{"id":382,"date":"2013-07-26T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/blog\/?p=382"},"modified":"2020-07-07T12:14:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T17:14:40","slug":"the-stress-was-just-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"The Stress was just too Much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well Vent Haven 2013 is in the bag.  It was a great year for all who attended.  With over 600 folks in attendance, I&#8217;m sure we spoke to most all of them 2 or 3 times.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning at about 12:30 A.M. we were taking down the last of our display.  We could use fatigue as an excuse for what happened next, or we could use stress.  In reality, it was just a bit of silliness that comes from a good week that was totally exhausting.<\/p>\n<p>We had a character with us this year named &#8220;Malcolm&#8221;.  He is a bit out of the ordinary in that he came with three sets of eyes, three wigs, and three noses.  You can see him now on our &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?act=show_page&amp;sp_id=33&amp;c_sp_id=33\">Available Now<\/a>&#8221; page on the website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedummyshoppe.com\/index.php?act=show_page&amp;sp_id=33&amp;c_sp_id=33\">click here<\/a>).  He offers many possibilities for a performer.  You can build him up from scratch during your act, or you can constantly switch out his interchangeable components or what ever you want to do.\n <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Sunday morning as we were taking the booth down, our good friend Bob Rumba had a total breakdown and began taking components from Malcolm and using them.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately we had a camera close by and captured Bobs antics for you to see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bob 2\" src=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob2-small.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bob1\" src=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob1-small.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bob3\" src=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob3-small.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bob4\" src=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob4-small.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bob5\" src=\"http:\/\/thedummyshoppe.com\/wp_jetpup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/bob5-small.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your sides are not hurting after seeing what Bob can do with mere puppet parts, maybe you just had to be there to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are trying to catch up with ourselves after arriving back home, so that will be about all for this week.<\/p>\n<p>We will talk soon,<\/p>\n<p>Steve and JET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well Vent Haven 2013 is in the bag. It was a great year for all who attended. 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