http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Lee WackerWed, 23 Jul 2008 05:12:15 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/5/15/clowns-of-enchantment-part-iii.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1645110
I agree wholeheartedly with you!

But, would rodeo clowns be as effective if they didn't have the makeup and the silly costumes? Seems to me I read an article once by a rodeo clown who stated flatly that each part of his costume was carefully planned to look outrageous, but would break away should he get hung up on the bull's horns or something else. I don't know, but as I said, the rodeo clowns are useful, but I hate the so-called clowns from the circus. They aren't funny, and I have seen far too many children frightened by them. One of the worst things I have ever seen concerning a clown was one who approached a very small girl at a local county fair. He leaned over and spoke to the child who looked at him, then literally climbed up her mother's body, screaming at the top of her lungs. The clown turned out to be her daddy, but I doubt if he ever convinced her.

By the same token, if one should wish to look at it that way, is when locals try to perform some scene from the old days. One year in Holbrook, Arizona, the locals were performing a skit representing a bank robbery that happened sometime in the 1800's in Holbrook. One of my acquaintances was playing the part of the bank robber who got shot. Everything was going very well, the bank was robbed, the gunfight started, ladies screamed, it was very impressive. Then, the robber got shot and he "died" quite elegantly in the middle of the street. There was dead silence for an instant, then a horrible shriek went up when the "robber's" two-year-old daughter realized what had happened. She tore out into the street, crying and sobbing frightfully. She flung herself upon the "dead man," who had to come to life to comfort the stricken child. Ruined his great moment, but the crowd loved it!]]>Lisa LasaterWed, 23 Jul 2008 00:52:19 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/7/20/nobody-does-it-like-las-cruces.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1644671Megan WalkerTue, 22 Jul 2008 21:38:46 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/7/20/nobody-does-it-like-las-cruces.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1644352Lisa BarrowTue, 22 Jul 2008 07:06:16 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/7/20/nobody-does-it-like-las-cruces.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1642480Mike SmithTue, 22 Jul 2008 02:19:21 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/5/15/clowns-of-enchantment-part-iii.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1642122
I have to admit unintentionally developing a grudging respect for rodeo clowns when I wrote this. They really do some crazy stuff, for real.

Does that mean I am no longer uneasy around them? No. Or that I find them funny? No, I really don't.

But I will give them credit for risking death for the sake of entertainment.]]>Mike SmithTue, 22 Jul 2008 02:15:34 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/7/3/to-be-thorough.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1642117Mike SmithTue, 22 Jul 2008 02:11:25 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/7/20/nobody-does-it-like-las-cruces.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1642107
Any chances we ever had of being linked to from the Board of Tourism or New Mexico Magazine...were gone long ago. But if they weren't!: they'd certainly be gone now.

Well written, interesting, and not just a little disturbing.

It reminds me a bit, though, of how I felt after hearing Bush's "Bring it on!" speech to the terrorists: "No, no, no, don't bring it on!"

(And I think I might know now why John LeMay tried to call me twice earlier today while I was taking my kids on a nap walk.)

Very nice work, Lisa.]]>janeSun, 20 Jul 2008 17:25:50 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/7/3/to-be-thorough.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1637093Let's also keep in mind that there are people who love wildlife in the area who were intintionally or unintentionally baiting in these lions. Now just becuase deer graze on your lawn doesn't mean lions are likely to come into your community, not unheard of but not all that common especially with local dogs and other sights and smells lions generally can't stand. But something made both these lions stalk people for up to three weeks, yes the lions plural were seen at cooresponding times following people. Very unnatural behavior. Now I won't say someone was actually hand feeding them but it certainly seems fishy.
The worst thing is that New mexico dept of game and fish were told up to two weeks earlier of this completely unnatural behavior and did nothing until someone innocent and helpless died. ]]>Lee WackerSun, 20 Jul 2008 03:51:53 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/5/15/clowns-of-enchantment-part-iii.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1636412
I think he was one of the first professional rodeo clowns to follow the circuit. ]]>Lee WackerSun, 20 Jul 2008 03:42:42 +0000http://www.mystrangenewmexico.com/the-daily-strange/2008/5/15/clowns-of-enchantment-part-iii.html#comments101448:2260485:comment/1636401
By contrast, I do admire the rodeo clowns. At least they're useful.]]>