clowns--scary? yes? no?

[jennlin]

i don't like clowns. i don't mind seeing them at a fair or whatever..but a clown in my home? no chance in hell. a clown at night? NO WAY.

a coworker of mine..i don't work with him directly, but we see each other in passing very day..came by to talk to me...i think to advertise his clown business. he showed me a picture of a clown, and said "recognize this guy?" apparently it was him. i told him sorry but i'm really not a fan of clowns...and he said he understood, a lot of people have that phobia.

what i didn't want to tell him, is that the *real* reason i don't like clowns is that i think the people who dress up as clowns are weird. i can't imagine full-grown men wanting to dress and act like that. it just creeps me out.

clowns being the evil, dangerous, violent villains are second on the list of why i don't like clowns.

so...discuss. clowns. go.

[niq]

Not scary. When I was a kid I didn't understand why anyone would think they were scary.

But now as a grown up I think I get it.

[Deleted]

I hate clowns. There will never be one in our house. My husband slept beneath a velvet clown portrait when he was a kid an he was terrified of that picture. He too will never allow a clown in out house.

[emyinpink]

Hate hate hate hate hate terrified terrified

[hallows]

I'm not scared of them, but they do majorly creep me out. Not the clowns themselves, but the people who dress as them. Effin creepy.

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Jul 25, 2012 22:24:01 GMT -5 niq said:

Not scary. When I was a kid I didn't understand why anyone would think they were scary.

But now as a grown up I think I get it.

This.

Jenn, by chance does this dude work in SM, teaches SM classes sometimes and make balloon animals too? Oh andifits the guy I'm thinking of he's about 400 years old?

[FrozenSunshine]

I love clowns. Ex-h was scared to death of them. He killed stuffed clown:(

I loved these porcelain clowns DHs grandma got overseas and he vetoed us taking them when they passed away. His mom took them, thinking I can get them into a nursery someday.

[mkate710]

I don't find them creepy - as a kid I thought they were entertaining, and as an adult I think they're just kind of bizarre

[jennlin]

Jul 25, 2012 22:41:22 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

Jul 25, 2012 22:24:01 GMT -5 niq said:

Not scary. When I was a kid I didn't understand why anyone would think they were scary.

But now as a grown up I think I get it.

This.

Jenn, by chance does this dude work in SM, teaches SM classes sometimes and make balloon animals too? Oh andifits the guy I'm thinking of he's about 400 years old?

No, he's a mid-30's relatively attractive hispanic man that works in mfg.

[jennlin]

The bigger question is how come so many of you are posting now that I'm off work, but noone was posting when I was twiddling my thumbs??!?!

[amandasw]

nope - totally not bothered by them. I don't really 'get' why they are scary...

ETA: I just got home from a parade with lots of pirates and clowns

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Jul 25, 2012 22:59:01 GMT -5 jennlin said:

The bigger question is how come so many of you are posting now that I'm off work, but noone was posting when I was twiddling my thumbs??!?!

Just got home from burning calories.

[emyinpink]

just got home from eating chinese food

[Deleted]

They don't bother me. I don't think they're creepy, they exist to make people smile or happy or laugh! I actually have a friend who went to clown college during one summer in high school where he learned to juggle and balance and do neat tricks. His persona is a sad clown, and he mostly uses him now as a political statement to protest protestors

[Deleted]

I'm home from work and getting a break from playing with Edmund.

[MrsH2010]

I really don't like clowns they creep me out.

The only kind of clowns I like are the ones at the rodeo that distract the bull and do funny stuff in between each event. I don't even know if they are considered clowns though.

[madDawg228]

My mom let me watch the mini series/movie It by Stephen King when I was young.

When I think of clowns of any kind, it makes me think of this guy:


Then I want to crawl into my bed and hide under the comforter.

[Deleted]

^ = scary. hella scary!

[llh0211]

Meh, they don't bother me too much. I think people that are dressed up as clowns make me uncomfortable, but more for the reasons Jennlin posted. I do get how some people can find them super creepy though.

[jennlin]

I also watched IT when I was younger. Is he the same guy as "bozo the clown"? Bc I remember him as being scary too, but I dunno what it's from.

[madDawg228]

Jul 26, 2012 11:06:40 GMT -5 jennlin said:

I also watched IT when I was younger. Is he the same guy as "bozo the clown"? Bc I remember him as being scary too, but I dunno what it's from.

Tim Curry played Pennywise/It (which I know now, thanks to Wikipedia). I don't think he was ever Bozo.

[jennlin]

Okay. Well bozo is another scary as sht clown.

[emyinpink]

also, I will note that I almost didn't open this thread for fear there was a clown picture inside.