"This is a tough gig!" says Ramirez the Clown."I wasted my best gags on these people. A guy walks into a riot and asks 'Hey, why the long truncheons?' - 'What's the difference between a democratic peaceful protest and a riot? About 2 minutes! Tada!
"Nothing! I blame this costume that Vivienne Westwood designed for me!" he said afterwards, relaxing and gargling with tequila shots in the local tourist bar, known affectionately as the 'taverna dos binge drinking gringos americanos, spit!'
"I've never had such a tough audience since the introduction of taxation in the Isle of Man! Boom! Boom!"
I thought that being a rodeo clown was tough gig but maybe being a civil disobedience clown is moreso. Running in between the demonstrators and the police, making sure no-one gets hurt. Isn't that the UN's job? Good luck, Ramirez! You have big shoes to fill!
