Are you scared of clowns? Or know somebody who is?

[raccoon]

I have a co-worker who is. Doesn't matter if it's Pennywise or Ronald McDonald.

[Blue-Jay]

1. Not scared. I just think they're creepy.

Even the "cutsie" ones are creepy.

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Ditto.

Except for Krusty.

[emmadoggy]

16. I agree.

And what was that ?Stephen King? show with the scary-freaking clown??? That was enough to turn me off from clowns FOREVER!

But, yeah, clowns in general, just kinda creepy.

[trof]

35. My daughter too. She's now 35.

She thought they were creepy when she was a little kid and still does.

[SPKrazy]

46. Yeah Dude!

my sentiments exactly

CREEPY

:scared:

[volstork]

2. One of my best friends is

scared of clowns. I always give him a birthday card with a clown on it just to taunt him!

[RubyDuby in GA]

3. I had a friend who was terrified of clown. I made sure she watched It.

And I always gave her yellow balloons. Yes, I'm that evil.

[Phillycat]

4. Of course.

All sane people are.

[SPKrazy]

41. Yes!

I agree!

I'm sane...:crazy:

I really am :crazy: I don't like clowns janesez!

:scared:

[Connonym]

5. My sister and I both are n/t

[SPKrazy]

42. You Are Scared?

or you are clowns :scared:

I don't like clowns.

They give me the willies, creeps, whatevah you want to call it!

:scared:

[LaraMN]

6. My oldest was scared of clowns and bald men.

He was terrified of someone we knew who was bald (and very nice) and Noel called him "the guy with the big forehead."

[Dervill Crow]

51. ROFL nt

[Dervill Crow]

7. I was okay with them when I was a kid, but now they creep me out.

Rusty Nails hosted our local cartoon show when i was little, and he was very benign.

[Arugula Latte]

30. He's still in action!

My kids saw him a few years ago at Alpenrose Dairy. My daughter thought he was hilarious. He was the inspiration for Matt Groenig's "Krusty."

[Dervill Crow]

50. He's no Krusty, though!

I saw him at Johnson Creek Fred Meyer a couple of years ago and totally embarrassed my 17-year-old son when I went and got a hug and bought his book and got it autographed. When I got home and actually read the book I discovered that he's very Christian and (like Mr. Rogers did) considers his work with kids as a ministry. I got a hug from Fred Bear, also. My poor son. :blush:

I'm glad to know he's still "Rusty." In the 1970s my brother and sister-in-law saw Heck Harper singing in a bar. That just seemed so wrong to me! :crazy:

[SPKrazy]

45. I'm With You Blue!

I wasn't scared of them as a kid

they creep me out now.

Can't stand to see them

especially up close

:scared:

CREEPY

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Clowns are rarely clowns any more.

Clowns are meant to entertain people. They're supposed to smack each other around, fall on their ass, and make a crowd laugh. It's a young man's occupation.

These guys, for instance, are real, modern clowns...



Unfortunately, most people perceptions of "clown" is some creepy overweight old guy wearing pancake makeup and making balloon animals. There's nothing funny about balloon animals. I understand why people get creeped out by those "clowns."

[Kali]

13. who are they?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. Those are the Wildboyz.

Veterans from Jackass who went on to make a far more entertaining and educational wildlife show.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j6zMaHMBGXA

[Kali]

36. pfff - shoulda asked my sons

I actually thought they might have been from some other country or something :crazy:

(was listening to a world music show on the local community radio station last night - bet it did the subliminal thing - interesting)

[raccoon]

26. I can go for those more than traditional clowns. lol nt

[Broken_Hero]

9. Yep

my wifes Cousin...she is terrified of clowns...I didn't know it, until I popped in IT, after I was doen reading the book....she came over for a visit, and saw pennywise on the tube, and wouldn't come in, unless I turned it off....

[ThaSickness1979]

10. They are creepy

But I'm more scared of department store mannequins. DOn't ask. I've just always been that way.

[yewberry]

22. Ha! When I was very little

my brother told me that department store mannequins were actually people who'd gone to Hell, and this was their punishment! Oh, yes, I was terrified of them.

(This was the same loving brother who forced me to put my finger in an electrical socket so that "the bees in the wall" would sting me. Eek!)

[dEMOK]

11. I'm Only Scared of the Clowns in D.C. n/t

[Broken_Hero]

12. ...........

:spray:

Good one!

[ThaSickness1979]

15. LOL

You got that right. :toast:

[dEMOK]

18. Cheers -- Welcome to DU ThaSickness1979...

As a veteran here (100+ posts)

:toast:

[ThaSickness1979]

20. Thanks!

I apperciate it. I looked around for a "Newbie" welcome thread, but didn't see one. So I just dove right in. Is that how it's usually done here?

[raccoon]

27. Yep.

Welcome to Du.

:hi:

[allalone]

17. not scared but

they make me uneasy

[dEMOK]

19. Why???

Because of the Botox-like greasepaint?

[Elidor]

21. Who could be afraid of this cute, cuddly face?

[Nicole]

23. No

I don't know anyone personally who is either.

I have friends online who are though.

So maybe others too are but would never admit it except online? :shrug:

[SPKrazy]

39. Are You Talking About ME?

"I have friends online who are though" :scared:


I don't like clowns Nicole


:scared:


protect me from the clowns!


(I'm not afraid of many things, but Clowns, give me the CREEPS I don't really know why, they don't make me laugh, they look like they are not really happy, but are instead, MEAN or something. I laugh about it. I'm not scared of them-well a little, but the give me the CREEPS.

