All Clowns, not just creepy ones, BANNED!

[HenryBHough]

One town in France has had it with clowns.

They're banned.

Wear a clown outfit and you go to jail.

How pranks assaults and social media led a French town to ban clowns for Halloween - News - The Herald News Fall River MA - Fall River MA

"In a decree issued Oct. 28, just days before the big day, Pierre Dudieuzere, mayor of Vendargues, a small town near Montpellier, banned all clown costumes for anyone over 13 on Halloween and for a month afterward. The decree makes clear that the ban is "absolute" on the eve of Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, and that anyone violating it would be arrested and prosecuted."

"Dudieuzere's ban on clown costumes may seem extreme, but it comes from a real concern. Last weekend, according to Agence France Presse, more than a dozen teenagers were arrested while dressed as clowns in the Mediterranean port town of Agde. They were reported to have pistols, knives and baseball bats."

No word on whether the clown-thugs were or were not unionized!

 

[Moonglow]

Always picking on the clowns...

 

[depotoo]

So, if others in costume are caught with a knife or gun, will they also be banned? Seems a rather bizarre solution to the problem...

 

[westwall]

So, if others in costume are caught with a knife or gun, will they also be banned? Seems a rather bizarre solution to the problem...

Well, they can't actually go after the real bad guys you know.

 

[Vigilante]

BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[depotoo]

That would make just too much sense,now wouldn't it?
Thank you very much!

So, if others in costume are caught with a knife or gun, will they also be banned? Seems a rather bizarre solution to the problem...

Well, they can't actually go after the real bad guys you know.

 

[Treeshepherd]

When you need to kill a clown, go for the juggler.

 

[Treeshepherd]

Who doesn't like Ronald McDonald,
I mean, who other than cows and doctors?

 

[hipeter924]

Clowns are averse to chainsaws and alligators, at least in my dreams anyway.

 

[norwegen]

Just don't ban them on USMB. Or I'd just be talking to myself here.

 

[MaxGrit]

Clown Gang

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

They aren't clowning around. Are they?

 

[Vigilante]

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

Kramer is definitely glad to see them banned

 

[shart_attack]

I can't help but think I just might consider it a frick'n compliment if I were banned from France for being a clown.