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The "killer clown" chain letters/creepy pastas, horror movies and other tall tales, trolls, and offline pranksters have combined to make a gargantuan clown-fear meme. "Clowns are creepy! Clowns are evil!" Clowns are pervs/pedos/etc!" Annoying as all heck!
It doesn't help when there are trolls like this one deliberately spreading hoaxes and pretending to be scared of them, to convince young readers they should be scared; and sadistic dweebs wanting to be evil clowns.
Clown-phobic blogger Dugutigui deliberately made up creepy things about clowns and called it "facts".
I didn't include all the clown pictures, and would like to point out that the myth about gory clown origins as child killers down in the comments is untrue. Clowns have only been around since the 1800s, even though clown-like masks and costumes, and jesters have a much longer history throughout human societies all over the world. Children were never killed and ground up by clowns for refusing to laugh at their jokes in ancient history. The notorious white face clown only came into being in the 1800s. and was never a result of getting bits of ground children bone dust on their faces⌠Look at the Wikipedia article on clowns. Nowhere does it come anywhere near mentioning such a rumour.
So, add that myth to the blogger's posting of "scary" clown pictures all over these entries to scare the readers, I think the blogger was actually doing a bit of dark internet clowning of his/her own. Seriously, why on earth would anyone spread gruesome rumours and post images likely to scare people who are looking for support and even a way to get rid of their fear?
But then, s/he bought into the evil chain letter clown idea and food-cop-ism, and posted the US president's Lie Clock joke meme which is mangled here. So no big surprise there.
Dugutigui says:
January 9, 2013 at 22:14
Yes.
Iâm adding some facts about clowns that could be the roots of our dislikeâŚ
Ocean Elf: Not facts. Faux facts.
Dugutigui: 1. Todayâs clowns have white faces because the first clowns centuries ago would kill children that didnât laugh and grind up their bones. During this process the clowns face would become white with bone dust. Eventually, clowns were forced to stop killing children, but the implied inducement to laugh that the white face represented remains.
Ocean Elf: Lies! Here's the real history of clowns, including the origin of the white faced clown.
Dugutigui: 2. Clowns often rub themselves with a mix of cotton candy and liquid butter to hide their stifling clowny odor.
Ocean Elf: False! Clowns are human, so, have the same kind of odor as the rest of the human race. No cotton candy will get rid of BO on a clown or anyone else. Clowns would use the same stuff as anyone else to get rid of body odor.
Dugutigui: 3. Although it doesnât appear in his official biography, Kim Jong II ran off with the circus as a clown for several years as a teenager. His father found him and forced him to give it up. His dad did, however, allow him to keep his hilarious oversized clown pompadour.
Ocean Elf: I'm not believing that story without it being backed up by a legitimate source, and so far I have found none.
Dugutigui: 4. Often, people who are alcoholics are drawn to clowning. The makeup and clown suits cover up most of the visible signs of alcoholism. Slurred speech, shaky hands and the inability to walk a straight line are all pluses if you are a clown. Hobo clowns were often just hobos picked up by the circus while drunk, put in makeup and allowed to wander freely through the circus tent. Also, alcoholics are able to get away without purchasing a red, bulbous nose.
Ocean Elf: That might have been true in some cases, but not the majority.
Dugutigui: 5. Clown is a German word meaning âdonât leave the kids alone with that one.â
Ocean Elf: Bull crap! That is just pure bollox wishful conjecture on your part, or whoever came up with and fed you this line.
Here are two blog posts by this blogger, one of which being the earlier and with a longer comment thread, had their so-called "facts" among the comments.
I'm going to nix out the irrelevant comments and repeated reposts, and replace the annoying '10Q's with the phrase that shorthand is supposed to represent "Thank you" because "10Q" is so irritating it just gives me twitching fits. Ugh! And everybody who meant "Thank you" put "10Q" aaaaagh!
Posted on January 27, 2014 by Dugutigui
EVIL CLOWNS_Dugutigui
A babysitter taking care of two small children called their parents late in the evening to ask for permission to cover up the life-size clown statue in the corner of the family room. âItâs not that I donât like it,â she said. âIt just kind of freaks me out with nobody else here. Itâs hard to watch TV.â The parentsâ reaction to her request freaked her out even more. âWHAT clown statue???â they asked, frantically. âDial 911! Call the police!! DO IT NOW!!!â
Ocean Elf: You just summarized that notorious chain letter which shares a large part of the blame for people being afraid of clowns.
Dugutigui: A jolly figure of innocuous, kid-friendly entertainer? Fun for all ages? Or are they murders behind painted masks with thoughts of macabre and death and evilness disguising themselves as happy nobodies?
Ocean Elf: There are all kinds of disguises and masks people use to cover up ill intent, with a few corrupt clowns being only a tiny bit of the problem.
Dugutigui: You arenât alone in your fear of makeup-clad entertainers; people have been frightened by clowns for centuries. Even the people who are supposed to like clowns âchildrenâ supposedly donât. In 2008, a widely reported University of Sheffield, England, survey of 250 children between the ages of 4 and 16 found that most of the children disliked and even feared images of clowns. At this point itâs important to remember that clowns were considered adult entertainment when they first appeared.
Ocean Elf: I'm not afraid of them. I intensely dislike the ones in chain letters/creepy pastas and one fangirl whose clown-love and many sadistic traits got me started looking around for people who are unimpressed by, but not afraid of clowns that are actually nasty.
So far, all I've found are people who are afraid of clowns, and mostly based on appearance and cramming into small cars, and what these people read into these appearances.
Dugutigui: When did clowns become so dark?
Maybe they always have been.
Ocean Elf: The same can be said of people wielding a lot of power throughout human history, from bad parents to corrupt systems of government.
Dugutigui: At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, there were really two guys who sort of began the modern clowning movement. In London you had Joseph Grimaldi, who was a clown from the theatrical tradition, the pantomime tradition. And on the continent, the sort of leading clown, starting from around the 1830s, was a guy called [Jean-Gaspard] Deburau, who was the Pierrot clown ⌠a silent figure, but very funny.
Ocean Elf: Actually this character type wasn't originated by Jean-Gaspard Deburau. Here's its history. Mr. Deburau wasn't a clown, he was a mime artist.
Dugutigui: Grimaldi had a terrible life outside of the theater. His father was an alcoholic and a tyrant, and his wife died in childbirth; his son died an alcoholic at 31; he himself died penniless and alcoholic. Pierrot, on the other hand, was slightly scarier. In 1836, he actually killed a boy who insulted him in the street; he turned around and knocked the kid on the head with his walking stick. He was ultimately acquitted of the murder, but itâs a little bit frightening.
Ocean Elf: What those fangirls did to please a fictitious character is more than just a bit frightening. What Susan Smith did to her own children is more than a bit frightening. Does that mean we should start being scared of and mistrusting all little girls and youngish moms because of a few bad seeds? Of course not.
Dugutigui: So these two characters became almost emblematic of the idea that thereâs something sinister, something scary, something strange going on underneath all of the makeup.
Ocean Elf: Like I said, evil doesn't always lurk beneath visible fancy dress, in fact, it mostly doesn't. It hinds behind masks no one can see for the most part. This means anyone could be hiding some dark disturbing secret but no one can even suspect because there's no tell-tale mask there to warn anyone to beware until something actually happens to reveal whatever the darkness is.
Dugutigui: Yesterday. Children had reported on several occasions that clowns inside a van had offered them candy, but is the story a myth grown from the rumors of frightened parents? Hardly.
Ocean Elf: Which yesterday are we talking about here? Today will be yesterday tomorrow.
Dugutigui: To everyone who met him, John Wayne Gacy
Ocean Elf: *Snip out rest of Gacy segment* I think most everyone has heard of John Gacy. Gacy and the creepy pastas/chain letters and bad clown movies are responsible for creating this irrational fear, and using Gacy as an example to jump to the conclusion that clowns are evil monsters is only playing right into their hands and perpetuating these wrong-headed short-sighted notions even more. gacy himself probably would've approved of the spread of this fear, because that's what he was all about. But of all the notorious serial killers, what percentage dressed up as clowns and which did not? The percentage of killers in everyday clothes is a lot greater. Read for yourself.
Next?
Dugutigui: Today.
Ocean Elf: Which today? Every current-time day is today.
Dugutigui: In the U.K. an anonymous man has been striking fear into the hearts of the Northampton community by ominously standing around in creepy clown apparel.
Ocean Elf: Would he be any less scary in plain clothes, bearing some kind of blade or carrying a swastika? I don't understand why anyone would want to get up in fancy dress let alone a clown outfit on any day other than Halloween, but dressing odd isn't a crime and shouldn't be judged as such unless the person is behaving in a way that is really making people feel threatened, and not just those who spazz out over everything either.
Dugutigui: It doesnât speak. It doesnât juggle. It has balloons but doesnât hand them out. It probably doesnât even sleep. It just stands there, haunting our dreams with that sinister smile.
Ocean Elf: Wait, is this a dream or an actual person? I'm not sure at this point how well-grounded in reality you are. If it is a real person, maybe it's just some eccentric who likes innocent circus scenes and just recreates a little of that for himself. Maybe he's lonesome and has no friends, maybe not even a proper place to live. If it's just your haunted dream, you might need professional help.
Dugutigui: Meanwhile in Mexico, a notorious drug kingpin was shot dead by a clown at a beach house in Baja California Sur. Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix was killed by an assassin clown, authorities say. The clown wore a red nose and a red wig, and was considered armed and dangerous. They never find him.
Ocean Elf: It's not unusual for criminals to disguise themselves during the commission of a crime. That's how they elude accurate eye-witnesses and searchers. Criminals do other things too, dye their hair, cut it, wear wigs, wear coloured contacts to disguise their real eye colour etc.
Dugutigui: Shouldnât you mind those clowns stalking the streets? Or just pretend they arenât staring at you maniacally.
Ocean Elf: Have you gone right off your chump, bud? There are no such things around here.
Dugutigui: At the end of the day, a lot of the fear of clowns actually comes back to the person underneath the makeup, where there is someone who is tragic under his makeup, sinister under his makeup, sadistic under his makeup, and murderous under his makeup. That if the person under the makeup is himself scary, then the clownâs going to be scary.
Ocean Elf: Yes, but not everyone under that makeup is scary. I'm willing to bet most aren't.
Dugutigui: Experts believe this could be the deadliest Clown Season ever.
Ocean Elf: Which experts? Since when are claims of "experts say" really something to go on? I've learned better than believe every such claim. They are very commonly made in chain letters. Experts are always claiming in notorious chain letters that toilet spiders are out to get you, shampoo causes cancer, soda pop cans are full of rat urine, onions cure the flu, and many, many other bogus things.
Dugutigui: Please be careful.
Ocean Elf: There's a difference between careful and paranoid. Guess where you fall.
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ksbeth says:
January 27, 2014 at 19:27
i completely understand and identify with this whole post, it even creeped me out looking at the pics as i read it. i have always feared them and never had a bad interaction, but i have never trusted the people with the painted on smiles. great post â beth
Dugutigui says:
January 27, 2014 at 23:49
Agreed!! Clowns are vicious âtheyâre all nefarious grinsâ and if you hung out with a bunch of clowns in a bar, pretty soon it would turn into a horror movie. Nefarious means evil. Nothing to do with Rastas :)
Ocean Elf: Gah, get a grip. A bunch of clowns in a bar would only make the place look odder than usual, not turn it into a bloodbath.
puzzleblume says:
January 27, 2014 at 20:02
My kids never enjoyed clowns and Santas and other people wearing masks and made me remember: so did I.
I wonder why so many adults force their kids to suppress these feelings and believe, clowns and disguised strange people were good..
While writing this, I notice the surprising parallel between clowns and beliefs. :â˘
Ocean Elf: I don't get why adults in costume are supposedly so scary but kids aren't. Seems double-standard to me.
But I also don't get why some adults are oblivious to little kids' initial fear reactions to fancy dress either. Some kids make strange at clowns, and even mall Santas and costumed mascots at theme parks. If a child is horridly afraid, they shouldn't be forced to face the person who is frightening them, even if that fright is unintentional.
Dugutigui says:
January 27, 2014 at 23:53
You are very right! When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.
Ocean Elf: Guess what? You're as guilty of that as anybody from where I sit.
Dugutigui: Re clowns, if you look at photographs of clowns when theyâre just being ordinary men, theyâve got quite sad facesâŚ
zweitesselbst says:
January 28, 2014 at 19:34
Oke, there are good Clowns and there are bad Clowns.
Dugutigui says:
January 29, 2014 at 12:01
You right. There may be a duality to darkness. So we have and aristocracy of madmen clowns, and others where darkness wanes into the deepest parts of its less caustic sibling and waits for the time to strike, the super-serial killers Clowns :) :)
Ocean Elf: So in your view, there is only darkness, and darkness-light. Bosh.
ane says:
January 27, 2014 at 20:43
How good are not bad clowns :) ; coulrophobia â fear of clowns
Ocean Elf: As good as not bad any other professional.
Dugutigui says:
January 27, 2014 at 23:55
There are two types of people in this world.
Ocean Elf: *Snip* Seen this stupid cliche before. It's not true. And it's annoying. There are only a few clowns I hate/dislike, and I am not a clown. So there goes that cliche, shot to heck.
Eric Tonningsen says:
January 27, 2014 at 22:41
Always felt uncomfortable around them. Thanks (?) for reminding me. Interesting post!
