GA Russell Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 After 146 years, Ringling Bros. is closing The Greatest Show on Earth. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/15/ringling-bros-circus-plans-to-shut-down-greatest-show-on-earth-after-146-years.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 And I'm ok with that. Went when I as a kid, never took my kids, nor did they ever ask to go, even with being bombarded with TV ads every year. The marketplace speaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Good riddance to The Cruelest Show On Earth. All animal circuses should be banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Mixed feeelings on this, I love all things out of time, but I guess its time has come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Never had any interest, as I'm one of those people who can't stand clowns. Red Skelton excepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 4 hours ago, Jazzmoose said: Never had any interest, as I'm one of those people who can't stand clowns. Red Skelton excepted. Red Skelton was a favorite of mine also.. I went to the Ringling Bros. Circus when I was very young - probably three or four - but I have no real memory of seeing it. My mother told me that I shook hands with Emmett Kelly, but I don't remember that either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 I went when I was a kid, and took my grandsons to see the somewhat "reduced" show when it played here in Portland a couple of years ago. They enjoyed it. I do wonder what will happen to those amazing human performers without it. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Return the animals to the wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 22 hours ago, Soulstation1 said: Return the animals to the wild I don't know that that would be advisable. Animals who have been born/raised in captivity may not intuitively know the essential skills needed to survive on their on in the wild. Hopefully, there are animal sanctuaries/preserves that can accept these animals and determine which ones would be likely to survive in the wild and which ones may need to be kept under some sort of human supervision/care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIS Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 The circus just moved into the White House. I know this is non-political but I had to say something bitter out loud today. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dolan Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 14 hours ago, duaneiac said: I don't know that that would be advisable. Animals who have been born/raised in captivity may not intuitively know the essential skills needed to survive on their on in the wild. Hopefully, there are animal sanctuaries/preserves that can accept these animals and determine which ones would be likely to survive in the wild and which ones may need to be kept under some sort of human supervision/care. Nailed it. Returning captive bred animals to the wild would put them in grave danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Kill the animals! Kill the clowns! Eat them all! But leave the cotton candy alone. That shit'll rot your teeth out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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