This whole discussion brought back memories of Italian street-corner organ grinders and their little begging monkeys in gold-braided uniforms and caps.
We actually had them performing in our neighborhoods many, many years ago in the Chicago suburbs where I grew up. One Italian street corner guy had a huge dancing bear. It was muzzled and on a thick chain, but boy, could that baby dance (da bear, that is)!
Nowadays, these men would be run off the streets by the cops and the PETA busybodies. I'm glad I grew up seeing wonderful and colorful things that have long disappeared from the street scenes.
Leni
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This whole discussion brought back memories of Italian street-corner organ grinders and their little begging monkeys in gold-braided uniforms and caps.
We actually had them performing in our neighborhoods many, many years ago in the Chicago suburbs where I grew up. One Italian street corner guy had a huge dancing bear. It was muzzled and on a thick chain, but boy, could that baby dance (da bear, that is)!
Nowadays, these men would be run off the streets by the cops and the PETA busybodies. I'm glad I grew up seeing wonderful and colorful things that have long disappeared from the street scenes.
You have some very special memories that would be impossible to reproduce today, for the reasons you recount. It's a sad illustration of how the Left slowly and gradually but relentlessly works to destroy America and American culture.