Circus Stories
Not so much stories of the circus, more
stories of CIRCUS
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folk like us.
Does being a clown mean you always see the funny side? Judge for
yourself!
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An
Interview with Julian the Juggler
There
are some, even now, who can’t get it straight in their heads that this can
be
an occupation at all. It’s not like I work in an abattoir is it?
Big Red Noses - The Story Of A Clown Song
There is, of course, a limit to how often you
can use words like
“fun” “laughter” “happy” and even “Clown” without
the whole thing sounding ridiculous.
Sound
In The Clowns
It's hard to keep completely quiet....as we all know!
Hit
And Run
If you crash into a streetlight in my road....
Suddenly Legless
I was powerless to change what would happen in the next 5 seconds.
I could only take part.
The Day We Made The Red Cross Cross
“Oh! YOU’RE to blame!” “I’m sorry?”
replied Jane.
“We’ve
just had a young boy come into the first aid tent with a terrible head
injury".
Camera Cacophony & Missed Photo
Opportunities
With all these cameras around, you would think that most
incidents worth photographing
would be recorded for posterity.
Alas, it is not so. There's
a real danger of
these incidents being completely forgotten were it not for this
"Gallery".
The Wall: Part One
Suddenly
there was a long, rumbling sound of considerable volume from the
front of my house.
It sounded for all the world like someone had
crashed through my ample and sturdy front wall and
had propelled
bricks and masonry chunks of considerable size towards the front
door some 20 feet away.
The Wall: Part Two
I
explained that a car had driven through my wall and that I needed
help from her helpline.
She suggested that I should call back
tomorrow when head office would be open.
I enquired on which
number I should call head office tomorrow.
She gave me the
same number that I had just called her on.
I began to
realise that we were both going to have to
work very hard on our
relationship.
Bang Wand Blues
I had to have a Bang Wand. But something stopped me
getting one that night.
Perhaps it was that £40 price tag. Daytona Magic went back to
Florida and I went home Bang Wandless.
Later of course I
regretted it. I tried every-else-where to get one but no go. That
was that then. Or was it?
One
There's always one! At every party,
promotion, store opening, fete, fair or fun day.
There's
always one audience member....you'd really rather wasn't there at
all.
All I Wanted Was A TV
The
computer demands my name, title, date of birth, postcode, house
number,
telephone number and mobile phone number and then informs
us both that the TV
screen size has been increased to 18"
and the price doubled. We press <ESCAPE> and begin
again.
On Yer Uni!
....the
Uni went forward. I went backwards (Newton or Einstein probably
have a theory to explain it).
The base of my spine hit the
parquet. Both my hands went down flat on the floor. My brain fell
at
32 feet per second per second. Unfortunately my head fell
slightly faster.
Once Upon A Time In
Tewkesbury
Miranda
found it helped to smash the clean plates on top of each other as
they came out of the washer.
Every time one stack of plates
crashed down on another, the whole cafe went quiet.
Then the
conversations would slowly resume; but at a lower volume than
before.
Airline
I was in a queue of cars waiting to use the air machine at
a local garage.
Juggling & Stress
Whatever is YOUR
definition of stress....that's
the one that's important.
After
all, its your definition that you have to deal with.
Never mind what the books or experts say!
The Juggler's Personality Test
Over
fifty percent of British businesses now use some form of personality or
psychometric testing
either in the selection of new employees or to appraise
existing staff.
As a working
Juggler (and New Age Management Consultant),
I think its time for a Juggler's personality
test....and here is one!
The Man With A Television On His Head
“That’s
clever!” said one of the onlookers. “I’ve
never seen anything like that before”.
It Wasn't Me, Officer!
I’ve
got eight witnesses who put me in the Westminster Academy all day.
PC
Sherlock sounds suspicious. He
checks my movements. My means, my
motive, my opportunity.
Banana
What
is “right” and what is “wrong”? It may be art….but is it a
banana?
It may be a banana….but is it art? You be the judge!
Horse
If
it looks like a Horse and acts like a Horse then it probably IS a Horse.
Or is it?
Circus Stories
(Based in Hertfordshire, UK)