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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)they irritate the hell out of me.
clarice
(5,504 posts)I went to a birthday party that had a clown that was every bit as creepy as John Wayne Gacy.
I immediately started crying....and this clown....knowing that I hated him....would stare at me out
of the corners of his red eyes.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 22, 2015, 12:28 PM - Edit history (1)
Clowns do scare kids. I do not think people should hire clowns for kids' birthday parties.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Other than the republican clown car, I just don't find them funny.
hlthe2b
(102,495 posts)(John Wayne Gacey)
clarice
(5,504 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)IcyPeas
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frogmarch
(12,160 posts)when I was around 4 years old. I still remember Mom explaining that they were regular people wearing face paint and costumes. That was when I got scared of clowns.
clarice
(5,504 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Willie was the poor beaten down hobo that the whole world crapped on.
One of his best bits was 'sweeping up the spotlight' at the end of his bit.
AS the grip narrowed the focus, Willie swept it away.
Great gag.
Wish I could find a video.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)malthaussen
(17,230 posts)But he is definitely on the short list of clowns who are not creepy.
-- Mal
UTUSN
(70,779 posts)I'm sorry but when I see "performances" it's ewww, including "high" art. (Am talking about ... never mind)
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 23, 2015, 01:31 PM - Edit history (1)
I should see one flayed and roasted over an ever-so-low flame to be spinkled in salt, cut from the fabric of human existence, and sliced ever so thin over a pyre of human suffering and served to a pack of rabid rats, than allowed to breathe my ever-so-precious air.
Other than that, I'm cool with them.
clarice
(5,504 posts)ailsagirl
(22,904 posts)but they never frightened me. (Of course, there weren't any scary clowns back then, either)
a la izquierda
(11,802 posts)The only thing worse would be a clown with a pet tarantula.
2theleft
(1,136 posts)I agree 100%.
elleng
(131,292 posts)began at an early Halloween. She's 27 now, with a 1 year old of her own. Haven't asked whether she's still afraid of clowns.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)in American Horror Story.
clarice
(5,504 posts)DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)If they are sweet and funny, that's okay but not if they are from the mind of Stephen King.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)(L to R: Ringmaster Ned Locke, Bob Trendler the bandleader, Bozo, Oliver, and Sandy)
clarice
(5,504 posts)London Lover Man
(371 posts)He was our local TV clown, and a good one.
But some clowns creep me out, but not all of them - I have met the freakiest clowns ever. There's Ouchy the Clown (has a website), there's Aaron Zilch who's a clown that abuses himself (staples stuff on his boddy - his gimmick) Name? Sleaz0 the Clown.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)malthaussen
(17,230 posts)-- Mal
clarice
(5,504 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)tonekat
(1,831 posts)Who had paintings and tchotchkes with clown themes in her waiting room and treatment room! I always wanted to say, "Um, this is not a good idea...you need to redecorate." She finally did.
CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)Clowns are, um.... up to something.
There seems to be an epidemic of clown-related terror of late.
clarice
(5,504 posts)CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)There is nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight.