Circus Days

It's time for a few jokes to keep us light-hearted.  So in line with our images from the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, here are a few circus jokes.  These come from Enchanted Learning. On the Circus: Which circus performers can see in the dark? (The acro-bats!) Did you hear about the human cannonball? (He got fired!) What happened when the magician got mad? (She pulled her hare out!) What happened when the short fortune-teller who escaped from prison? (She was a small medium at large!)   A few Clown Jokes: What should you do if you're attacked by a group of clowns? (Go for the juggler/jugular!) Why did the clown wear loud socks! (So his feet wouldn't fall asleep!) I'd like to take over the clown's job! (Those are big shoes to fill!) And Elephant Jokes: How do you raise a baby elephant? (With a fork lift!) What do you get when you cross an elephant and a fish? (Swimming trunks!) What time is it when you find an elephant in your car? (Time to get a new car!) How do you know if there's an elephant under your bed? (Your head hits the ceiling!) What time is it when 10 elephants are chasing you? (Ten to one!)

At the Ringling Museum

Ringling Museum     The historic mansion is a delicate beauty, with complex colours and textures in terra cotta, tile, and marble. Built with a similar intent - to create the most striking of private homes - as Biltmore and Hearst, this mansion is elaborate. The antique roof tiles come from Barcelona where John Ringling salvaged them and sent them home, filling two cargo ships. There were too many for the house, so some were sold to neighbours.  One can still see roofs that match Ca' d'Zan's. The house is Venetian in design. In keeping with the theme, Mable Ringling kept a gondola at the dock. After John Ringling's death, the mansion was neglected for decades.  Its transformation back to its original beauty was completed in 2002, with a six year effort to restore it. There is the Art Museum, Circus Museum, and also an 18th century Italian theatre on the ground.  It sits inside a new structure.  Ringling had it shipped from the Veneto to Florida in 1930.