40 posted on 10/30/2023 10:54:35 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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