Dugutigui says:
January 27, 2014 at 23:58
Donât feel bad, Iâm usually about to die :)
Thank you very much for your comment!
navigator1965 says:
January 28, 2014 at 04:17
Evil blighters.
Ocean Elf: Some are. Examples:
But the average circus performer isn't one of these.
Dugutigui says:
January 29, 2014 at 11:28
Exactly, a milder in force basââ, a blighter :) Annoying persons, as the plant disease that ruins potatoes, they tend to ruin things in which they are involved. :) :)
Ocean Elf: Yep, that describes fangirl/boys to a tee.
mooonalila says:
January 28, 2014 at 13:58
Very interesting article !
There is a terrific freaky clown in a great French novel named âEffroyables jardinsâ by Michel Quint, adapted in film. But, itâs a shame, itâs only in French with French subtitlesâŚ
Dugutigui says:
January 29, 2014 at 11:45
Sounds very interesting and unsettling. Iâll try to find a version in English or Spanish. Thank you very much!
imagesbytdashfield says:
January 28, 2014 at 15:14
If I wasnât creeped out by them before (and I was) then this surely sealed the deal! ShudderâŚ
Dugutigui says:
January 29, 2014 at 11:51
The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins. It always wins because it is everywhere. He stopped walking. I stopped walking⌠Am I walking or should I be running away from? :) :)
Ocean Elf: I don't know who came up with that schlock, but it isn't true either. What a lack of faith.
elenacaravela says:
January 28, 2014 at 18:34
Iâve always shied away from clowns, but this is very scary.
Dugutigui says:
January 29, 2014 at 11:52
Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well. :) :)
oddmanout215 says:
January 28, 2014 at 20:31
You are so right about clowns! Many years ago I took my 3-year-old son to a circus. The clowns scared the heâ out of him. He kept saying âAre they real? Are they real?â He wanted me to assure him the clowns were only real people in disguise.
Dugutigui says:
January 29, 2014 at 12:06
There is something about clowns that is worse than zombies. Or maybe something that is the same. When you see a zombie, you want to laugh at first. When you see a clown, most people get a little nervous. Thereâs the pallor and the cakey mortician-style makeup, the shuffling and the untidy hair. But clowns are probably malicious, and they move fast on those little bicycles and in those little crammed cars. Zombies arenât much of anything. They donât carry musical instruments and they donât care whether or not you laughed at them. You always know what zombies want. :) :)
Ocean Elf: Zombies don't exist, and that's their only redeeming quality. If they did exist, they would be a heck of a lot worse than most clowns. They would terrorize and prey on clowns just as they would on the rest of the human race, and clowns would be just as scared of them as anyone else.
Linda Arthur Tejera says:
January 28, 2014 at 20:35
Hmm, and all this time I thought it was just me! The only clown I ever liked was Bozo the Clown on the old Howdy Doody TV show! :)
Dugutigui says:
January 29, 2014 at 12:07
The childâs laughter is pure until he first laughs at a clown :)
Ocean Elf: Buttkiss, unless the clown act itself is impure, and by that, I mean, it actively promotes some sort of bad ideology. A clown tripping over his own feet and falling on his derriere is just as funny as anyone else doing the exact same thing.
bearspawprint says:
February 18, 2014 at 21:39
A Heyoka (in Lakota, HeyĂłkČa, also spelled âHaokah,â âHeyokhaâ) is a trickster spirit, a contrarian, jester, satirist or sacred clown. The Heyoka spirit speaks, moves and reacts in an opposite fashion to the people around it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heyoka
For the jesters in Hopi mythology, see Pueblo Clowns.
Ocean Elf: True. This is part of their heritage.
Dugutigui says:
February 20, 2014 at 12:45
Thanks for the info. Iâm agreed we are a clown civilization with deep roots in the past. Sustained on a clown diet rich in sugar and fat,
Ocean Elf: *Scowl* Food-cop drivel. food-cops/Peta are exactly what I was referring to when pointing out that evil hides behind all sorts of masks. The average food-cop is far more nefarious than the average circus clown. The circus performer doesn't meddle and try to run the lives of other people. The food-cop/animal rights movements are a whole other ugly ball of wax.
Dugutigui: we have developed a clown physiognomy. We dress like clowns. We move about a landscape filled with cartoon buildings in clownmobiles, absorbed in clownish activities.
Ocean Elf: Sir/ma'am, I don't know what planet you hail from, but speak for yourself. I don't live in a cartoon world and in clown mobiles.
Dugutigui: We fill our idle hours enjoying the canned antics of professional clowns⌠Death, when we acknowledge it, is just another pratfall on the boob tube. Bang! Youâre dead!
Ocean Elf: Guess what, you might've missed the bulletin on this one, but TV ain't real life.
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This earlier blog post from the same source, is a collection of stories from various people who dislike or are afraid of clowns. More comments follow the post, expressing similar sentiment.
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Posted on October 9, 2010 by Dugutigui
âI too hate clowns. When I was a baby I had two pictures over my crib of these clown like critters with sombreros on. (Donât ask me where my mother found them!) It is my earliest memory, lying in my crib and seeing these eyes staring at me, following me. When I got a little older, apparently I broke the glass in frame and my mother walked in, freaked out that I was covered in blood. I guess Iâd finally had it and wanted to do the nastys in.
