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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: bijou on March 06, 2009, 11:53:02 AM
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Circus performers can twist themselves into pretzels and somersault through rings of fire, but even they are struggling to jump through new hoops set up by the U.K. immigration authorities. In November, the British Home Office introduced a points-based system to crack down on illegal immigration and create what its web site describes as "a significantly more straightforward and transparent structure." It's easy enough for foreign trapeze artists and acrobats to secure the requisite points for entry into Britain based on their unique skills. But ringmasters say that various problems with the new system - including faulty computer software and poorly trained embassy staff - are preventing international talent from reaching Britain's big tops.
"My season started in February," says Martin Lacey, owner of the Great British Circus, "and I've got comedy acrobats stranded in the Ukraine, and Mongolian horse riders who were refused their visas in Ulan Batur." The holes in his lineup have forced Lacey to draft last-minute substitutes. "Our Mexican clown is stuck in Mexico, so we've got a trapeze artist pretending to be a stooge just to get everybody out of trouble," he says. "It's a mess." ...
link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090306/wl_time/08599188354400;_ylt=Aiuv2FflVvosZ5_4SCOYQoqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJibmhkOWE2BGFzc2V0A3RpbWUvMjAwOTAzMDYvMDg1OTkxODgzNTQ0MDAEcG9zAzE4BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2JyaXRhaW5zY2xvdw--)
Oh what a shame. Not. :-)
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Good. :evillaugh:
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Well thank God.
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People with sleep much easier with a clown shortage.
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh452/missmia2009/evilclown.jpg)
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Couldn't see that picture very well, Miss Mia, could you maybe make it a little larger? :-)
Clowns scare me.
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Couldn't see that picture very well, Miss Mia, could you maybe make it a little larger? :-)
Clowns scare me.
Yeah, that's what I get for just stealing it from some website. :thatsright: I uploaded it to my photobucket and resized.
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Britain Has a Clown Shortage
Guess that's what they get for stockpiling them all in the Labour Party of Parliament.
Maybe next time they'll learn...
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And here I thought it was just me...
(http://www.djtimes.com/original/djmag/jul01/images/OuchyDJ2.jpg)
Yes kids, Ouchy the Clown really DOES exist. A DJ, dominant, and professionally certified meeting facilitator specializing in conflict resolution.
LINK (http://www.djtimes.com/original/djmag/jul01/samplings_2.htm)
OUCHY'S WEBSITE--NSFW (http://www.ouchytheclown.com)
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Well, damn, Bijou, we have more than enough of them over here. Mostly inside the Beltway.
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And here I thought it was just me...
(http://www.djtimes.com/original/djmag/jul01/images/OuchyDJ2.jpg)
Yes kids, Ouchy the Clown really DOES exist. A DJ, dominant, and professionally certified meeting facilitator specializing in conflict resolution.
LINK (http://www.djtimes.com/original/djmag/jul01/samplings_2.htm)
OUCHY'S WEBSITE--NSFW (http://www.ouchytheclown.com)
Adult clown services? Ewww. :puke:
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Well, damn, Bijou, we have more than enough of them over here. Mostly inside the Beltway.
I say send them Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi and Al Franken. Oh, and just to be fair to the Democrats we have to give up Arlen Specter, Olympia Snow and Susan Collins. That's an Insane Clown Posse + One Clown from Outer Space.
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On edit:
Sorry for getting political in the Lounge
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(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2720/8140evilclownsposters.jpg)
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we got a bunch of clowns running the government here. Maybe we could ship them a few?
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Adult clown services? Ewww. :puke:
Hey!
Not all of us were able to graduate from college ya'know. :(
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Hey!
Not all of us were able to graduate from college ya'know. :(
Now that you mention it, that clown Obama never really proved he graduated either.
Wonder if his diploma is really from the clown school at HAA-vard?
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To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kinda scary. I've wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad.
Why is it that we will laugh at a man in a clown outfit, but we won't laugh at a man just walking down the street carrying a clown outfit in one of those plastic dry-cleaner bags?"
--Jack Handy
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link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090306/wl_time/08599188354400;_ylt=Aiuv2FflVvosZ5_4SCOYQoqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJibmhkOWE2BGFzc2V0A3RpbWUvMjAwOTAzMDYvMDg1OTkxODgzNTQ0MDAEcG9zAzE4BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2JyaXRhaW5zY2xvdw--)
Oh what a shame. Not. :-)
That's because Obama appointed them all to his cabinet.
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Now that you mention it, that clown Obama never really proved he graduated either.
Wonder if his diploma is really from the clown school at HAA-vard?
Is there another school with the name "Harvard" that he coulda grajiated from? Kinda like his #1 cocksucker, Queef Ãœberdork?