If you worked in the circus what would your job be?

I would be doing some kind of animal show, I suppose. Probably involving dogs and/or monkeys. I’ve never tried, but I’m reasonably sure I’d be good at training monkeys. I could also ride a unicycle while juggling, I think. Pretty sure I’m good at that.

My first reaction was to think of a traditional circus, in which case I’d be be a big cat or elephant trainer. But since I think it’s cruel to hold animals captive for entertainment purposes only (especially the unnatural behaviors asked of elephants), I think I’ll amend my answer and say an aerialist with Cirque du Soleil. If you’ve ever seen a Cirque production, then you know that circuses don’t need animals.

I’d be the horse trainer and trick rider, followed by creating an act of trained geese that jumped through hoops of fire, and dove from high dives into swimming pools. lol
Wait….geese on diving ponies, there, the act of the century. haha

I’d want to be a rope walker or an acrobat of some kind. Those were always my favorite circus events, at least in the few times that I’ve been to circuses.
I have absolutely no training in any of that though, but if given the chance I would sure take lessons.

I want to throw the knives at the woman as she spins on the wheel. I really don’t want to be the person on the wheel.
Why? Why not?

I want to be the woman on the wheel. I’ll catch the knives as I spin about, cut myself loose, then throw them back at you. Great new twist, huh?

Well that’s a mean twist. What did I do to you?

I can tell you that I would steer clear of the clowns, as they scare me.

But give me the horses to look after . . . . I’m there!

Nothing. I think it would be fun to watch you weave and dodge. People being such fans of dark entertainment these days, I suppose it would be very well received. You better twist and turn at the right times though, or I would be minus a partner. HA!

I’m good at weaving and dodging, plus I wear chainmail skivvies. Bring it on.

hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee.
Do we have to wait for a circus?

I’d be the manager. Scheduling shows, hiring people, training the people who sell the tickets and also general training about customer service.

Nah, we don’t need the circus. We’ll get a wheel and get wild.

Clown Assassin

Or clown fluffer. Even the funny looking ones need a hand or a mouth now and then.

Tending to the sexual needs of the animals.

I would walk a tightrope with a net underneath. Or get shot from a cannon. I just want to wear something bedazzled.

I’d be responsible for lighting, special effects, and security.

Lion tamer.

@LuckyGuy I want multi-colored lights and a smoke machine for my diving goose and pony act, and….make sure you showcase my tutu with a polka dot strobe effect. lol

I would select the video games and kiosks. So I can play and eat good food on my time off.

I think we should start a circus, the Fluther fantastic.
A good blend of practical, daredevil and whimsical.

@talljasperman Talk to our manager @JLeslie. I request Turkey Legs and Roasted Corn Cobs. We can feed the scraps to the animals. Yay, a recycling circus!

LOL.

Trapeze artist. I’d love to fly through the air like that!

I would be the dude who lights the fuse on the human cannon. I just love to see people things go BOOM.

@Cruiser Hey, I think you’re on to something, vigilante canon firing for the bad guys. Kinds lends a whole new meaning to “c’mon baby light my fire.” haha
Launch ‘em into alligator filled pits. lol

@Coloma… Hey… I already claimed the cannon. We can have the bad guys stick their heads in lion’s mouths.

@Coloma @GloPro thankfully I have two hands and two lighters….5….4….3….2….1…..

@Cruiser @Coloma Because, yeah, I wanna end up in a net with a vigilante bad guy.
Actually, come to think of it, I like a bad guy. Let’s do it.
We’ll need matching bedazzled leather and lace costumes.

Brian tamer, and I’m not lion.

Elephant handler. My dream job is elephant handler. I’d prefer working elephants, like the loggers in south Asia. But I’d work in a circus.

@GloPro Yeah, those bad boys, good for a roll in the net, then toss ‘em in the lions den. lol

I’ll be making funnel cakes.

Why? Because everyone wants my funnel cakes.

Ohh..and elephant ears… and deep fried mars bars.

@turtlesandbox I know I do.

I’d be the face painter and balloon artist since I’m qualified to do both in real life as well.

If I could find a circus that didnt travel, that would be heaven for me.

@Buttonstc hmmm, have you thought about having children? My sister’s kids are either a circus or a zoo…

@turtlesandbox, FUNNEL CAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one with strawberries and chocolate drizzle, one with cherries and whipped cream (whip that cream hard, it was BAD), two with cinnamon and powdered sugar, one with bavarian cream, sprinkle just a dab of ginger and cinnamon on that.

Well, I’d prefer to get paid (like real cash money)

:D

@turtlesandbox, still hungry. Gimmee two with chunks of kiwi and banana, sprinkled with orange fondettes, my daughter wants one made up like a fruit tart – with some melon bits, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mandarin orange segments!

@Jonesn4burgers geeze, now I have to go hunt down a ham and Gouda crepe. Maybe a Nutella and banana one, too.

@Coloma I can set up a pair of auto-tracking lasers to highlight the tutu. All you need to do is specify the tutu color so I can program the recognitions software and it’s good to go.

SWEET!

@Coloma I always wanted to be a trick rider!

In my dream world I’d be caring for and training the horses and maybe trick riding too.

More realistically, I’d be sitting in the box office selling tickets.

As a interesting bit of trivia. I friend of mine’s great grandfather worked in a Wild West Show around 1900. He said there were usually trick shooting acts by various stars of the time. They would toss a silver dollar into the air and the shooter would draw and fire. Usually the first time the shooter missed. But the second or third time the silver dollar would be hit and fly out of the ring where it would be found with a hole in it. A lucky member of the audience would get to keep it and legends would be made. Except for some minor variations, the show would repeat a few times at each location.
But, he said when they took the tent down, there were never holes in the big top. If the performer had been using real bullets they would easily have flown through the fabric punching and tearing the canvas. The absence of holes meant that the guns were loaded with some form of fine shot and were acting like a shotgun and, therefore, the silver dollar had been pre-shot. It still took talent to hit it, but definitely not as much as if it were done with a single bullet.