Weird eh?

:crazy:

[Nicole]

56. Yes, you and two others

I know online are afraid of them. Or creeped out by them.

I have one friend who refused to take her kids to the carnival because of "clowns roaming around freely in all their sicko makeup."

You're not weird. Well, yeah you are weird but for other reasons. :evilgrin:

[SPKrazy]

57. Tell Me Now

what reasons am I weird if not for being afraid of clowns?

:rofl:

[Nicole]

59. I haven't got all night to list them!

Just take my word for it. :P

[SPKrazy]

60. Well Okay!

if it takes all night I'll have to guess that there are way too many to want to know about :rofl:

so denial is better in this case

:rofl:

:hug:

[Nicole]

61. Denial is definitely better in this case

I wouldn't want you to go into shock or something from the sheer volume of that weird list. :rofl:

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

62. No, I Don't Need That Today

I'm nearly over the edge already :crazy:

we don't want to see me going completely insane looking at a "weird list" that Nicole compiles about me.

BTW I like your sig line thing about love :thumbsup:

:hug:

[Nicole]

65. Thanks

I like the sigline also. Too bad it's even needed at DU though. :(

I hope you don't go over the edge. That would not be good. :hug:

[SPKrazy]

66. Yup, Too Bad

But DU is a bigger tent I guess

some pretty far to the middle and right Dems now too

but your sigline is right on!

:hug:

way to go!

:yourock:

[Honeycombe8]

24. I think they're spooky.

The "IT" character in a Stephen King series often appears as a clown.

Smurfs are pretty scary, too. Saw one on a People's Court episode. He sued to get paid for entertaining at a child's party, after the parents refused to pay. Seems the children started crying when Smurf walked in. The Plaintiff was a 6'4" Jeff Goldblum lookalike, who'd been painted blue and was wearing a white clown suit. I'd cry, too, if he showed up at my party.

[SPKrazy]

44. Welcome To DU!

:hug:

and I agree with you 100%

Clowns are SCAREY :scared:

[Poll_Blind]

25. Used to date a girl with claurophobia. Totally normal in all respects, above...

...average intelligence, very articulate, was able to suss out new social situations very well. In short: A normal person, definitely on the smart side.

  Always been deathly fearful of clowns. Really and truly. As you say, does not matter if it was Ronald McDonald or Pennywise.

  She reminded me that it was generally no less absurd than my fear of spiders. However, if there was a clown, a picture of a clown, a painting of a clown- anything, she would not be able to look at it. If there was a real clown present or nearby she would literally position herself so that I was between her and the clown.

  One day she found my greasepaint and the whole relationship came tumbling down.



  True story, except the part about the greasepaint.

PB

[terrya]

28. My aunt is scared of clowns.

Terrified of them.

[IntravenousDemilo]

29. Aunt Linda?!!

shmily

[Meshuga]

32. Dupe

...

[Meshuga]

33. I fear clowns

I was that kid on terrified on his mother's lap at birthday parties with clowns. :scared:

[flvegan]

34. Just this one:

[sakabatou]

37. My mom

[SPKrazy]

38. Quit Fucking With Me!

I know this is all about me....:scared:

I'm afraid of clowns and they all know it so they are trying to fuck with my head....:scared:



Yes, clowns give me the CREEPS

fear? I guess so.

CREEPS definitely

:shrug:

:crazy:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

40. ...

[SPKrazy]

47. Oh Man!

that is COLD!

really cold

ewwwwwww!


:scared:

[Dervill Crow]

52. Indeed!

I think I need to hide this thread. Eeeewwwww.

:scared:

[SPKrazy]

58. But Then You'll Know It Is Still There Somewhere

and you'll want to know what it is doing

in case


:scared:


I am now scaring myself :crazy:

[Thickasabrick]

43. My son is deathly afraid of them - I've never figured out why and he's

22 now.

[Courtesy Flush]

48. I never understood clowns

I spent a large part of my childhood on Shriners Hospital. The decor always included lots of clowns (because of the Shrine Circus). I never thought they were particularly uplifting, or interesting. They were just guys with make up.

OTOH. The Shriners were my all-time heroes!!!!!!!1!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

49. Ronald's not so bad...

But I'm terrified of them. They freak me out. One of them started to harass me at the fair this year...I nearly beat his ass. Skip had to make him leave me alone.
Duckie

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

53. Pennywise is the reason my daughter is scared of clowns.

:shrug:For the life of me I don't ever recall her seeing "IT!" until she was at least 13. I think that we both saw it on Sci-Fi Channel.

[SPKrazy]

68. Me Too...

I don't like clowns

:scared:

IT is a bad movie it makes clowns out to be less murderous than they really are :scared:

:shrug:

[stuntcat]

54. another yes

creepy, all of them

[nonconformist]

55. Yes. And so are my kids and my sister. nt

[NewWaveChick1981]

63. I'm not afraid of clowns. But there are some damn creepy ones.

John Wayne Gacy comes to mind... :yoiks:

I had good carnival and circus experiences as a kid, so I like clowns in that context.

[SPKrazy]

64. I Was Never Scared Of Clowns

until one halloween


in college, when we were separated I guess from our college experiences

I did shrooms on halloween

and it seemed like there were clowns everywhere

ever since then I think, I've been :scared: or at least creeped out by them

:shrug:

[GoneOffShore]

67. not scared

but not enamored.

I'm more frigtened of clones.

Hmm. Sounds like a good title for a copycat thread.

So, send in the clones.

Shall I go there?