Clowns WTF?

[Kat]

I never really thought that much about zoos because at least they have some sort of freedom and are not chained up or forced to perform "tricks". And nowadays....the only safe place for most animals ARE zoos. No poachers. No canned hunts. And most up to date zoos are open...no cages. All animals are best in the wild, but the ones being hunted to extinction..well...a zoo is a safe haven IF they are open zoos.

Yeah, I was thinking of monkeys in cages...that sort of thing. I have not been to a zoo in forever, but I remember even as a kid thinking about how they were "locked up".

 

[Iceweasel]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

You should try the clowns with this on them....makes all the difference

Edited for spelling error....the word "them" WTF?!

 

[Geaux4it]

You all need to quit clowning around

-Geaux

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference....you rated it Informative, as did Geaux, but he can do that, he's not been in my food thread....actually neither have I for many days

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

I'm indifferent. I get that they're supposed to be funny, and I guess at times they can be, but rarely. I don't really care.

Maybe my actual phobia of them means my approach to this is different....this is my only phobia.

To me when somebody tries to be funny, they either succeed and it's enjoyable, or they fail and it's just annoying, if not pathetic. But I can't imagine it being scary.

I've heard of this phobia though -- I dunno, perhaps your earliest exposure came as image-only without context, and you saw it as a scary monster?

I have an almost complete recollection of the incident, it was at a party and there were clowns, I don't remember how many, but I remember one of the clowns came and picked me up, not to harm me, but I saw the clown face and I know I didn't like it.

Then I'm told I was taken home because I was so upset.

 

[Iceweasel]

I have an almost complete recollection of the incident, it was at a party and there were clowns, I don't remember how many, but I remember one of the clowns came and picked me up, not to harm me, but I saw the clown face and I know I didn't like it.

Then I'm told I was taken home because I was so upset.

The beer breath might have triggered the response.

 

[Pogo]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference....you rated it Informative, as did Geaux, but he can do that, he's not been in my food thread....actually neither have I for many days

That wasn't me, that was Iceweasel. I'm the dashingly handsome stud, he's the illiterate bedwetter. I realize we look a lot alike.

 

[Pogo]

I'm indifferent. I get that they're supposed to be funny, and I guess at times they can be, but rarely. I don't really care.

Maybe my actual phobia of them means my approach to this is different....this is my only phobia.

To me when somebody tries to be funny, they either succeed and it's enjoyable, or they fail and it's just annoying, if not pathetic. But I can't imagine it being scary.

I've heard of this phobia though -- I dunno, perhaps your earliest exposure came as image-only without context, and you saw it as a scary monster?

I have an almost complete recollection of the incident, it was at a party and there were clowns, I don't remember how many, but I remember one of the clowns came and picked me up, not to harm me, but I saw the clown face and I know I didn't like it.

Then I'm told I was taken home because I was so upset.

That's my theory --- that you were too young to understand the context of why a clown's makeup is supposed to be funny. Without that understanding it just looks grotesque. And then you never get over it.

I've never experienced a dread of clowns but that's gotta be it. I'm sure the first clowns I ever saw would have been on TV, and he must have immediately acted silly to define what he was for a young mind seeing the concept for the first time. If that connection isn't immediately made, it's understandable that that young mind would freak out from the visual appearance alone and probably not trust it ever again.

Since that didn't happen to me I have to severely suspend belief in order to see a character like the movie cited earlier as a negative, because his appearance contradicts it.

 

[Iceweasel]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference....you rated it Informative, as did Geaux, but he can do that, he's not been in my food thread....actually neither have I for many days

That wasn't me, that was Iceweasel. I'm the dashingly handsome stud, he's the illiterate bedwetter. I realize we look a lot alike.

Never said anything about chocolate sauce. The illiteracy is all yourn.

 

[Pogo]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference....you rated it Informative, as did Geaux, but he can do that, he's not been in my food thread....actually neither have I for many days

That wasn't me, that was Iceweasel. I'm the dashingly handsome stud, he's the illiterate bedwetter. I realize we look a lot alike.

Never said anything about chocolate sauce. The illiteracy is all yourn.

Speaking of illiteracy you'll be fascinated to learn for the first time ever that that expression is not only in common use here in Appalachia, but it's older in the English language than "yours" is.

My car mechanic will say, "at car's the same color as your'n".

Speaking of illiteracy further, what Oosie actually said was that I rated it "Informative" and I pointed out that that was you, not me.

