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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 17, 2017 15:47:49 GMT -5
I was tempted to go for the first time in decades just because it will be the last chance ever. I looked up tickets to their Worcester shows. "Cheap" seats at a less desirable show time are selling for $132 each. Yeah, I can see why they're closing. Damn, I got front row for like 50 a piece last summer.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jan 17, 2017 17:44:59 GMT -5
I went to a circus a few years ago, and they were trying SO HARD to a) sex it up and b) be "modern" with music. It was honestly kind of sad and reeked of desperation. I think that model of business is definitely on the out, and the recent public fear of all-things clown related hasn't helped matters. How the hell do you sex up a circus? They had some questionable dance stuff and the trapeze artists were very much so dressed to get dad to come along to the circus, haha.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 17, 2017 19:35:46 GMT -5
How the hell do you sex up a circus? They had some questionable dance stuff and the trapeze artists were very much so dressed to get dad to come along to the circus, haha. They were dressed as ESPN and tools?
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Post by burdette25159 on Jan 17, 2017 19:39:24 GMT -5
Hoping this means the Bulls won't have to endure a long circus caused road trip next season. Goodbye circus road trip, hello Disney On Ice trip. Disney on Ice in Chicago is going to be only one week long. This won't change the fact that the Spurs still have to go on a Rodeo road trip or the Lakers, Clippers and Kings still have to go on a Grammy Road Trip
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Post by Glitch on Jan 17, 2017 19:50:56 GMT -5
Ringling is closing because Cirque Du Soleil KICKED IT'S ANIMAL ABUSING ASS! Cirque Du Soleil #1! Canada, #1! Quebec, #1! ANIMAL ABUSE, ACK-POOEY! Well he doesn't need to see a bunch of frogs prance around in tights and makeup wrapping their peckers around each other's faces!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 20:15:05 GMT -5
Goodbye circus road trip, hello Disney On Ice trip. Disney on Ice in Chicago is going to be only one week long. This won't change the fact that the Spurs still have to go on a Rodeo road trip or the Lakers, Clippers and Kings still have to go on a Grammy Road Trip They have 2 weeks of Thanksgiving fun for the United Center every year. Deal.
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Post by burdette25159 on Jan 17, 2017 20:27:26 GMT -5
Disney on Ice in Chicago is going to be only one week long. This won't change the fact that the Spurs still have to go on a Rodeo road trip or the Lakers, Clippers and Kings still have to go on a Grammy Road Trip They have 2 weeks of Thanksgiving fun for the United Center every year. Deal. Disney on ice in Chicago will be condensed to one week starting in 2018
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Jan 17, 2017 20:30:38 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? Maybe feeding strawmen to the animals?
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 18, 2017 2:07:32 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? Are you serious?
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Post by Glitch on Jan 18, 2017 3:46:04 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? How dare you belittle the accomplishments of his honor, judge Paul Tree.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jan 18, 2017 9:16:39 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? Going after anything else that keeps non domesticated animals in captivity, probably.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 18, 2017 10:04:03 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? They're way ahead of you PETA has this to say on pets: "We at PETA very much love the animal companions who share our homes, but we believe that it would have been in the animals’ best interests if the institution of “pet keeping”—i.e., breeding animals to be kept and regarded as “pets”—never existed." And Stubbs the cat is mayor Of Talkeetna, Alaska. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubbs_(cat)I'd talk about that asshole's "knock over all the glasses" policy but I don't want to get banned for discussing politics.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 18, 2017 10:06:39 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? How dare you belittle the accomplishments of his honor, judge Paul Tree.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jan 18, 2017 10:21:36 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? How dare people be concerned with the welfare of another living creatures? /s
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 18, 2017 10:59:47 GMT -5
My mayor hates his own city here in Snowbend! He raised taxes so high he might as well take a shit on my lawn when he drives by!
I wish my mayor would only take a shit on my lawn. Twice now he's dug up my garden and put a dead bird on my front doorstep.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 13:06:10 GMT -5
My mayor hates his own city here in Snowbend! He raised taxes so high he might as well take a shit on my lawn when he drives by! I wish my mayor would only take a shit on my lawn. Twice now he's dug up my garden and put a dead bird on my front doorstep.Is your mayor that cat I've heard about? No, it's Vince McMahon.
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Post by Malcolm on Jan 18, 2017 13:36:38 GMT -5
Guess I'm never going to the circus then. A real circus, I mean. I know I live in Las Vegas and Circus Circus.
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Post by Cela on Jan 18, 2017 16:16:23 GMT -5
So... what's next for those wonderful animal rights activists? Making it illegal to call them pets? Electing a chicken to district court? Are you serious? Yes and no, I'll admit this was very much my first reaction upon seeing my Blackfish friends lauding their closing and was a tad hyperbolic, my apologies. That being said, I am troubled by the increasing mindset of animal equality. I am ok with the idea of an animal existing only for the purpose of entertainment, especially if they are raised from birth for that purpose. I grew up on a farm and am ok with the idea of an animal's only purpose being for food, so I see being a performer is a step above that. And I am disappointed that there will be a new generation who will be unable to see an exotic animal performing feats of wonder. It's a huge piece of history dying. And lastly, I see the next target being zoos, which are something I make an attempt to visit in every city I visit domestic and abroad, because they are always fascinating. People will say that if they want to see an animal, they should visit them in the wild. But that is not an option for many due to cost. So, apologies for the strawman hyperbole, it was a knee jerk reaction to a larger thought. Just disappointed is all.
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Post by chazraps on Jan 18, 2017 16:30:09 GMT -5
Yes and no, I'll admit this was very much my first reaction upon seeing my Blackfish friends lauding their closing and was a tad hyperbolic, my apologies. That being said, I am troubled by the increasing mindset of animal equality. I am ok with the idea of an animal existing only for the purpose of entertainment, especially if they are raised from birth for that purpose. I grew up on a farm and am ok with the idea of an animal's only purpose being for food, so I see being a performer is a step above that. And I am disappointed that there will be a new generation who will be unable to see an exotic animal performing feats of wonder. It's a huge piece of history dying. And lastly, I see the next target being zoos, which are something I make an attempt to visit in every city I visit domestic and abroad, because they are always fascinating. People will say that if they want to see an animal, they should visit them in the wild. But that is not an option for many due to cost. So, apologies for the strawman hyperbole, it was a knee jerk reaction to a larger thought. Just disappointed is all. Kind of interesting you see performer as a step above food, as in my eyes that's projecting more an idea of animal equality than anything you mentioned. Animals can't really tell that they're famous or getting a standing ovation. They're animals. You can give an animal a humane happy unstressed life up until the point it succumbs to the food chain (which it would anyway in the natural order of things) whereas an animal poised from birth to do unnatural feats is going against their very nature. It's further taking away what makes an animal that particular animal. Exotic animals doing "feats of wonder" is really achieved by their mere existence. Future generations not being jaded enough by giraffes on rollerskates and elephants on giant balls to appreciate these majestic creatures for who they are seems like a better move for everyone involved. I like zoos as well, but I don't like cruel poorly kept zoos (not saying you do) and I'm fine with a distinction being made with the dangerous ones being targeted.
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