18 Signs You Hired The Wrong Clown

booger

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18 Signs You Hired The Wrong Clown

At your kid's birthday party...

18. By the end of the party, he's got every damn kid doing the
"pull my finger" trick.

17. Clown car must be started with a breathalyzer device.

16. Keeps screaming, "My name's not BO-zo, it's bo-ZO!"

15. References to Kierkegaard and Nietzsche are lost on most
5-year olds.

14. Props for his "disappearing" trick: a moving van and your wide- screen TV.

13. Scares the holy hell outta the kids during the "Severed Limb"
trick.

12. Tells the kids he killed Barney in a blood match in Newark.

11. Didn't bring any balloons, but manages to twist your dachshund into other animal shapes.

10. Prefaces each trick with, "Here's a little number I learned in the joint."

9. Not exactly the PeeWee Herman impression you were expecting!

8. Wears a t-shirt that says, "Drug-free since March!"

7. More interested in squirting seltzer into his Scotch than into his pants.

6. Those huge ears look too darn life-like, and the entire act consists of showing charts and complaining about the national deficit.

5. A sad clown is one thing--a clown who spends the entire party
with a gun to his temple is another thing entirely.

4. Only balloon animals he can make are a snake and a "snake on acid."

3. Business cards include the phrase, "From the Mind of Stephen King".

2. Price list includes "lap dance" and "around the world."

1. All the balloon animals are ribbed and lubricated.
 

SageTheRage

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I've always hated clowns, even as a kid; flat out hated 'em and still do.
Any other clown haters out there?
 

Gizmo

Veteran Member
Yes!!! Always hated clowns. Even in college. One time my sister and I went to McDonalds when we were in college. Ronald (The Freak) McDonald came up to our table and started talking to us (uninvited). I was very uncomfortable until my sister yelled at him, "Get lost, you fu@king clown!!" Then all the kids in the place started yelling at him too. It was a very liberating day! Quite a hoot. I think he got off early that day.

Steven King sure knew how to bother all the adults who hate clowns. Pennywise anyone?
 

Gizmo

Veteran Member
Booger - So sorry for the drift. Maybe we should start a clown haters thread in Corkboard or something.
 

Libertarian

Deceased
I've never liked clowns either. One day in the early 60's Iwas watching the Bozo th eClown TV on the old Sylvania B&W. As Bozo was asking the kids where they came from and what grades they were in, one kid raised his middle finger and said "Climb it clown!" My little sister and brother got scared and cried. I cheered.
 

CarolynA

Veteran Member
I have an extreme aversion to clowns too and I have you all beat in the clown story department. Back when I was younger & dating if I met someone I didn't know well I would make sure that the first date was always at a restaurant & I would meet him there to be on the safe side. Well, I met this good looking guy, who I had seen around town, & agreed to meet him for dinner. When it got to the "OH, and what do you do?" part, you guessed it, he was a clown. A back yard party clown :shkr: All through dinner I kept getting flashes of horrid visions. The worst was picturing his bedroom with a giant pair of clown shoes under the bed, a fright wig on the bedpost, & a big rubber nose on the nightstand. The other thing that kept going through my head was "OMG I'm out with a CLOWN! AAAAAGGGHH!" And, he actually said to me "I can't believe I'm out with a classy dame like you." OMG, what planet was he from?
It was hilarious!

For all of you who are not overly fond of clowns, please go to
http://ihateclowns.com/
 

Hamilton Felix

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Maybe there's a reason you hate 'em....

...I'll have to go check the "favorite terrible movie" thread and see if anyone posted Killer Klowns from Outer Space. ;)
 

SageTheRage

Membership Revoked
Libertarian:
" one kid raised his middle finger and said "Climb it clown!" My little sister and brother got scared and cried. I cheered."
You sound like you were one of those kids that parents dream about ... in their nightmares! :shkr: :dvl2: :D

Loved your clown story, Carolyn A ... glad you made it through that date w/o any 'clown' incidents :lol: ...ewwww!!!!
Thx for the official link to clown hating.


Anyway, getting back to my own clown adversion, I'd have to say that it must stem from the cruelty of my parents and their sadistic desire (?) to 'toughen me up'. They used to revel in sloooowly, ever so sloooowly, going even sloooower still and then WHAM! SUPER FAST with the crank on one of those tin boxes with the scarey faced plastic headed clown that would pop up. The more I cried, the more they did it and would force me to sit there and endure it.


Believe it or not, I remember these incidents from as young as 2 until about 4 (age 4 is when my little brother came along and I was damned if I was going to have him put through this torture, heh, so I broke the clown's friggin' neck and super stretched the spring to his evil body so he couldn't pop up anymore) :sb:

That same year, I had occasion to be at a friend's birthday party that had a clown for entertainment. He wreaked of booze and cigarettes. Being emboldened by my successful elimination of the dreaded clown toy I had no fear of this clown and instead let it be known how repulsed I was by his odor, silly costume and lame tricks. My parents being mortified by my behavior was perfect payback for thier years of fun at my expense...it was even worth the spanking I got as a result.

So nope, I take great issue with clowns and their nonsense.
 
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