Reading is fun-duh-mental.

 

[Pogo]

I never really thought that much about zoos because at least they have some sort of freedom and are not chained up or forced to perform "tricks". And nowadays....the only safe place for most animals ARE zoos. No poachers. No canned hunts. And most up to date zoos are open...no cages. All animals are best in the wild, but the ones being hunted to extinction..well...a zoo is a safe haven IF they are open zoos.

Yeah, I was thinking of monkeys in cages...that sort of thing. I have not been to a zoo in forever, but I remember even as a kid thinking about how they were "locked up".

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This is why I dig Calvin and Hobbes.

 

[Iceweasel]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference....you rated it Informative, as did Geaux, but he can do that, he's not been in my food thread....actually neither have I for many days

That wasn't me, that was Iceweasel. I'm the dashingly handsome stud, he's the illiterate bedwetter. I realize we look a lot alike.

Never said anything about chocolate sauce. The illiteracy is all yourn.

Speaking of illiteracy you'll be fascinated to learn for the first time ever that that expression is not only in common use here in Appalachia, but it's older in the English language than "yours" is.

My car mechanic will say, "at car's the same color as your'n".

Speaking of illiteracy further, what Oosie actually said was that I rated it "Informative" and I pointed out that that was you, not me.

Reading is fun-duh-mental.

You forgot to post this part: "I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference...." which is what I was talking about. Is being an asshole all you know?

 

[Pogo]

I don't like clowns. They taste funny.

I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference....you rated it Informative, as did Geaux, but he can do that, he's not been in my food thread....actually neither have I for many days

That wasn't me, that was Iceweasel. I'm the dashingly handsome stud, he's the illiterate bedwetter. I realize we look a lot alike.

Never said anything about chocolate sauce. The illiteracy is all yourn.

Speaking of illiteracy you'll be fascinated to learn for the first time ever that that expression is not only in common use here in Appalachia, but it's older in the English language than "yours" is.

My car mechanic will say, "at car's the same color as your'n".

Speaking of illiteracy further, what Oosie actually said was that I rated it "Informative" and I pointed out that that was you, not me.

Reading is fun-duh-mental.

You forgot to post this part: "I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference...." which is what I was talking about. Is being an asshole all you know?

----- which is exactly where she misidentifies you as me, which is where I came in, which is what I already noted.

Do they not have coffee in the Pacific Northwest?

 

[Iceweasel]

I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference....you rated it Informative, as did Geaux, but he can do that, he's not been in my food thread....actually neither have I for many days

That wasn't me, that was Iceweasel. I'm the dashingly handsome stud, he's the illiterate bedwetter. I realize we look a lot alike.

Never said anything about chocolate sauce. The illiteracy is all yourn.

Speaking of illiteracy you'll be fascinated to learn for the first time ever that that expression is not only in common use here in Appalachia, but it's older in the English language than "yours" is.

My car mechanic will say, "at car's the same color as your'n".

Speaking of illiteracy further, what Oosie actually said was that I rated it "Informative" and I pointed out that that was you, not me.

Reading is fun-duh-mental.

You forgot to post this part: "I need to summon Pogo for the chocolate sauce reference...." which is what I was talking about. Is being an asshole all you know?

----- which is exactly where she misidentifies you as me, which is where I came in, which is what I already noted.

Do they not have coffee in the Pacific Northwest?

See above.

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

I don't "fear" clowns. I just think they're creepy and not really very funny.

 

[Tilly]

Does anyone actually like clowns? I think they appear evil and there's just something wrong about them.

So I've commented several times about my phobia of clowns, I can handle a picture of clowns, but physical clowns are not good, of course I've always avoided any situation where I might happen upon a clown.

I've had this phobia since I was about 4 years-old.

I've met other people who hate clowns, does anyone actually like clowns?

I too have a phobia of clowns. Hateful things!
My sis is the same, she used to be terrified of them and cry her little eyes out when my mother would insist on taking us to the circus.
Mean mummy grrrrr.

 

[ChrisL]

This was such a stupid movie. Lol.

 

[Tilly]

Does anyone actually like clowns? I think they appear evil and there's just something wrong about them.

So I've commented several times about my phobia of clowns, I can handle a picture of clowns, but physical clowns are not good, of course I've always avoided any situation where I might happen upon a clown.

I've had this phobia since I was about 4 years-old.

I've met other people who hate clowns, does anyone actually like clowns?

Look harmless to me


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