The thing that REALLY annoys me about clowns or other âentertainersâ that delight in tormenting children is the reaction of adults to this. They laugh and push the poor frightened child towards this menace. No one seems to give a damn that the poor kid is completely freaked out! I see this all the time and I remember experiencing this as a child. I hate clowns!â
âClowns suck. When I was about 10 years old I joined a fife and drum band that marched in parades every weekend. Before I even learned to play the fife, the group made me be in the parade so it would look like they had more people. So I was just supposed to walk in the middle of the group and fake it. Well, everything was going fine until some stupid clown came right into the middle of our group and put his big ugly ear up to my fife. When he discovered I was not really playing, he laughed a sinister laugh and proceeded to skip around our group for the remainder of the parade informing every spectator along the way that I was faking. Needless to say I was mortified. From that day on I have hated and feared all clowns and clown-type things.â
âEver since I can remember I have hated clowns. I donât know why, but I thing the intense aversion can most likely be attributed to some childhood trauma involving clowns that I have subsequently repressed. Either way, they scare me. My band is playing at a Halloween Show on Halloween, and everyone is required to wear a costume to get in. However, because I refused to play if there was even ONE clown in the room, there is a strict ban on people in clown costumes at the show. I feel like I have done my part as a good citizen of the world to protect not only myself, but many of my peers, from having Halloween ruined by some freaky looking dork in big polka dotted pants, a Ronald McDonald âfro, and make up which is eclipsed in horridness possibly only by Michael Jacksonâs. I shall continue to do anything and everything in my power to work against clowns and anything related to them.â
âMy fear is not specifically of actual people dressed as clowns. (Or it may be, but I strenuously avoid places such idiots frequent.) I am afraid of clown dolls, specifically. Man, âPoltergeistâ *still* gives me nightmares, 15 years later! Iâm also terrified by movies wherein a ventriloquistâs dummy or some puppet becomes sentient and chases its owner around with point objects. Dear God! Itâs witnessing those kinds of movies that really tests the limits of my sanity. I wish we could instigate some anti-Clown doll legislation.â
âMy story isnât as frightening as the others but I feel better talking about it. I think my fear of clowns comes from a cartoon I watched when I was young. The cartoon was Scoobie Doo. In the beginning that horrible clown would pop up and laugh a cynical laugh and then float around the screen. I never really realized that the clown frightened me so much until a few years ago when my town acquired a local Bozo (literally, he is an idiot). The man looks like a clown even when he is not in costume. It is hard to avoid him because the city hires him to show up to every major event. No matter how hard people try to convince me that clowns are good, I still think that there is something evil about them.â
âI live in Sydney, Australia, and thereâs this clown in Manly (a seaside suburb, popular on weekends). Ooooh, heâs a horrible looking jerk. Heâs got these big hairy animal feet on and a big red nose on his hundred year old head, and these big, baggy pants that look like they were made by hand, in the dark. Thatâs the worst thing about him⌠heâs so shabby, heâs not a even a professional looking freak, he just rolls out every weekend to live out his evil, slavering fantasies surrounded by children (who I must say have the good sense to stay about a hundred metres from the lecherous old basilisk).â
â(Clowns) scare the he||out of me. I have woken up in sweats after having nightmares about this one particular clown with huge purple lips⌠whoaaah, the thought of him makes me shiver.â
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SzaboInSlowMo says:
February 23, 2012 at 05:07
My daughter loved Scooby Doo when she was youngerâŚthat is until the clown episode. She had nightmares about that thing for months! She continued to watch it, but we always had to make sure it wasnât the âclown episodeâ. I had forgotten about that until I read your post, haha. Good job!
Dugutigui says:
February 23, 2012 at 15:25
Thanks for the comment.
Coulrophobia, or fear of clowns, seems to be relatively common. A quick Internet search revealed 16,100 results.
The term dating from the 1980s has been coined more on the Internet than in printed form because it does not appear in any previously published, psychiatric, unabridged, or abridged dictionary
In my case is not fear, but dislike, probably because itâs impossible to gauge a clownâs true emotions. Thanks to painted-on smiles, you canât distinguish if the clown is as happy as he seems or if heâs actually about to bite somebodyâs face off. Same with real-life clowns.
cupcakinglydeliciouscakediaries says:
February 27, 2012 at 13:55
Iâm not scared of clowns, but those images are pretty freaky! My youngest sister was petrified of them as a toddler, and is still a little freaked out. Whenever we went to the circus she would scream down the place when the clowns came out. I feel for you. Itâs a phobia you need to work on.
Dugutigui says:
February 28, 2012 at 03:06
Iâm working on it⌠I thing I will break the neck of the next one⌠hahahaha.
Sorry for your sister⌠In any case, not trusting clowns is a sign of intelligence :) as well as making the cakes you doâŚ
cupcakinglydeliciouscakediaries says:
February 28, 2012 at 14:08
Wow and you have a slight violent streak too, this is troubling haha. Being scared of clowns is a sign of intelligence- how does that work? Oh youâre too kind with your compliments of my cakes, thank you : )
thelastsongiheard says:
March 2, 2012 at 05:20
Iâve never really liked clowns either, but more because I just donât see the point. For one thing, I (generally) hate slapstick. Fortunately (for the clowns of the world) Iâve never met one in real life, which is just as well, as Iâd have to use every once of my self-control to stop myself from smacking him and telling him to get a real job.
ânuff said.
Dugutigui says:
March 2, 2012 at 14:33
Agreed with you, they are pointlessâŚ
Fay Moore says:
March 3, 2012 at 17:22
Oh my. . .I have heard others like you talk about the sinister side of clowns, but honestly never gave it much thought. As I stare into the predatory vampiric eyes of YOUR clowns, I have a full blown case of the willies. And whatâs with the 200 lb. blue faced, cupie-lipped menace? If he doesnât make my flight response kick in, I donât know what does? Looking at the photos is like staring at the crime scene board on a segment of TVâs Criminal Minds.
Dugutigui says:
March 3, 2012 at 17:37
Thank you very much for your comment âŚ
Yes they are really sinister ⌠not the kind of guy youâd like to collide with in a darkly alley at 2 AM⌠:)
misscorrigan says:
March 5, 2012 at 09:22
âŚThis is the last blog I have perused before bedtime. Thanks for the nightmares.
Dugutigui says:
March 5, 2012 at 12:43
Sorry for that :)
Try tonight a love story :)
http://damantigui.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/she-is-still-on-my-bed-esen/
Ocean Elf: Couldn't make heads nor tails out of that. Just some guy droning on about his amber-haired Mary Sue deja vous thingie lying in his bed.
rebecca says:
March 9, 2012 at 17:38
Clowns always gave me the creeps too. Between the ages of 2 and 4, my mother made me be a clown for Halloween (I donât remember having a choice in the matter.) Ask any 3 year old girl and theyâd probably prefer to be a ballerina, fairy princess or a cowgirl⌠NOT A CLOWN! Like many families of the late 70â˛s and early 80â˛s, that stupid clown costume got handed down to at least 1 of my younger brothers too (he does not like clowns now either), as did the mouse costume that my brother wore as a baby (I have 4 brothers⌠at least 3 of them dressed as mice for Halloween before my momâs church decided that Halloween was Satanic and we shouldnât be celebrating it.)
Ocean Elf: *Scowl* I can't express how sick I am of many times this type of "Christian" gets jawed on about and lulzed over in the media as well as on the net. We are not all like that. While some such people have no excuse other than weak faith, there have been others who have truly had bad experiences with Halloween and non-Christian associations with it that helped them form this view.
rebecca: I vowed never to dress my kids as clowns (or mice) for Halloween when I had kids and I havenât. Weâve had a baby skunk, 2 baby ducks, a baby elephant, a monkey, a lion, a demn fine Capt. Jack Sparrow (and I dressed as Jackâs pirate mom) and a little Will Turner, several cowboys, an army guy, the Mad Hatter (closest we ever got to clown, but me and the kiddos dig Tim Burton/Johnny Depp films), The Red Queen and Buzz Lightyear. My daughter is just 6 months old, but I expect soon there will be many girlie halloween costumes in the near future.
Dugutigui says:
March 9, 2012 at 19:13
Thanks a lot for your comment!
