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SoylentGreen · Apr 9, 2009, 04:54 pm

Do you think clowns are good

Or are they perhaps

thebuescherman · Apr 9, 2009, 04:59 pm

Most certainly evil.

grandpa · Apr 9, 2009, 05:03 pm

Was this inspired by my avatar?

Walrus · Apr 9, 2009, 05:42 pm

Inhabitants of “The Guild of Fools and Joculators and College of Clowns,” a grim place and one to be avoided.

**Jack** · Apr 9, 2009, 05:47 pm

I've always been wary of clowns. (Take that as you will.)

**Cruella** · Apr 9, 2009, 05:49 pm

I know loads.

MyApologies · Apr 9, 2009, 05:59 pm

in the present day you eat McDonalds

In the future, McDonalds eats you!

SoylentGreen · Apr 9, 2009, 06:04 pm

Quote:

Quote by: grandpa

Was this inspired by my avatar?

Yea, sorry granpa but i'm with jack on this one.

GeminiBrian · Apr 9, 2009, 08:37 pm

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Quote by: CruellaDeChaCha

I know loads.

But do they make you laugh or weep?

Charlatan · Apr 9, 2009, 09:40 pm

Clowns are there to make you laugh. If the clown is not a masochist they will look for comfort in being creepy while they try to make people laugh. If they are masochists then they will let people laugh at them indiscriminanlty. So if the clown is good, they are probably nice natured people, but if they are ill natured then they might try to scare people once in a while, making them evil clowns. It all depends on the clown in question, if they need comfort zones then they should not be clowns, and by comfort I mean using safe humor that might be scray to others.

**Jack** · Apr 9, 2009, 11:18 pm

It's their exaggerated features and garish colors that offend my senses. As a kid, my idea of a truly horrific TV show wasn't Twilight Zone, I loved that. It was Bozo the Clown. That guy scared me sh*tless.

SteveMcKay · Apr 10, 2009, 12:43 am

Clowns freak me out. My sister collects them. Has ever since I can remember. Clown chimes, clown paint by numbers, clown cows, clown this, clown that. I used to sleepwalk and would always wake up to night terrors in her "Hall of the clowns".

Damaged me so much that 20 years later this Seinfeld episode kept me awake for a week.

Seinfeld Season 4: Episode The Opera: The Opera - TBS.com

Maryjane · Apr 10, 2009, 12:49 am

I added one to my haunted house two years ago.

SteveMcKay · Apr 10, 2009, 01:34 am

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Quote by: Maryjane

I added one to my haunted house two years ago.

Interesting 6'+, Psycho, "Were is Waldo" / Clown mix...

I think I like how you do All Hallows Eve over that way!

Walrus · Apr 10, 2009, 10:47 am

Krusty is okay.

thebuescherman · Apr 12, 2009, 02:14 am

Quote:

Quote by: grandpa

Was this inspired by my avatar?

Nothing personal of course. Is that the clown from Stephen Kings "It"? Been so long since I saw the movie but it reminds me....

Praxius · Apr 13, 2009, 09:46 am

Never liked clowns and never found them funny..... they're worse then mimes.... at least Mimes know when to shut up

**Cruella** · Apr 13, 2009, 10:19 am

Mime is money!

SteveMcKay · Apr 13, 2009, 11:06 pm

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Why are clowns scary?

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Children are frightened by clown-themed decor in hospitals, a survey suggests. How did the smiley circus entertainers become a horror staple?

Anyone who has read Stephen King's It would probably never choose to decorate a children's ward with clowns.

And it probably comes as no surprise to horror fans that a University of Sheffield study of 250 children for a report on hospital design suggests the children find clown motifs "frightening and unknowable".

One might suspect that popular culture is to blame. In It, made into a television movie in 1990, Stephen King created a child-murdering monster that appeared as a demonic clown.

No mention of grandpa by name

Flip Jackson · Apr 14, 2009, 02:55 pm

Clowns never really bothered me. In fact, I always found Homie the clown quite entertaining.

http://siddiqkhalifah.files.wordpres...8/08/homie.jpg

I'd put the picture itself, but I don't remember how to do that.

