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[[File:Flea_circus_ticket.jpg|thumb|200px|Flea circus ticket (circa 1889).]]The '''Human Flea Circus''' is a travelling entertainment company and pest management firm.
[[File:Human Flea Circus (meme).jpg|thumb|Human Flea Circus Poster-Meme (circa 8 May 2021).]]The '''Human Flea Circus''' is a famous sideshow attraction at [[Carnevale Tenebre]].


Creation of a Human Flea Circus proceeds according to time-honored rituals:
== Description ==
 
A typical Human Flea Circus show consists of five acts:


* Acquisition
* Acquisition
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* Retirement
* Retirement


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


<blockquote>
<blockquote>
Ladies and gentleman!  For this next act, I am going to need several thousand volunteers from the audience!
Ladies and gentleman!  For this next act, I am going to need several thousand volunteers from the audience!
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
According to [[postminimalist detective]] [[Richard Tuttle]], Human Flea Circus is a front for business ventures based on [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Memesters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Memesters|'''''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Memesters]]''''' is a psychographic etching by the Spanish painter, printmaker, and alleged time-traveler Francisco Goya.
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|Circus promoter and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] found guilty of skimming profits from an unlicensed Human Flea Circus.
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|Circus promoter and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] found guilty of skimming profits from an unlicensed Human Flea Circus.
File:William Blake 002.jpg|''Das Gespenst eines Flohs'' ("The Ghost of a Flea") by [[William Blake]]. (Circa 1819-1820).
File:William Blake 002.jpg|''Das Gespenst eines Flohs'' ("The Ghost of a Flea") by [[William Blake]]. (Circa 1819-1820).
File:Ernst von Possart as Mephistopheles.jpg|Mephistopheles, preparing complimentary reservations for tonight's performance.
File:Ernst von Possart as Mephistopheles.jpg|Mephistopheles, preparing complimentary reservations for tonight's performance.
File:Carnevale Tenebre vise 600x800.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|[[Carnevale Tenebre]] uses vise to clamp souls.
File:Carnevale Tenebre vise 600x800.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|[[Carnevale Tenebre]] uses vise to clamp souls.
File:Erbium_(III)_chloride_pink.jpg|Dish of rosewater-scented flea chow.
File:Erbium_(III)_chloride_pink.jpg|Dish of rosewater-scented flea chow.
File:Flea_circus_ticket.jpg|Flea circus ticket (circa 1889).
</gallery>
</gallery>


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* [[Carnevale Tenebre]]
* [[Carnevale Tenebre]]
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Richard Tuttle]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Memesters]]''


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


* [[Flea circus (nonfiction)]]
* [[Flea circus (nonfiction)]]
== External links ==
{{Template:Categories: Flea circuses}}
=== Social media ===
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1706315987144843556 Post] @ Twitter (25 September 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1655759090872623105 Post] @ Twitter (8 May 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1391042428983984130 Post] @ Twitter (8 May 2021)


[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Animals (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Flea circuses (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fleas (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Insects (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Vermin (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Carnevale Tenebre]]
[[Category:Carnevale Tenebre]]

Latest revision as of 07:34, 25 September 2023

Human Flea Circus Poster-Meme (circa 8 May 2021).

The Human Flea Circus is a famous sideshow attraction at Carnevale Tenebre.

Description

A typical Human Flea Circus show consists of five acts:

  • Acquisition
  • Taming
  • Training
  • Performance
  • Retirement

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

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

In the News

  • The Sleep of Reason Produces Memesters is a psychographic etching by the Spanish painter, printmaker, and alleged time-traveler Francisco Goya.

    The Sleep of Reason Produces Memesters is a psychographic etching by the Spanish painter, printmaker, and alleged time-traveler Francisco Goya.

  • Circus promoter and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde found guilty of skimming profits from an unlicensed Human Flea Circus.

    Circus promoter and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde found guilty of skimming profits from an unlicensed Human Flea Circus.

  • Das Gespenst eines Flohs ("The Ghost of a Flea") by William Blake. (Circa 1819-1820).

    Das Gespenst eines Flohs ("The Ghost of a Flea") by William Blake. (Circa 1819-1820).

  • Mephistopheles, preparing complimentary reservations for tonight's performance.

    Mephistopheles, preparing complimentary reservations for tonight's performance.

  • Carnevale Tenebre uses vise to clamp souls.

    Carnevale Tenebre uses vise to clamp souls.

  • Dish of rosewater-scented flea chow.

    Dish of rosewater-scented flea chow.

  • Flea circus ticket (circa 1889).

    Flea circus ticket (circa 1889).

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (25 September 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (8 May 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (8 May 2021)
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