Luckily the world is changing âin some ways- for better⌠at least on Halloween costumes⌠in any case I have been seeing some ultimate designs that I wonât allow my daughter to dress them :)
I can imagine the pain of wearing that clown costume, especially if handed downâŚ
Anyhow, nobody say the childhood should be easy⌠:)
Re the church prohibition you mention, well at least for once the church was right :)
Ocean Elf: *Rolling eyes* No, not right. There's nothing wrong with dressing up in costume for some innocent fun, and that is all Halloween is, or should be. I can't express strongly enough how sick I am of these bad fanatical religious stereotypes being trotted out. Believe it or not, we Christians are most definitely not all hung up on Satan and seeing him around every cornerâŚ
snowyqueen says:
March 10, 2012 at 08:18
Is there anyone who likes clowns?
Ocean Elf: I like them in their proper place, not depicted as some kind of scary maniacs.
Dugutigui says:
March 10, 2012 at 16:24
Not on this blog, Iâm afraid :)
Susan says:
March 11, 2012 at 21:07
I always feel like clowns are hiding something under all that make-up. Scars, acne, or some deep seated psychological issue only evident in their eyes. The make-up and wigs are just a distraction. Whoâs really under there?
Ocean Elf: I don't understand what all the fear is over a costume. Even some of the most seemingly normal, uncostumed people in the world can turn out to be anything but, and we dress kids up in costume for Halloween, and they don't become this untrustworthy, sinister, mysterious entity.
Dugutigui says:
March 11, 2012 at 23:31
Welcome to the club :)
I do not fear clowns. Really. I donât. They are just not nice people.
They scare little kids, they cause neurosis in some adults, they have big floppy feet, they try to fit too many of their kind in a car, I could go on and on.
They are just not nice, thatâs it!
Ocean Elf: The whole appearance thing, I just don't get why people have such conniptions over that. The car thing, look, that's a standard, IMO now cliche clown stunt. But it's not sinister, it's not like actually doing something sadistic.
Brigitte says:
March 15, 2012 at 21:10
Creepy. Never liked them even as a child. Even before all the horror movies that depicted them as evil and creepy. I know theyâre just people underneath all that garb, but stillâŚ.
Ocean Elf: Well, those horror movies and chain letters have done nothing to relieve that kind of fear. Instead, they encourage it.
Dugutigui says:
March 15, 2012 at 22:17
Well, thatâs the problem⌠which kind of peopleâŚ
Welcome to the club, itâs growing everyday :)
And thanks for commenting!
Ocean Elf: Why does there have to be anything sinister about them? Unless some individual clown proves to be sinister. I'm not going to judge every real circus or birthday party clown as potentially sinister just because they are in fancy dress, and bad stories like the Clown Statue chain letter and the Laughing Jack creepypasta have done a lot to give clowns a bad name. Clowns are not the only kiddy-oriented thing 4chan has seriously trampled on and screwed up for the purpose of corrupting.
memyselfandkids says:
March 20, 2012 at 01:30
Pretty rough there. I love Scooby â sorry he could have such an effect.
Dugutigui says:
March 20, 2012 at 02:24
Scooby Doobie Doooo!
Wait a minute, Ghosts canât leave fingerprints!
Now listen up, there is absolutely no such thing as a⌠MONSTER!
Welcome to the club, and thanks a lot for visiting. Hope you come back, just for my ego :)
yablogtherapy says:
March 21, 2012 at 02:38
Clowns do suck! I canât even look at your photos you posted up because they make me feel so uncomfortable. Clowns are not funny or appreciated.
Ocean Elf: The ones on the internet and in horror movies do indeed suck. So do any in real life who do hide sadism under that mask. Yes, there have unfortunately been some. But I'm just not convinced there is really a disproportionate amount of badness among clowns as opposed to any other professional demographic. The bad ones are just so horrible that they spoil the whole experience for a lot of people.
Dugutigui says:
April 13, 2014 at 13:57
Merci beaucoup. If you enjoy it, here you could find the saga :)
http://damantigui.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/evil-clowns-en/
Ocean Elf: It's not a 'saga', okay, not - a - saga! It is a paranoid rant about being scared of clowns.
joyannaadams says:
March 21, 2012 at 05:10
I think there are many people that hate clowns. Stephen King for one.
Ocean Elf: He contributed to the spread of clown-fear with "IT".
joyannaadams: I hated clowns when Disney made a clown out of Dumbo. Great writing. Great pics.
Ocean Elf: I never cared for that movie either, but not because of any clown references. I'm so tired of stories about people getting picked on over some kind of appearance or disability or any such thing. Okay, it was a cartoon elephant in this case, but the way it was handled just didn't make much sense to me. Dumbo was already self-conscious over his ears, well, elephants are supposed to have big ears so what's the big deal? And then getting him to show off a feature he had been made self-conscious of in a circus, really? How many real kids who get picked on over some sort of difference are just going to go for that?
Dugutigui says:
March 21, 2012 at 21:53
Iâm agreed with you ⌠many people as we can see here on the comments⌠no one in favor!
A Disney mistake indeed,
Timothy begin his sympathy speech to the crows by explaining that Dumbo is an orphan. His first two sentences are âYou all should be ashamed of yourselves. A bunch of big guys like you, pickinâ on a little orphan like him.â
Ocean Elf: There was nothing wrong with that, those crows should've been brought down more than a few notches. Good for Timothy.
Dugutigui: He then goes on to create a situation where the crows are torn from their mothers and left to fend for themselves in âa cold, cruel, heartless worldâ.
Ocean Elf: Sheesh, cry me an ocean over that. Such is the life of a wild bird anyway. What did those crows do to earn your pity?
Dugutigui: He then briefly mentions the other attributes in this order: that heâs the laughing stock of the circus because of his ears, that his mother was locked up because she tried to defend him, and that he was made into a clown.
Grievous!
Ocean Elf: Yep, that movie sucked. Such uplifting stuff there.
Dugutigui: Thanks very much for your opinion about my writing and pics. Itâs really appreciated by my ego :)
Jennifer's Journal says:
March 30, 2012 at 00:10
I agree; clowns have always seemed kind of scary to me too. Stephen Kingâs âItâ confirmed it. Those pictures you have on display are absolutely frightfulâŚ
Dugutigui says:
March 30, 2012 at 02:16
There is something about clowns that is worse than zombies,
Ocean Elf: *Snip out rest of post, saw it already, don't agree. Repeated two kinds of people in world cliche deleted as well.*
Renee Mason says:
March 30, 2012 at 15:03
Great post, but I guarantee I wonât be sleeping tonight with those images stuck in my head!
Dugutigui says:
March 30, 2012 at 15:12
Iâm sorry for that⌠but that was my intention :)
No, seriously, try this one and relaxâŚ
http://damantigui.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/argentina-ii-enes/
And thanks a lot for passing by here!
Ocean Elf: A collection of photos.
The Real Barman a.k.a. The Drunken Assassin says:
March 30, 2012 at 17:38
Why is it that we have such a negative reaction to clowns? For me, it could possibly be the night I walked into my motherâs room and saw her having sex with one. HmmmmâŚ..
