Freezing weather wipes out German flea circus BERLIN (AP) — An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany. Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead inside their transport box Wednesday morning. Michael Faber, who organizes the fair, told The Associated Press that an insect expert at a nearby university was able to provide 50 fleas in time for the first show Sunday. Faber says he hopes they'll "get through this without any more fatalities." Birk said it was the first time his circus had lost all of its fleas to the cold in one go. |
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
From Chic Silber #1
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Augustus de Morgan wrote:
Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
But in the 1700s Jonathan Swift had already written:
So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em;
And so proceed ad infinitum.
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