Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Are you afraid of clowns?

17 comments:

erin said...

UGH. They are horrific. My father loved Emmett Kelly and had these f'ing clown dolls. Look at this and tell me you wouldn't be scarred after going into a room full of them: http://www.joeykelly.com/images/Emmett%20Kelly%20Doll.GIF

(my captcha is peedl, which is what I do when I see these gd dolls).

Unknown said...

yes. actually that picture is kinda skeeving me out so i will not be checking back to see other people's responses today. i'm just gonna assume everyone is scared of clowns, since that's just good sense.

Ken said...

To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've
wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went
to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.

Hailey Snow said...

nope. love them... my room as a child was painted with clowns. probably so that i wouldnt be afraid of them of them when i grew up like some of you pansies.

Leslie said...

I'm not afraid of clowns. I think they seem okay. And this was one of the friendlier pics, I was going to choose this one but it seemed like it would skew the answers.

K8 said...

i wouldn't say i fear clowns. but i'm certainly skeeved by them.

Tim said...

Not the funny clowns, but I am afraid of flesh-eating clowns...and I think most clowns fall into that flesh consumption category.

Cate said...

i am not afraid of clowns and don't really get the whole afraid of clowns meme. that said, erin has a reason to be creeped out by them.

John said...

I was a huge fan of the Bozo show on WGN as a kid, always wanted to play the grand prize game

pinchie said...

I don't really "fear" them, but more so feel sorry for them. They just seem so pathetic.

John I'm not sure we've met, but as a former Chicagoan I love the Bozo reference!

rob said...
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rob said...

cooky was the best clown in the world. may he rest in peace.

Sean said...

I like clowns, and don't really get the phobia. Manic-clowns are kind of annoying. The poor-clowns sorta piss me off - not too far from black-face. Sad-clowns are the best.

I recommend the wikipedia article on "Clown Society".

Dan said...

God yes

kelly said...

not scared of them (except the clown doll in Poltergeist) but just don't like them and amazed that there is such a thing as Clown College

beenu said...

nope but they annoy me.

can't sleep. clown'll eat me.
can't sleep. clown'll eat me.

Justin said...

I agree with Beenu!