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Flea Tales
Flea Circus - The flea circus has a long history. While curiosity about the flea's amazing ability to jump is recorded as far back as Socrates' time, one of the earliest known flea shows in the U.S. was the 1834 Extraordinary Exhibition of Industrious Fleas in New York. Flea circuses were a formal parlor entertainment throughout Europe a century or less ago, and they were equally popular at American county fairs. You could still see a good flea circus on Times Square in the '50s. But these days they are rare. -The Coastal Post, Oct 1995
Flea Poem -
I hope that I shall never see
A poem as ugly as a flea.
A flea whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against my dog's large beastly chest;
A flea who sucks up blood all day,
and jumps onto an itchy stray;
A flea that may in summer bear
a nest of offspring in my pet's hair:
Beneath its legs a scab is lain
My poor dog cannot complain.
Advantage™ is sold by folks like me,
Why oh why did God make the flea?
-T. Savino
Fleas versus Potatoes
A humorous comparison between fleas and potatoes
| Fleas | Potatoes |
| Excellent jumpers | Can be rolled but do not jump at all |
| No eyes | May have one or many eyes |
| Six legs | No legs, no feet, but contain "toes" (potatoes) |
| Might lay eggs on your couch | May just lay on the couch (i.e. couch potatoes) |
| Fleas probably cannot taste the animal's blood | Potatoes taste good |
| There are many open flea markets | Most potatoes are still underground |
