Send Home the Clowns / October 28 2007
Innovative government regulations threaten to consign the traditional travelling circus to the history books. Many clowns and much-loved performing animals are having to be pensioned off because of tough new rules.
I was so pleased when I learned today of the introduction of a proposed ban on animals in circuses in the UK. Many are obviously poorly treated and abused - even if embittered circus owners would have us believe otherwise.
I think it is also a marvellous development that clowns, too, are facing financial ruin because of the new licensing. They only have themselves to blame: clowns just aren’t funny. Some people find them to be rather frightening; I think they are merely irritating and annoying. Good riddance to the lot of them.
I am reminded of an old joke. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: ‘Does this taste funny to you?’
Filed under Animals / Clowns / Politics / Thoughts
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2 comments on “Send Home the Clowns”
Jo Beaufoix / October 29th, 2007 at 1:18 am
My friend used to have a clown mirror picture in her bedroom and I had to get her to turn it around whenever I was staying over as it scared the bejaysus out of me.
Shiver.
Napoleon Fantastic / October 29th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Jo,
What did you see in the mirror that was so frightening? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
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