BillR sends this in: “I know their thing is surreality, but is there something about the shovel I’m missing here? All I can think of is how much manure there’d be to shovel.”
Are there good jobs for a shovel?
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Are there good jobs for a shovel?
The one in my garage doesn’t have to move as much manure (or much of anything else). If it’s really, really lazy, then I think it’s got a pretty good job.
Maybe some of them are health nuts and really enjoy great loam on some organic farm.
Even though most(?) circuses now don’t feature animals, shoveling manure is exactly where I went with the comment.
At least you don’t have to wash up after shoveling snow…
It’s an old joke. A guy is complaining about his job at the circus, where all he does is shovel manure all day.
His friend says, “Well, why don’t you quit?”
Guy: “And leave show biz?!”
BTW, the seedy-looking guy at the side-end of the bar is a self-portrait of artist Dan Piraro.
The shovel thought he’d become the famous high wire juggling shovel. But when he showed up the ringmaster asked, “How are you at working with elephants?”
Shoveling snow is cold, and there’s typically shovel abuse trying to get the ice up off the pavement, leading to bending/breaking. Not sure that’s such a cushy job.
Then there’s one of my jobs as a kid: shoveling coal into the hopper for our furnace (and then fishing the clinkers out of the furnace).
I know there are all kinds of regular easter eggs in Bizarro. Never noticed a loafer (shoe) before.
Recalling a gag cartoon that showed a bright-eyed, smiling toilet assuring himself “Today is going to be DIFFERENT!”
It’s as dated as a phone booth joke. As Darren pointed out, you see about as many elephants and lions in modern circuses as outhouse latrines behind modern homes.
I believe, but could be wrong, that some have gone to an intermediate position. They will have acts with domesticated animals like dogs and horses, but not “wild” animals.
I know there are all kinds of regular easter eggs in Bizarro. Never noticed a loafer (shoe) before.
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The one in my garage doesn’t have to move as much manure (or much of anything else). If it’s really, really lazy, then I think it’s got a pretty good job.
Maybe some of them are health nuts and really enjoy great loam on some organic farm.
Even though most(?) circuses now don’t feature animals, shoveling manure is exactly where I went with the comment.
At least you don’t have to wash up after shoveling snow…
It’s an old joke. A guy is complaining about his job at the circus, where all he does is shovel manure all day.
His friend says, “Well, why don’t you quit?”
Guy: “And leave show biz?!”
BTW, the seedy-looking guy at the side-end of the bar is a self-portrait of artist Dan Piraro.
The shovel thought he’d become the famous high wire juggling shovel. But when he showed up the ringmaster asked, “How are you at working with elephants?”
Shoveling snow is cold, and there’s typically shovel abuse trying to get the ice up off the pavement, leading to bending/breaking. Not sure that’s such a cushy job.
Then there’s one of my jobs as a kid: shoveling coal into the hopper for our furnace (and then fishing the clinkers out of the furnace).
I know there are all kinds of regular easter eggs in Bizarro. Never noticed a loafer (shoe) before.
Recalling a gag cartoon that showed a bright-eyed, smiling toilet assuring himself “Today is going to be DIFFERENT!”
It’s as dated as a phone booth joke. As Darren pointed out, you see about as many elephants and lions in modern circuses as outhouse latrines behind modern homes.
I believe, but could be wrong, that some have gone to an intermediate position. They will have acts with domesticated animals like dogs and horses, but not “wild” animals.
This seems to be the current list: https://www.bizarro.com/secret-symbols
A 2011 blog piece (I guess predating O2 and fish) described their history.
it just mean his whole job is picking up animal 💩