Apr 9, 2009, 04:54 pm	#1 (permalink)
SoylentGreen Volcanic Erupter Posts: 6,229	clowns Do you think clowns are good Or are they perhaps

Apr 9, 2009, 04:59 pm	#2 (permalink)
thebuescherman Un-molten Ash Posts: 569	Most certainly evil. I'm sorry, but I'd agree with you if you were right. www.martiniwarehouse.com

Apr 9, 2009, 05:03 pm	#3 (permalink)
grandpa blasphemer Location: Michigan Posts: 12,277	Was this inspired by my avatar? One proposed to be roasted at the stake should not douse himself in flammable oil. Yoruba proverb

Apr 9, 2009, 05:47 pm	#5 (permalink)
Jack Inquisitor Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 17,891 Blog Entries: 70	I've always been wary of clowns. (Take that as you will.) The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Jeber's If we're all God's children, what's so special about Jesus?

Apr 9, 2009, 09:40 pm	#10 (permalink)
Charlatan Amateur stripper Location: Cape Town South Africa Posts: 1,574 Blog Entries: 5	Clowns are there to make you laugh. If the clown is not a masochist they will look for comfort in being creepy while they try to make people laugh. If they are masochists then they will let people laugh at them indiscriminanlty. So if the clown is good, they are probably nice natured people, but if they are ill natured then they might try to scare people once in a while, making them evil clowns. It all depends on the clown in question, if they need comfort zones then they should not be clowns, and by comfort I mean using safe humor that might be scray to others. Going to my destruction!

Apr 9, 2009, 05:42 pm	#4 (permalink)
Walrus Hot Lava Posts: 791	Inhabitants of “The Guild of Fools and Joculators and College of Clowns,” a grim place and one to be avoided.

Apr 9, 2009, 05:49 pm	#6 (permalink)
Cruella Moderator Posts: 3,747	I know loads.

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MyApologies BANNED Posts: 454	in the present day you eat McDonalds In the future, McDonalds eats you!

Apr 9, 2009, 11:18 pm	#11 (permalink)
Jack Inquisitor Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 17,891 Blog Entries: 70	It's their exaggerated features and garish colors that offend my senses. As a kid, my idea of a truly horrific TV show wasn't Twilight Zone, I loved that. It was Bozo the Clown. That guy scared me sh*tless. The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Jeber's If we're all God's children, what's so special about Jesus?

Apr 10, 2009, 12:43 am	#12 (permalink)
SteveMcKay Stupid Monkey Location: Milliken, CO, USA Posts: 285	Clowns freak me out. My sister collects them. Has ever since I can remember. Clown chimes, clown paint by numbers, clown cows, clown this, clown that. I used to sleepwalk and would always wake up to night terrors in her "Hall of the clowns". Damaged me so much that 20 years later this Seinfeld episode kept me awake for a week. Seinfeld Season 4: Episode The Opera: The Opera - TBS.com Last edited by SteveMcKay; Apr 10, 2009 at 01:25 am.

Apr 10, 2009, 12:49 am	#13 (permalink)
Maryjane Amused Location: Mid Atlantic Posts: 2,452	I added one to my haunted house two years ago. If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear. 10,000 Maniacs

Apr 10, 2009, 10:47 am	#15 (permalink)
Walrus Hot Lava Posts: 791	Krusty is okay.

Apr 13, 2009, 09:46 am	#17 (permalink)
Praxius Warp 9.7 Grump Location: Cranky Canadian Posts: 7,445	Never liked clowns and never found them funny..... they're worse then mimes.... at least Mimes know when to shut up

Apr 13, 2009, 10:19 am	#18 (permalink)
Cruella Moderator Posts: 3,747	Mime is money!

Apr 14, 2009, 02:55 pm	#20 (permalink)
Flip Jackson Newly Agnostic Location: Owasso, OK Posts: 678	Clowns never really bothered me. In fact, I always found Homie the clown quite entertaining. http://siddiqkhalifah.files.wordpres...8/08/homie.jpg I'd put the picture itself, but I don't remember how to do that.