The Briefing Room
General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on February 17, 2014, 11:28:54 pm
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H/T Drudge Report
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/exclusive-national-clown-shortage-approaching-article-1.1616801
by Natalie Musumeci
February 17, 2014
Send in the clowns — please!
As the “Greatest Show on Earth” returns to Brooklyn Thursday, circus folk fear a national clown shortage is on the horizon.
Membership at the country’s largest trade organizations for the jokesters has plunged over the past decade as declining interest, old age and higher standards among employers align against Krusty, Bozo and their crimson-nosed colleagues.
“What’s happening is attrition,” said Clowns of America International President Glen Kohlberger, who added that membership at the Florida-based organization has plummeted since 2006. “The older clowns are passing away.”
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Congressional phones should be ringing with job offers.
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“The older clowns are passing away.”
Not fast enough.
I'm looking at you, Harry Reid.
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Who would have ever thought we would run into a national shortage of goofy bastards..........
:whistle:
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As a person that suffers from clownphobia, I am not sorry to hear of this trend. I will sleep easier tonight.
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All those tiny car crashes eventually took their toll.
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Who would have ever thought we would run into a national shortage of goofy bastards..........
:whistle:
:laughingdog:
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As a person that suffers from clownphobia, I am not sorry to hear of this trend. I will sleep easier tonight.
Coulrophobia
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With Obamaeconomics and TheLongLeggedMackDaddyDepression, even the clowns give up. How sad.
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There wouldn't be a shortage if we hadn't elected so many of them to public office.
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The circus in DC is always looking for new clowns.
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Coulrophobia
Thanks. Now I know my phobia has a real name - although "clownphobia" seems more logical. Coulrophobia initially made me think of a fear of Ann Coulter.
:th_10444:
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There wouldn't be a shortage if we hadn't elected so many of them to public office.
:amen: to that!!!
Hopefully a few of them will be looking for new jobs soon!
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Just think, guaranteed jobs for all the democrats who get fired in Nov.
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Just think, guaranteed jobs for all the democrats who get fired in Nov.
Be fair. They have trained for it.
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Be fair. They have trained for it.
They've been born and bred for it!