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| mudpiegrl (profile) wrote, on 8-25-2003 at 12:37pm | |
| Current mood: sick and playful Music: matchbox twenty...fifth song now? Subject: a story to tell your friends |
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There was once a man who was boring, but considered himself normal. He wasnt to fond of his redundent life, as every day he would get up, shower, shave, and go to work. The same sized pile of work with the same type of information always sat on his desk. Once a week, on thursday, his boss would come in between 9:23 and 9:39 and tell him off for something or other, but that was about the only thing that varied. Everyday, during lunch break he would go to subway, getting the turkey with swiss on rye, topped with tomatos, lettuce, mustard and mayo with a bottle of water. He would return to work, do more paper work in his white shirt and blue tie. at four, he would leave, only to return to the small tidy apartment and watch tv. An hour before bed, he would always read the newspaper. The next day, it would happen again. One summer night, he was flipping the page of the newspaper, and he caught a glance of an advertisement. It made him take a second look. The ad was for a circus that was coming in a couple of weeks. He thought, "hm, maybe a slight change would be alright" and so, after two more weeks of his normally boring life, he went to the circus. Upon entering the grounds, he noticed there were hundreds of little kids. He hated little kids. They made messes and were very disorganised and didnt have any manners. But, as he had nothing better to do than return to his dull routine, he sauntered into the big top tent. Children were screaming all around him, but soon the show started. He saw acrobats and trick-doing elephants, tigers that could jump through fire burning hoops, ringmasters who spoke boldly of thier talents, an unbelievable amount of clowns climbing out of a car, annoyingly squeaking and honking. Everything that one would expect to see at a circus. Some of the excitement on stage died and the kids began to get rowdy again. Not soon enough for the man, an old clown came out into the center of the tent. The crowd quieted. The old clown pulled off his hat, and proceeded to pull out a rabbit, and in a barney-like voice, asked "what's this, kids?" They replied, "IT'S A RABBIT!" He let the rabbit hop away and pulled out a kangaroo. "What's this, kids?" Even louder, they yelled "IT'S A KANGAROO!" Next, the clown yanked a donkey out of his hat. "What's this kids?" THe man, now slightly annoyed by this clowns condensending questions, shouted out, "IT'S AN ASS!" The children gasped and parents turned to find the corrupter. The clown, thinking quick on his feet, said, "And so are you!" The audience laughed with delight and the clowns wit. The man, angered, got up and left. He went home and, rather than watching TV and reading the paper at night, began to look for insults to throw back at the clown. He searched random magazines and websites. Asking all his friends, and only getting laughed at, he kept his search to himself. One day, he was scanning the newspaper for a reply, and again caught the ad with his peripheral vision. Getting a second look at it, he saw the circus was in at the same place, the same time as two years before. He decided to go, but this time, he was not bothered by the children running around screaming at his feet. He marched right into the big top tent. He watched the show, every moment of it, intent on waiting for the old clown to come out. Sure enough, after all the other attractions, the clown emerged. His routine was the same; "what's this, kids?" "IT'S A RABBIT!" "What's this, kids?" Even louder, "IT'S A KANGAROO!" the clown yanked a donkey out of his hat. The man yelled, "IT'S AN ASS!" Again, parents gasped and covered thier children's ears. The clown replied, "And so are you!". This time the man was prepared. He yelled, "FUCK YOU, CLOWN!" |
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