Lamppost Junction: For All Your Juggling Needs
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Walking through the streets of the East Village you see all sorts of strange advertisements. Not the latest million dollar Pepsi campaign or the poster for the new Judd Apatow flick but the 8½ x 11 sheet of paper posted by some random guy. Man with a van. Computer technician. Hoover fixer sucker guy. You get the idea.
About a month ago, my fiancée alerted me to one particular ad which she found somewhat distressing. Of course the minute that I decided I should take a photo of this sign, it vanished, Keyser Söze style. Well good news folks, it’s back! On the northeast corner of 10th Street and 3rd Avenue, the bright orange ad for juggling lessons.
What’s so disturbing about juggling? That would be the association with clowns, which Adrianne just happens to be irrationally afraid of. Now I can’t blame her, clowns are fucking scary. As a child I would lie awake for hours, terrorized by the glazed clay clown face on my wall. Thank you to my older brother or sister who made this for me. It haunts my nightmares.
But back on topic, the juggling ad. Let’s take a closer look.
If you can’t make out everything I’ve transcribed it below, maintaining most of the formatting of the original.
Juggling
Lessons
And Stilt Walking Lessons
Juggling is great fun! Its good exercise for your eyes and the rest of your body as well. It builds Hand-Eye coordination and can be very relaxing
Welcome to the world of Juggling$50 per lesson
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*Stress Reliever
*Stay focused in stressful circumstances
*Develop confidence
*Develop a healthy body and peaceful mind
This sign raises so many questions.
1) Is there really a demand for juggling lessons? Isn’t this something you can kind of teach yourself by watching someone on YouTube do it? Answer - yes!
2) Stilt walking is the undercard? That’s something I could get behind. Who doesn’t want to know how to walk on stilts? Do I have to bring my own?
3) Stress reliever? Develop confidence? From juggling? You’re kidding right?
4) What’s up with all the asterisks? Is there a disclaimer on the back of your ad? You are just kidding aren’t you.
5) Who has the balls (pun intended?) to post an ad like this? A clown? A former clown? Eliot Spitzer?
Welcome to the world of juggling! Discuss amongst yourselves.
You want to be tall? You want stilt walking lessons? Great big tall fun can be yours!
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