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Cons & Ukulele's = the perfect combination. [Feb. 26th, 2008|01:25 pm]
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"That's not a real bearded lady!" cried a paying customer at Barnum's Museum. "It's a bearded man wering a dress!" The customer then had Barnum served with a subpoena and took him to court. The trial was a public spectacle as the bearded lady, her husband, and a doctor each testified as to her femininity. Meanwhile thousands flocked to the museum to judge for themselves. After the trial it came out that PT Barnum had actually hired the man to sue him.. solely to drum up business.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3gp7B8WC4Q&e
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britian doing The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, from their dvd.
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[User Picture]From: marguerlucy
2008-02-26 07:31 pm (UTC)
ohmigodz I love faux-circus press.
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-26 07:41 pm (UTC)
hehe, I thought you might. ;)
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[User Picture]From: insane_hope
2008-02-26 07:48 pm (UTC)
"This way to the great Egres!" I love PT barnum, such a bastard, but just damn entertaining. Also there was a great exhibit I got to see this past summer in NYC about mythical creatures, and they had a lot of Barnum's stuff, including the fiji mermaid. mmmmm, nerdy goodness
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-26 07:51 pm (UTC)
Ooh! Interesting. Sounds like an awesome exhibit. I'll have to keep an eye open in case it travels.
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-26 08:49 pm (UTC)
I was waiting for a reference from Barnum ;)
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[User Picture]From: sparkly_sparky
2008-02-26 09:18 pm (UTC)
huh... *is amused*

you probably have some great quotes
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-26 09:19 pm (UTC)
What kinda quotes? ;)
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[User Picture]From: oneluckyb
2008-02-26 11:07 pm (UTC)
I am beginning to think I will learn a lot from you. :)
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-26 11:33 pm (UTC)
Awesome. ;) I try to find interesting things to post about.
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[User Picture]From: harmonic_motion
2008-02-27 12:03 am (UTC)
My Dad used to play the soundtrack to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly all the time when I was growing up. Thanks for the memories!
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-27 12:03 am (UTC)
Aww! That's awesome! You're welcome. :)
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[User Picture]From: locust_boy
2008-02-27 02:37 am (UTC)
That's like the time I sued myself for being too sexy. It was really just to bring the topic my sexiness into the public forum.

I ended up settling out of court for an undisclosed sum.
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-27 06:43 am (UTC)
LOL. Amazing. =)
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[User Picture]From: ebourland
2008-02-27 04:21 am (UTC)
Wow. Cool.
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-27 06:51 am (UTC)
I thought so! :)
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[User Picture]From: zibacco
2008-02-27 06:54 am (UTC)
That's hilarious. Barnum was genius.
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-27 06:56 am (UTC)
He really was. Bastard. ;)
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From: ex_theglaiv
2008-02-27 12:00 pm (UTC)
In the most astounding coincidence, we had a bearded lady in at work today. Well, she was definately a lady with all the lady parts, in her late 20s, who had 2 day growth under her chin where she hadn't quite shaved.

I can't believe your post today is about that.
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-27 07:36 pm (UTC)
Oh wow!!! It's crazy how timely my posts always seem to be for certain members of my flist.. I mean how often do you run into a bearded lady?
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[User Picture]From: sensibleken
2008-02-27 05:32 pm (UTC)
i thought i saw a bearded lady once. turns out it was a french stripper doing a handstand. oh BURN!!!
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-27 07:38 pm (UTC)
LOL! Oh WOW!
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[User Picture]From: sczrhands
2008-02-28 01:46 am (UTC)
Good marketing technique!
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-28 01:52 am (UTC)
I agree!
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[User Picture]From: flyingcircuits
2008-02-28 12:58 pm (UTC)
haha, wow. Well, I guess at the point if you're gonna do a publicity stunt it's not gonna be half assed lol
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[User Picture]From: randomposting
2008-02-28 07:49 pm (UTC)
lol, exactly! ;)
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