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== Nonfiction cross reference ==
== Nonfiction cross reference ==

Revision as of 17:45, 28 June 2017

Flea circus ticket (circa 1889).

The Human Flea Circus is a travelling entertainment company and pest management firm.

Creation of a Human Flea Circus proceeds according to time-honored rituals:

  • Acquisition
  • Taming
  • Training
  • Performance
  • Retirement

According to one survivor of a Midnight Performance show, the Ringmaster opened the performance -- and the Acquisition phase -- by announcing:

Ladies and gentleman! For this next act, I am going to need several thousand volunteers from the audience!

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