Good post, Damantigui. Keep the train rollinâ.
TheRealBarman
Ocean Elf: Too bad your post wasn't good. Too much info, or too much inappropriate BS, whichever, it stunk.
Dugutigui says:
March 30, 2012 at 17:45
A real one?
Ocean Elf: Probably just a bad joke.
clownonfire says:
March 31, 2012 at 00:13
Le Clown is afraid of leaving a comment hereâŚ.
A scared clownâŚ
Dugutigui says:
March 31, 2012 at 00:17
Donât be afraid, not clowns here :)
And a different point of view could be refreshingâŚ
Welcome anyhow, and please note this is the only post on clowns out of over 150 postsâŚ
Thanks for commenting!
Ocean Elf: Until you made that second post shown up top.
redwheelbarrow1957 says:
March 31, 2012 at 01:03
I personally love clowns. It is the mask, the second persona. Archetype of our baser less inhibited selves. Clowns are evil and good, sweet and mean and sad and everything that the human condition is amped to 1000.
Donât fear the clown, be the clown.
Ocean Elf: I'll do neither, thanks.
Dugutigui says:
March 31, 2012 at 02:45
I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one carâŚ. :)
Ocean Elf: So funny I forgot to laugh.
redwheelbarrow1957 says:
March 31, 2012 at 02:48
Classic and excellent.
Dugutigui says:
March 31, 2012 at 03:34
Not really! Just BS!
If you want something good, please check the following:
http://damantigui.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/the-world-according-to-casciari-re-en/
Enjoy, donât be a clown, hahahaha :)
Thanks again!
Ocean Elf: Bleck. It's too much like Hetalia.
Bird says:
March 31, 2012 at 01:19
My grandmother painted some clown pictures, and my mom hung them in my room when I was little. Iâm with youâŚclowns creep me out big time.
Dugutigui says:
March 31, 2012 at 02:43
A clown⌠it had to be a clown. Oh how I hate those creatures!
To me, clowns arenât funny. In fact, theyâre kind of scary. Iâve wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad⌠:)
Thanks for commenting!
Ocean Elf: More bull. More un-funny bull.
Bird says:
March 31, 2012 at 02:47
Yours, too??!! A clown killed my dad, too!! Small world!!
Ocean Elf: This section of comments has turned into one big farce.
Dugutigui says:
March 31, 2012 at 02:53
As the torero told to the philosopher, there are people for all kind of bloody crap⌠enter the clowns⌠did I say I hate them?
Small world indeedâŚ
Welcome to the club :)
Let's CUT the Crap! says:
March 31, 2012 at 03:55
My son-in-lawâs brother cannot HANDLE clowns. At first I thought this comical but it is a very serious thing. I have never had that problems but THESE clowns here almost made me run away.
Dugutigui says:
March 31, 2012 at 04:12
What a whacky sense of humor to have⌠sometimes laughing⌠when you shouldnât laugh. Sometimes trying to be funny while wearing stupid frownsâŚ
Ok⌠itâs official⌠I really do hate clowns!
Thanks a lot for passing by. I love your blog⌠:)
bigron42 says:
April 1, 2012 at 20:47
Iâm just a guy with a limerick replyâŚ
There was a young man from my town,
He loved to prank and be a clown;
He scared every kid,
With the things that he did,
He is now six feet under the ground.
Compliments of Humorous Interludes
Ocean Elf:*Rolling eyes* When you can't even write something original, why bother? Rehashed quotes. Fooey!
Dugutigui says:
April 1, 2012 at 20:55
Thanks for your great AABBA response⌠Iâm still chuckling⌠and welcome hereâŚ
Hope to see you frequently with new witty poemsâŚ. Hahahaha. Thank you!
Ocean Elf: YuckâŚ
bigron42 says:
April 1, 2012 at 21:01
Thank you very much.
oddmanout215 says:
April 2, 2012 at 21:13
Iâm with you 100 percent about clowns. They are truly creepy. I took my 3-year-old son to
Ocean Elf: *Snip* Seen it before.
Dugutigui says:
April 2, 2012 at 22:08
For me, itâs because I canât see what the person beneath the make-up is really thinking. His facial expression might be an evil, hateful, I-want-to-kill-and-eat-your-children grimace but the make-up is smiling. Itâs very disconcerting.
Thanks for commenting!
Ocean Elf: Get a grip, man! You can't see people's faces on the internet when they comment on your blog either, and you're not exactly peeing yourself out of fear when they praise your blog to the sky.
cnwood says:
April 3, 2012 at 20:36
Yikes, what pictures. I never thought about clowns one way or the other, but your collection brings to mind the faces of horror and mayhem. I would definitely not want to meet one of these. A very interesting assortment of articles. Thank you.
Dugutigui says:
April 3, 2012 at 21:20
Thanks to you for passing by⌠it has been a pleasure!
memyselfandela says:
April 4, 2012 at 02:03
well, I found them freaky/unusual/agressive too, because they are no normal clowns that out brain can digestâŚ
if we go back in time, clowns come from ancient Egypt, where they were religious/psychological figures⌠the simple detail of painting oneâs face makes the person weirdâŚ. it goes to the inner sense of fear, we are seeing a mask, but we have no idea what hides behindâŚ. :)
Dugutigui says:
December 16, 2012 at 16:13
Iâm agreed with you here. There is something about clowns that is worse than zombies.
Ocean Elf: Here goes the broken record again. *Delete, skip*
memyselfandela says:
December 16, 2012 at 16:23
:lol: :lol: I agree⌠they are strange :D
Ocean Elf: *Rolling eyes*
Lucas J. Draeger says:
December 16, 2012 at 10:19
I shouldnât have read this so late at night. Iâm gonna have nightmares. HATE CLOWNS!!!
Dugutigui says:
December 16, 2012 at 16:07
There are two types of
Ocean Elf: Oh, shut it! *Delete stupid overused cliche.*
Dugutigui: Theyâre doing their best to live very serious lives, and they just happen to fall down sometimes; but yes nobody likes a clown at midnight⌠deathâs gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. hahahahaha!
I hate clowns. Iâve mentioned that, right?
Ocean Elf: Soulless eyes are for Mary Sues and Gary Stus such as the Killers Jeff and Jane creepy pastas.
The Writing Waters Blog says:
January 5, 2013 at 05:25
Iâm with you. Clowns are to be avoided.
Dugutigui says:
January 9, 2013 at 22:14
Yes.
Iâm adding some facts about clowns that could be the roots of our dislikeâŚ
Ocean Elf: Not facts. Faux facts. *Snip out rest of bogus "facts since they were dealt with near the beginning of this pageâŚ*
Dugutigui: Thank you! for the comment!!
