It used to be that when the Carnival/Circus came to town, there would be someone who would call people up and guess their weight. Then they would stand on the weight scale and he'd usually be right. If he was wrong, they got a prize. I remember the carnival came to the parking lot/field of the Fairview Mall in St. Catharines. And the picture below, from 1939 is on Welland Avenue at George Street - that's near where Brian's office was in downtown St. Catharines. That article says the Pen Centre and Lincoln Mall parking lots were regular locations.
A novel item in the article was that Mayor Joseph Reid rode the elephants before the 1976 circus. Got me on that one. Circuses discontinued in the 2000s with animal rights concerns. Finally.
So we need one of those Carnie guys now to tell us what Donald Trump really weighs. There's lots of discussion on it - or rather, his height and weight spark debate. This has been under debate for a long time. Not just the latest medical results.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in October 2023 had an opinion.
Asking Schwarzenegger to clarify, Kimmel pressed, “So you think that it’s possible he weighs 215 pounds?”
“Yes, as much as it is possible that there is no climate change,” the former bodybuilder quipped. “And as much as it’s possible that we don’t need to reduce pollution.”
“Look, we all know the way he is, and if it makes him feel good to tell everyone he weighs 215, I think everyone laughs about it because he does not look like he weighs 215,” he went on. “He’s a little more like 315.”
He's the only one quoted so far. No one else seems to want to "weigh in."
Isn't that interesting, given every carnival came with a person who would guess your weight. There must be lots of experts out there. Everything is going quiet on the Trumpian front.
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