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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
Right now I'm debating making Scotch Pancakes/Drop Scones/Pikelets (depending on where in the world you are), and writing a Hugo & Lefty story. On paper (for the first draft). With a fountain pen dating back to 1935.
(The link has some of my favourite recipe instructions ever: |
hm, i like everything about this post !!!
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
The one I went to as a child was in Blackpool Tower (picture below). It was a Big Top performance, the kind of Barnum & Bailey routine, with performing animals and the like (which always disturbed me, even as a child). But there were, from time to time, outdoor Big Top Circuse's that came to my area, and that I never attended. Those were under actual Canvas tents, with sawdust on the floor and the like. What we actually got a lot of was Travelling Fairs, and still do to this day, with rides and goldfish in little plastic bags and shoot the water into the clowns mouth.
Oh, and the "acts" on show at Wood's Pandemonium Carnivale are of the like that has never been seen before -- Roll Up! Roll Up!  |
i only go to see "cirque nouveau" which doesn't (usually) include animal acts ; they disturb me too. cirque nouveau is based on the traditional circus disciplines (acroabatie, trapeze / aériens, juggling, clowns...) but adds in some theater and dance and more music, and whereas traditional circus (which i have utmost respect for, although it's not what i prefer) is about the daring exploit, cirque nouveau is usually more about telling a story, and is usually more modest than the huge las vegas-esque productions, but more poetic and magical. i bet you would love it.
i have no trouble believing that the acts on show at Wood's Pandemonium Carnivale have never been seen before.