Ocean Elf: HuhâŚ
The Writing Waters Blog says:
January 10, 2013 at 06:08
I want to save your answer as the best I have ever had to a comment on a blog. Thanks!
Ocean Elf: That's not saying much.
Dugutigui says:
January 10, 2013 at 14:48
Save it!
Ocean Elf: No, trash it.
Dugutigui: You know? I have much more fun with the comments than with the posts ⌠Many of my answers are longer and more elaborate than the post itself. The problem is that people do not have time than for a casual conversation ⌠When you donât have, or feel that you donât have, an extra moment to talk, and conversation is as foreign to you as hieroglyphics, do you have any chance of seeing your work, career, or life in a new light? You might be doing well in the race, but itâs the same race essentially down the same track with the same opponents that may prove to be less than sufficient in enabling you to get those kinds of things done that you want to have completed. They say Time goes. Ah no! Alas, Time stays, we go.
Thanks for your comment!
Ocean Elf: What was this prattle?
lightningpen says:
January 18, 2013 at 15:59
I love this blog! Clowns carry too much baggage to be funny at all.
Ocean Elf: I don't know about professional clowns as far as baggage goes, I'm going to assume they have no more or less than anyone else. But the disgusting internet clowns have issues.
Dugutigui says:
January 19, 2013 at 19:15
This blog is the place of my inventions, posts that are meant to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end :) As clowns may beâŚ
Thank you! for commenting!!
Ocean Elf: Yeah, and as pretty toys, they function about as well, too. So you admit it's rather second-rate attention-grabbery. You've just admitted in a round about way to trying to be a clown. Well done.
themofman says:
April 1, 2013 at 11:20
Iâve always disiked clowns.
Dugutigui says:
April 1, 2013 at 15:51
There are two types
Ocean Elf: Will you shut that parrot up!?
David Halliday says:
April 2, 2013 at 00:54
Reblogged this on power of h Weblog and commented:
I used to like clowns. Until I saw an episode of Seinfeld. Followed by a bio of John Wayne Gacy.
Ocean Elf: And that was enough? If Gacy had dressed in a fireman suit would you dislike all firemen too?
Dugutigui says:
April 4, 2013 at 04:24
Thank you.
But just one consideration: The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, yet its inhabitants are strikingly unhappy. Accordingly, we present to the rest of mankind, on a planet rife with suffering and tragedy, the spectacle of a clown civilization. Sustained on a clown diet
Ocean Elf: And there is that stupid pro-food-cop repost again. Look, there is no such thing as a clown diet, and there's a lot of stuff in any diet besides your hated "sugar and fat" *snipped out rest of blathering garbage.* I don't buy into this crud claiming America is more unhappy than a lot of other, poorer countries and all that anti-western propaganda schlock. That's just political big-mouths with agendas talking, trying to convince us all we are unhappier than countries where laws are draconian, human rights are woefully lacking and economy is very very poor. If America is decidedly unhappier, it's because their politicians and the media, bad agendas, and companies selling diet pills and beauty products are trying to make america unhappy by power of suggestion as a means to an end, that end being whatever agenda/product they want everyone to buy.
I'm not buying it.
Kjackson00 says:
April 2, 2013 at 01:07
Wonderful post!
Ocean Elf: If you mean the actual post containing various testimonies of clown-fears, sure. If you mean the last comment, boo-hiss.
Kjackson00: ⌠I donât speak on it but I have a seroous fear of puppets. They are jerks
Ocean Elf: They can't be jerks, because they aren't even alive.
Dugutigui says:
April 4, 2013 at 04:31
When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them. I hate puppets so much.
Ocean Elf: Sheesh, you hate clowns, you hate puppets, what else? The whole circus scene altogether? Cartoons? Oh, right, you already believe you live in a cartoon world and you hate it.
Dugutigui: Today we are only puppets,
Ocean Elf: Speak for yourself. I'm not impressed by your failed attempt at profundity. You're clearly a puppet of the food-cop movement and supposedly scary clown chain letters.
Dugutigui: our strings are
Ocean Elf: Nonexistent.
Dugutigui: being pulled by unknown forces. :)
Thanks for your comment!
Ocean Elf: Again, speak for yourself.
RDoug says:
April 2, 2013 at 02:16
My motto: A mime is an acceptable thing to waste
Ocean Elf: My opinion on your motto: your motto sucks. You must've expended an enormous amount of time and energy just to come up with that trite little piece of iron pyrite. How would you like someone saying that about people in your chosen profession?
Dugutigui says:
April 4, 2013 at 04:35
I have known heaven, and now I am in hell, and there are mimes⌠Donât move mimes donât generally attack unless they are threatened⌠Donât anyone move. . . I think weâve driven into a mimefield. Hahahaha!
Thanks for your comment!
Ocean Elf: Oh, for screaming out loud, clowns have nothing on you for bad jokes.
scott2608 says:
April 2, 2013 at 06:33
What everyone likes BozoâŚ.
Ocean Elf: Well, I'm not sure 'like' in the real sense is applicable. I wouldn't want to be Bozo, and when I call someone a bozo, it isn't endearing. I can't help but snicker at the idea of Bozo the clown. I certainly don't hate him. Neither do I hold him in the same esteem as fictional characters I really like/admire.
Dugutigui says:
April 4, 2013 at 04:41
Dude. Hot Bozo. Best nickname ever. But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses.
Ocean Elf: no duh! *Facepalm*
Dugutigui: They laughed at Columbus,
Ocean Elf: With good reason. He thought america was the West Indies.
Dugutigui: they laughed at Fulton,
Ocean Elf: If you mean Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam ship, he was a genius next to Columbus.
Dugutigui: they laughed at the Wright Brothers.
Ocean Elf: So? People sometimes laugh when expressing disbelief. I've been there. I would've laughed back in the days when css and dvds were all the rage before iPods were invented. I would've laughed long and hard at the idea that one day there would be a little device that could fit in your pocket and hold thousands of songs. But it has happened. Now I can laugh at my pre-Ipod self and at that the seemingly impossible has been made possible.
Dugutigui: : But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Thanks for your comment!
Ocean Elf: And your point?
Look, I think most of us have already figured out that people laugh at different things, for different reasons.
ksbeth says:
November 10, 2013 at 15:45
clowns have always terrified me. beth
Dugutigui says:
November 11, 2013 at 14:05
Yeah, thereâs nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight :)
SerachShiro says:
November 13, 2013 at 20:44
You are very right, I donât either love clowns and I never have found them hilarious and didnât understand why the were dressed up so ridiculous ! But I love Scooby do :) !
Ocean Elf: I never understood the outlandish dress either, but recently looked up clowns on Wikipedia. They are dressed that way so they will stand out enough to be seen from a distance during their part in the circus. So that would explain why the overwhelming visual effect when there is a clown not in a circus setting.
