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Laser Pointer Shocking Keychain
$ 3.69
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It was early morning and the sun was just peeking up over the mirror flat Gulf of Mexico. Brilliant slashes of fuschia and orange backed by dark blue gray clouds split the sky. John and Mable sat on the beach on an old blanket and made a joint decision to buy the property, it was 1910 and they were getting older…Ca d’Zan or “House of John” was a 30 room mansion built on the Ringling’s new property and completed in 1926. Mable and John joined the Sarasota social scene, built The Ringling fine arts gallery on the property and helped with the development of Sarasota, Florida in general. In 1927 he made it the official winter home of the circus. The prior winter home was in Connecticut. By 1929 John Ringling had acquired all of the circuses in America making him truly the “Circus King” and his castle was right here.
A few years later, a different couple in love founded something a tad bit more modest, just a small distance away.
In 1949, a giant and his tiny wife found a home to retire for the winter just south of Tampa, Florida. Al Tomaini was billed as the Giant. A famous 8ft 41/2in tall man with a 22in shoe. His wife was Jeanie, the 2ft 5in tall, born legless, Acrobatic Half-Woman. Once labeled the World’s Strangest Married Couple until dethroned by Monkey Girl and Alligator Man, the pair would go on to found one of the World’s Strangest Communities in Florida.
Gibsonton or “Gibtown” was once the winter home to a variety of carnies, circus workers and sideshow celebrities. It was the 1940’s and one of the most popular times in history for the Freak shows within the Carnivals and Circuses. They needed a place to rest and while the circus folks had Sarasota, the Giant and his wife decided to take this little town on the outskirts. Due to those circus folks and the Ringling Brothers influence, Hillsborough County had some pretty lax laws about tigers or Ferris wheels in the front yard.
Many a sideshow celebrity called Gibtown home. The Hilton Siamese Twin Sisters ran a fruit stand. The Giant and Jeanie had a trailer park and fish camp. Dottie the Fat Lady, the Alligator Man and his wife the Monkey Girl…
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Any good clown knows these fun and shocking laser pointer keychains are always good for a laugh! Which button does what is anyone's guess though... Message if you want a specific color, they come in Red, Blue and Black.