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when you're robbing a clown he might go for the juggler
« on: June 18, 2011, 11:33:09 PM »
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Re: when you're robbing a clown he might go for the juggler
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2011, 01:35:32 AM »
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Re: when you're robbing a clown he might go for the juggler
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2011, 06:55:27 AM »
Is there a pun in the thread title..  ???
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Re: when you're robbing a clown he might go for the juggler
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2011, 07:03:29 AM »
Quote from: Lanius on June 19, 2011, 06:55:27 AM
Is there a pun in the thread title..  ???
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Re: when you're robbing a clown he might go for the juggler
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2011, 08:46:05 AM »
Lanius:

"Go for the jugular (vein)" is an expression which indicates that the most aggressive response is called for.  This, in business, sports, self-defense situations, etc.

A juggler is a common entertainer found, as well as clowns, in circuses and other entertainment situations.

So in context with a clown, "go for the juggler" is a takeoff on "jugular."

There's a bad but well-known joke on which the thread title is based:

"How do you kill a circus clown?"  "Go for the juggler."

And variants thereon.

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Re: when you're robbing a clown he might go for the juggler
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2011, 08:54:30 PM »
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