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What job would you want if you joined the circus?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on April 8, 2008
“I would want to be a lion tamer. I like the idea of overcoming trepidation in the form of fangs and claws.”
“A trapeze artist because I’m flexible, I’d get to wear spandex, and I would get to fulfill my lifelong dream of flying.”
“Put me down for lion tamer. I think it’s the whip. If I’m going to be eaten, at least I’ll have a cool accessory.”
“The human cannonball, just for the thrill.”
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Comments
sgtwolverine 5 years, 1 month ago
I'd like to be a lion enrager. You know, the opposite of a lion tamer. It would be extra fun if I happened to be working at the same time as the lion tamer. (Of course, as a lion enrager, I would always work on the outside of the cage.)
hornhunter 5 years, 1 month ago
mayor
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 5 years, 1 month ago
Dang, It's been 25 years since the movie "Valley Girl" was released.
Godot 5 years, 1 month ago
I'd like to be the one who gets paid the most.
sunflower_sue 5 years, 1 month ago
Gag me with a spoon!
Am I the only one getting both OTS questions?
sunflower_sue 5 years, 1 month ago
KsChick, hit the "previous" link up top for the b ball question.
snap_pop_no_crackle 5 years, 1 month ago
R_I, do you like movies about gladiators?
conservativepunker 5 years, 1 month ago
Patch man.
snap_pop_no_crackle 5 years, 1 month ago
Do not taunt Happy Fun Lion.
Pywacket 5 years, 1 month ago
I'd like to wear those ballet slippers and stand on the back of a percheron while it gallops around the ring--then do the same with an elephant. But only if the critters were treated like royalty outside the ring.
consumer1 5 years, 1 month ago
I would want to be the Head Clown of the Clinton campaign circus. Oh, that position is already filled.
ohjayhawk 5 years, 1 month ago
I'd like to be a Tiger tamer, just like the Jayhawks were last night ;)
snap_pop_no_crackle 5 years, 1 month ago
snap writes:I could guess what the yesterday's "phrase of the day for unpleasant older people" was.Stillhavingawonderfulun-outedspam-freeinternetlife.
KSChick1 5 years, 1 month ago
Really? This is the OTS question the day after we win the NCAA championship? OMG
sunshine_noise 5 years, 1 month ago
Most defintely a Clown. And I almost made it that far. I am or was a professional clown (from back East). Cutesy the Clown. I've taken classes and traveled to seminars and had the priviledge of meeting clowns from Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus. Jellybean is my all time favorite - he was so funny. His best gimmick is triping and making a puppet out of his hand using a hanky. I learned so much from him. But since I've moved here I've somewhat abandoned my clown suit and shoes. Occasionally I put them on, but it just isn't the same anymore. So toot-toot. hocus-pocus you're mother's out of focus.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 5 years, 1 month ago
snap,I am Spartacus!
BigPrune 5 years, 1 month ago
The Guessing Guy. For one dollar I'll guess your weight, your height, or your sex.
trinity 5 years, 1 month ago
i'd be sort of a killjoy if i joined the circus; i'd immediately begin my crusade to obliterate and never again allow those damn circus peanuts. so there.i thought circuses (circusii?) were illegal in lawrence anyways.
tonythetiger 5 years, 1 month ago
Well.... I would be the Tiger of course.
JJE007 5 years, 1 month ago
I'd be a roustabout who, on the side, rides his cycle in the circle of death.
sunflower_sue 5 years, 1 month ago
I'd be the trapeze girl who gets trown back and forth by two buff dudes. Then, I'd do some way cool dive into the net...you know, like an octuple (?) back or something. I'd definitely get snap to make me a special pleather with spandex outfit. Nothing as garish as the one he made for Cher in that video...but something memorable.
acg 5 years, 1 month ago
I've always wanted to do the trapeze, the tight rope or be one of those girls that swings around by her hair.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 5 years, 1 month ago
Since I have never been to a circus, I'm not really sure.I feel misty eyed when I hear "Entrance of the Gladiators", It's like a piece of childhood I missed.The same misty eyes I get when I hear "The Stripper".But I am pretty good at walking a tightrope around the spousal unit...http://home.sunlitsurf.com/~woodman/ent-glad.mid
sgtwolverine 5 years, 1 month ago
KSChick, maybe they were making an oblique reference to the post-victory celebrations.Also, I'm pretty sure the questions are on a one-day delay, so they actually asked the question yesterday. There may be a basketball-related question tomorrow.
sgtwolverine 5 years, 1 month ago
KSChick, maybe they were making an oblique reference to the post-victory celebration.Also, I'm pretty sure these questions are on a one-day delay, so this question was actually asked yesterday. I expect some sort of basketball question to appear tomorrow.
sgtwolverine 5 years, 1 month ago
Okay, so both times I posted my comments, it came up with an error message that informed me the page was not available at that time, and to try back later. It lied to me! I'm going to sue!So ... uh ... sue. Can you help me out here?
mommaeffortx2 5 years, 1 month ago
I want to be the one that gets the molney to keep. guess that would be owner.
coolmarv 5 years, 1 month ago
I want to be the other trapeze artist.. A trapeze artist because I'm flexible, I'd get to wear spandex, and I would get to fulfill my lifelong dream of flying."- Jaclyn Howell, KU graduate student, Edina, Minn.
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