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If I see a 'killler clown' the second thing I'm going to do is reverse back over 'em 😉
But seriously, it's 1% some kids having a laugh and 99% urban myth / bullshit.
*invests in face paint companies*
I get it's 1% kids having a laugh, but it's a slightly odd way to do it and they won't be laughing if in scaring someone the fight or flight reflex comes down on the fight side and they get a size ten in the face.
Seems there was one around the corner from my house last night, lots of people overreacting on Facebook about it and just like here some claiming that they'd resort to violence. The reality being anyone who passed just chuckled.
Anyway if you going to do it then you need to do this one.
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Some people really need to "get a grip" eh?
[i]-the woman was walking alone in Eaton Park at about 20:30 BST on Sunday when the man leapt out, screamed at her and ran after her.
-a man dressed as a clown and carrying a baseball bat was reported to have chased a 10-year-old child through a park.[/i]
Where's their sense of humour?
Seems to be a lot of this going around at the moment along with rumours of people being stabbed by them in the states. Loads of Facebook videos appearing of the clowns being beaten up after jumping out on people and some times just walking down the road.
In my opinion they have only worn the outfit to upset people and if they are doing enough so people feel threatened or scared then people have the right to respond with reasonable force to that threat.
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In my opinion they have only worn the outfit to upset people and if they are doing enough so people feel threatened or scared then people have the right to respond with reasonable force to that threat.
Damn right!
I feel much the same about people who dress in Rapha.
It's the only language they understand.
Its a massive overreaction to a couple of kids getting spooked.
A couple of schools around here had warnings this morning that when the kids come out this afternoon, they will be killed with knives. Then the teachers.
The police were called, but couldn't guarantee to be available at 3pm.
Good job it's all a jape.
A couple of schools around here had warnings this morning that when the kids come out this afternoon, they will be killed with knives. Then the teachers.
So death threats rather than someone just jumping out of the bushes in a clown costume. Yeah I'm not sure they're the same thing.
Kinda related story. Back in my late teens some friends and I were away for the week (somewhere near Skegness I think) and visited a cheesy fun fair type thing. There was a ghost train ride which contained a section where a man dressed as a clown jumps out next to the slow moving cart. One of my friends, a mild mannered, lovely guy, jumped out of his skin, screamed like a girl at a One Direction concert and hit the clown man square in the face.
My friend was mortified and couldn't stop apologising. I just wondered how many times that had happened and how much the clown got paid. Moral of the story is it's a dicey business messing with the fight or flight mechanism and the outcome might not be amusing.
[i]#clownslivesmatter
#butnotverymuch
#susanalbumparty[/i]
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Did anyone see this on the news? Complete with Clown face / map graphic. I felt like I was watching Brass Eye.
If someone offered me a Budweiser I'd do the same.
"Social experiment"? Youtube has brought out a whole world of ****s who think they're funny.
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How do they chase people, what with the massive feet and all?
How do they chase people, what with the massive feet and all?
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I saw my first hoodied chav on his bmx, with his face painted up like Heath ledgers Joker in London today - trying to give people menacing stares.
Quite interesting in a way, wonder if you could use epidemiology/infectious disease principles to map out how crazes like this spread.
We should fight back by dressing like old school magicians or mime artists. I don't know what purpose this will serve, but it seemed like a good idea when I started typing. Not so much now though. 😳
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Is it OK to punch a clown in the face?
The question should really be, how [i]many[/i] times should you punch a clown in the face?
Can you imagine the noise their big red noses will make as you punch them, repeatedly.
Budweiser guy should have filmed the bit where he has to try and carry home a ripped-open slab of beer with 23 bottles in it- nightmare.
Yeah defo. These pranksters so funny with broken noses.
"wearing a wolf mask" - is that the new killer wolf craze sweeping the nation?
Anyway, I think the actual craze will end in tears pretty soon...
Portsmouth: Youths seen wearing clown masks as craze hits area
Southampton: 'Killer clowns' spotted across Hampshire as police warn culprits could be prosecuted
Brighton: Concern raised following 'killer clown' craze sweeping across Sussex
So death threats rather than someone just jumping out of the bushes in a clown costume. Yeah I'm not sure they're the same thing.
Yet a knife threat treated as a joke because of the clown connection? They aren't the same thing, but get stuck in the same pigeonhole.
The question should really be, how many times should you punch a clown in the face?
Till their nose stops honking... 👿
[i]Brighton: Concern raised following 'killer clown' craze sweeping across Sussex [/i]
There was a Clowns on the Downs thing outside Brighton last night. God knows what they expected to achieve...
Yet a knife threat treated as a joke because of the clown connection?
Have the actually threantdned anyone ? The press tell us they're killer clowns even though they haven't actually killed anyone.
[i] killer clowns even though they haven't actually killed anyone.[/i]
😆 something tells me you won't think it's serious until one does kill someone! They brandish (ok, wave) things that look like knives at people, to scare them. Understandably, it does.
I've got to say if one of these numpties jumped out and terrorised my little 16month old son when he is playing I'd be less than impressed, as I would be with anyone, dressed as a clown or otherwise.
Have the actually threantdned anyone ?
Yes. Clowns with knives threatened to kill schoolkids. Then teachers getting into their cars.
Police not that bothered as "Clowns are a joke"
Some kids later admitted it and police showing some interest, as the hard work has been doen for them.
2 kids at the same school thought it would be funny to get on the back of this and jumped out on some girls in masks. Got the shit kicked out of them.
So at least it's all right in the end.
Clowns with knives threatened to kill schoolkids.
Some kids later admitted it
Were they dressed as clowns when they went to school or did they only get changed to make their threat?
Seriously, this is f'n stupid. Yes, terrorising kids is a seriously crappy thing to do. But it's a fanny in a clown suit, get over it.
Am I the only 1 who wants to get a clown costume now?
Phew, thought it was just me. No, no you're not.
I was going to buy a Pennywise costume as I've a party in a few weeks and another in a couple of months, now I might not bother as clearly it means you will kill people. Of course I could wait until the 31st as it's OK then to dress up to scare people.
something tells me you won't think it's serious until one does kill someone!
But if they do is it a clown are just a person who committed murder? Of course my point is calling them killer clowns is just press hyperbole.
DracBut if they do is it a clown are just a person who committed murder? Of course my point is calling them killer clowns is just press hyperbole.
I agree, but "****ers" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
I think the press are the only ones calling them that. Everyone else is using different adjectives.
Great video on youtube of a couple of 'clowns' running about scaring folks, until a chap pulls a gun on them. They immediately start begging for their lives quivering in fear...quite ironic really
I personally think that anyone who dresses up as a clown simply to scare people can have no complaints when they receive a good hard kick in.
So to answer the OP...yes definitely.
I personally think that anyone who dresses up as a clown simply to scare people can have no complaints when they receive a good hard kick in.
I bet you're a joy at Halloween.
I get it's 1% kids having a laugh, but it's a slightly odd way to do it and they won't be laughing if in scaring someone the fight or flight reflex comes down on the fight side and they get a size ten in the face.
That's why you chase children, they have little feet.