Because clowns always seemed to be rather the bungling fools to me, I never identified with them outside of the circus/birthday party setting. I might've been a clown for Halloween once as a very small child, i don't exactly remember. The thrill of dressing up in costume really only hit at school age. And then I usually went as something or someone I really liked and was proud to represent. Back then, there were other children dressed as clowns too, and I don't remember anybody being afraid of clowns.
Dugutigui says:
November 14, 2013 at 23:07
Where Are You!!!
Yes I like Scooby-DooâŚ
Shaggy: The sea waterâs boiling, Scoob, I wonder what pirates like in their stew?
Scooby: Rains?
Shaggy: Hey yeah, ghosts like chains, and what else? Oh yeah, some ashes from the stove, you know this could be real good? What else do pirates like?
Scooby: Robrebs?
Shaggy: Cobwebs! Aha, delightful. Now did we forget anything?
Scooby: Roap.
Shaggy: Soap? I hardly use it myself, but why not? :) :) :)
Ocean Elf: *Yawn* Bo-ring...
SerachShiro says:
November 14, 2013 at 23:57
HahahaâŚâŚ..that was very nice and thanks, I watched it always with my kids, we love it and let shoot the clowns ! :)
Ocean Elf: I'll leave the Scoob ones alone but would happily shoot Laughing Jack to a zillion little pieces. Well actually, shooting was too good for him.
Dugutigui says:
November 15, 2013 at 00:11
Shoot âEm Up !!! :)
Ocean Elf: *BANG!* There goes Laughing Jack.
SerachShiro says:
November 15, 2013 at 00:57
BANG, BANG bang, âŚâŚâŚI lost my gun ! No itâs not the solution, letâs ask directly to all of the Clowns to take of all their clothes and to remove their mask and Makeup ? Thanks :) :) :) ! Xoxo
Ocean Elf: *Scowl* Remove all their clothes? Get away, you freak. And enough with the stupid Xox smilie faces!
Dugutigui says:
November 15, 2013 at 01:08
OK. Itâs not the solution. Letâs say ⌠take the clothes and the masks and shatter them to pieces, pour them into the stratosphere, or sink them in the depths of the sea, at least they are materials which might otherwise be used to make the clowns too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent :) :)
Ocean Elf: You knock off the smilies too, and just shut up.
SerachShiro says:
November 15, 2013 at 01:12
Yes letâs do it in this way, âŚâŚlove it ! Wish you a very lovely evening and see you :) !
Ocean Elf: Well excuse me for not joining your make-clowns-nude party. *Scowl*
Dugutigui says:
November 15, 2013 at 01:13
Same for you!
Ocean Elf: Oh, blow it out your ear.
navigator1965 says:
November 23, 2013 at 02:55
This was a funny one! Classic: âI feel like I have done my part as a good citizen
Ocean Elf: Not classic at all. *Snip rest of requited blog repost where Michael Jackson was mentioned.*
Oh, right, dissing on a dead man who was not a sadist, way to stay classy. I think the world and Halloween needs protection from you.
Dugutigui says:
November 23, 2013 at 13:31
Iâm emitting a series of uncontrolled high-pitched noises, accompanied by sharp intakes of breath of the sort normally associated with a seizure or heart failure. Hahahahaha! Yeah, itâs classic. Thanks for commenting!
Ocean Elf: It's not classic, it's fail, and you're just way too easily amused.
purpleborough says:
November 27, 2013 at 17:54
ClownsâŚ.Someone once gave me a clown and others, upon seeing this one clown, decided that I must collect clowns and they began to multiply in my house like rabbits. I neither like nor dislike clowns.
I wrote a short series on âClowns without Greasepaintâ hoping people would see that our politicians are veritable clowns. I do not know if anyone agreed or disagreed; they only âlikedâ.
Ocean Elf: Rabbits. Oh, how I want to get a pet rabbit.
Dugutigui says:
November 29, 2013 at 12:32
I feel a little jealous: no one has ever given me a single clown ⌠sigh! Do you think they did it for any special reason? Anyhow, that could be the reason youâre so funny.
I have to find some spare time to read your series. Maybe the problem has been men havenât seen Dracula films [plenty greasepaint there] and they are not familiar with the term. Other people may be afraid of the NSA [surely they are now monitoring your blog]. In any case I believe, after reading your series, people will star to realize politicians are veritable clowns. What a disruptive idea! Myself never thought of politicians from that perspective, but I think youâre absolutely right. Your approach is really subversive. Iâm also sure people that read your series agreed 100% with your view, hence the likes. If you authorize me, Iâd like to write a post [in the future] following you line of thinking. People should know the truth!
Ocean Elf: I've thought of politicians as clowns, and not in a good way, for a long time.
dalo2013 says:
November 29, 2013 at 02:30
Incredible postâŚand fantastic photos. I never understood Coulrophobia (always thought it a bit of a joke) until a friend knew said he had itâŚand truly could not handle the sight of a clown. This post makes it a lot clearer. The story of one of your first memories, a classic. Never thought about it before, but clowns are a little creepyâŚ
Ocean Elf: You know, I'm really getting tired of seeing that word "classic" being overused and rendered meaningless in the process in these comments.
Dugutigui says:
November 29, 2013 at 12:52
Thanks! They are :) I believe the childâs laughter is pure
Ocean Elf: You squawked that one out already⌠I wasn't impressed with it the first time and that hasn't changed. *Delete*
Elizabeth Melton Parsons says:
November 29, 2013 at 22:59
I adore clowns. Always have.
Dugutigui says:
November 29, 2013 at 23:59
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard. Thanks for your opinion; it is as valid as any of the above (including mine) :)
Dugutigui says:
November 30, 2013 at 00:00
Thank you :)
Elizabeth Melton Parsons says:
November 30, 2013 at 16:43
:)
purpleborough says:
November 30, 2013 at 03:00
Well my iPad cut me offâŚmore later.
hobo hippie says:
December 1, 2013 at 20:27
clowns can be very scary-thanks for following-ana
Dugutigui says:
December 1, 2013 at 21:24
Thanks to you!
Life With Catnip says:
December 31, 2013 at 19:07
Terrifying.
Dugutigui says:
January 12, 2014 at 21:38
In their eyes the red campfires of the Pleistocene gleam and flicker :)
Thank you for your comment!!
Ocean Elf: What - everâŚ
Catnip says:
January 12, 2014 at 23:55
Sorry.
Ocean Elf: Yeah, me too.
MissMangue says:
February 7, 2014 at 13:57
I also hate clowns, I can not stand then, every time I see one, I have nightmares at night.
Ocean Elf: So. There are the people who hate clowns because they are afraid of them.
And then there's me. Boiling mad at some "creepy" clowns and scornful of the creepy clown mythos on the whole. Annoyed at not being able to find more people who feel the same way, because they're all too busy being Laughing Jack fangirls or creeped out by the "scary" clowns. *Facepalm*
Over and out.
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