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Every citizen is required to spend a day performing in the circus. And not some frilly little girl-circus like Cirque du Soleil, but a real circus with elephants, lions, hairy women, and midgets who can tear a phone book in half.
Circusers are chosen at random, just like jury duty, and it is a felony
to skip circus duty without a valid excuse.
Circusers are compensated for their lost wages at a rate of $10/day or they can trade their $10 for a year of free circus admission.
It is a felony for an employer to prevent you from performing circus duty, as it is your obligation as a citizen.
Rehearsal Coordinator, aye?
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[thumbwax, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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At least give me a choice between jury duty and circus duty! |
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How are you going to randomly find enough hairy women and midgets? |
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[FJ]: Have you ridden the subway recently? |
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It's a circus down there? |
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I put my head in a lion's mouth just last week in fact. |
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Recent studies have suggested that due to the acceptance of a wide range of 'valid' reasons for missing jury duty, most juries in the UK show a skew toward pensioners and the long-term unemployed. While this is not a massive problem for jury duty I suspect it would make for an unappealing circus (roll up, roll up, see the wrinkled lady). |
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Too bad you may only do this
twice in your lifetime. + |
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CIA agents have mandatory circus duty. They train at the Ringling Brothers Clown College in Venice, Florida (where Mohammed Atta learned to fly) to learn sleight-of-hand. |
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Source: "Mohammed Atta and the Venice Flying Circus" by Daniel Hopsicker. |
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