Now I don't really know what I mean by any of that, but it seems to fit the surrealist circus sideshow mood of the climate policy debate in Australia right about now.
This is the world so beloved of YouTube circus performers who take titles like Crackdown and Grand Theft Auto and turn them into vast and astonishing stunt shows.
Tony McNulty, a Home Office minister, dismissed Davis's campaign as a "complete circus, tinged with vanity with a bit of self-delusion" and hinted that the true motive lay in shadow cabinet divisions which had yet to be unearthed.
Aerial circus performers, rollerskaters and puppets – including a bicycle-powered duck – roamed James Street from 6pm.
When researchers at Cardiff University released a report about the brain chemical called GABA – which they had found to be associated with impulsivity in a group of adult men – they unwittingly prompted a media circus.
If they're worried by it, what was the message they were sending by letting professional attention-seeker Geoffrey Edelston hijack and degrade Malthouse's record-breaking 715th game, of all occasions, when Edelsten dragged his sleazy one-man circus into the coaching box for the sake of coterie funds?
Exciting events run throughout the year: circus, theatre and light festivals; live music in baroque buildings; and exhibitions of art, architecture and puppetry.
The Octagon Theatre, Thu to 23 May LG There's something for everyone at the Brighton fringe, from the Spiegeltent on Old Steine hosting 31 days of cabaret and circus – with talent including Camille O'Sullivan (2-13 Mand anDavid Hoylele (13 May) – to shows with pedigree such as Bucket Club's Lorraine & Alan (21 & 22 May) and Show And Tell's examination of grief, So It Goes (8-10 May).
Congress should not pay so much heed to the circus barkers.
Cameron, still displaying signs of residual pump, continued his absurd quest to turn "stubby pencil" into his "Ooh Betty", while reluctantly hopping about on the stage like a circus bear on an electrified plate.
He was anti-nuclear power, pro-cycling and keen on animal rights (especially goldfish, circus animals and newts).
