What's wrong with the circus?

A Letter from "A Circus Dreamer":

Dear Give a Gripe,

Today someone asked if I was in a circus. I told them no. But what if I had been? What's so bad a about being in a circus? I mean, come on, you get to do all kinds of cool stuff. You can explore the world, act silly and crazy, and no one would know better.
Hanging from the roof, flipping and twirling through the air, riding elephants, making people laugh. After all laughter is the best medicine, isn't it?
At least that's what I know of circuses.
Since I have never personally been in one, been to one or seen one, who am I to know? But still, the idea of being a circus is intriguing. You can play gypsy and travel the world over. Meet new people every day. Walk the tightropes. Act totally crazy without getting strange looks. Play with all types of trained animals. You get to play dress up everyday. And when people ask you why you've been all over the country (or world), you just give a pleasant smile and say "Yes, I'm in the circus. I'm the clown I do tricks and play with the lions and elephants...Wouldn't you love to be in one too?" Give a honk to your red clown nose, do a flip and twirl as you catch a trapeze and dance away.

Signed,
~ A Circus Dreamer

(Answer moved to post =D) - Hol

Dear Dreamer,

I do believe you just answered your own gripe. Congratulations, that makes our job a heck of a lot easier. As you may have noticed, we're no "Dear Abby." And one of my personal childhood dreams was always to traipse up and down the shoddy ground of an over-sized tent while wearing enough make-up to make Gene Simmons look normal, juggling around five of the nearest spherical objects I could find. Flaming, preferably. There is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with the circus. They are simply talented individuals whom most people (*cough*High-schoolers*cough*) can't seem to grasp the logic of.
The logic is this:

"Yes, hello, how-do-you-do. I know I look silly, that's the point. But I'm having more fun than you. And I'll be having even more when you realize just how much you paid to get in here."

Well, err, that's it more or less, anyhow.

- Space


Yes, laughter is the best medicine, but zinc lozenges take a quick second place.

As a side note to what Space Bean said, if you don't want people to ask you if you're in the circus, consider not wearing the rainbow colored afro and big shoes ;). However, we highly encourage you to join the circus and show the world that it's still in need of some genuine weirdos....