Viva Las Vegas

I'd just like to point out to 3minuteman and CaptainCoochie that I am indeed the winner of our competition.
That's all.

-M'Lady

Bucket List

Before you die, there should be things you want to do to lead a more "complete" life. Many of these things could come from places you want to go and things you want to do there. Please, while making your own list, make it original. It's never more awkward when you're one of three people going off Niagara Falls in a barrel on the same day.

~3minuteman

Cool Cities

Cartengena, Columbia

Leipzig, Germany

Ruidoso, New Mexico

Tigre, Brazil

Vancouver, Canada









-M'Lady & CaptainCoochie & Ice Dancer

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-Fluffy

Leads

Rhetorical Question: Clowns, mimes, lions, balloons, the circus, whats not to like? Any person in the stands, cheering on the elephant standing on its hind legs and the tiger jumping through the flaming hoop, wouldn't see the pain and suffering all circus animals are being forced to endure. The circus is a neat American family tradition, however if these “fun-loving” circuses are to remain legal in the U.S. they need to become animal friendly.

Twist: Circuses have been an exciting tradition since the ancient Roman times. They became a place to take your family when looking for fun. But there comes a time when you need to wonder, how they trained that elephant to stand on its hind legs, or play that trumpet.

Startling Statement: Across America circus animals are being abused. They are forced to preform various acts, from riding bikes to jumping through flaming hoops. Animals are constantly struck and harmed, the violence must end.


-Fluffy (Mariah)

Surprise For You

The pretty group.

-Snookums (caroline)

Leads

1. Compare/Contrast: The most respected historical artists were considered blasphemous to the name of art in their lifetime, and a similar thing is happening today. Modern artists are being judged for the "junky" medium, despite their extreme talent and creativity.

2. Direct Address: When you see two pieces of art, one a self portrait of Van Gogh, the other a modern sculpture made of torn-up tires, you immediately have more respect for the first. This however, is not the set of mind you should be in. Everyone should become more open to the name of art.

3. Rhetorical Question: Who decides what art is?

-Snookums (Caroline)

Leads

1. Twist: Japanese underground music has been hailed as creative genius due to the sheer insanity of the showmanship, but when you light yourself on fire just to please the audience, you can only claim that as stupidity.

2. Contrast and compare/ Rhetorical Question: Music used to be purely classical and evolved into something even better, but in this decade, will Japanese underground groups change music for the worse?

3. Startling statement: Across the world away, people are lighting themselves on fire, but not in demonstration. They do it for the entertainment of the audience and to make a name for themselves as an authentic Japanese underground band.

-3minuteman (Chris)

Leads

Contrast and compare: The seven wonders of the ancient  world were first acknowledged in the first and second century B.C. out of the seven, only one of them remains. The other six have all been destroyed by human violence and by natural disasters. This is why we need Seven new wonders.

Twist: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) decided to make new seven wonders and electing them by voting over phone and online, but as soon as the riots came up, protesting about this unfair way to decide which seven, UNESCO said they werent involved. suspicious?

Rhetorical Question: What would we be without the seven most wonderful monuments of the world?

-CaptainCoochie (Jeremy)