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I'm sure you're right about that, FSI - summer brings fun, mayhem and killer clowns from outer space, or some such...
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strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:18 AM
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I'm sure no one is offended , RPresta! Not everyone is a blithering chicken like I am, either!
posted by
strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:17 AM
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Hiaya, Wiley! Thanks!
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strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:16 AM
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Glad you got a chuckle out of it, Sam!
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strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:16 AM
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Glad you got a charge out of it, Taps!
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strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:16 AM
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THat must be the thing, Troosha. My first encounter was scary.
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strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:15 AM
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Rest assured I will not come within, well, a contry mile of it, Kabu! Yikes!
posted by
strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:15 AM
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I'm just unsettled by all of that stuff. Clowns and dolls. Once I had to spend the night in a room with, like, 100 plastic dolls. I don't think I've ever been the same since...
posted by
strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:14 AM
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Well, the song could have been worse, BC -- what if I had you humming something like Billy Don't Be a hero?" Worse, what if a clown sang it?
posted by
strat
on March 14, 2017 at 9:12 AM
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strat
No offense to anyone, but I'm not at all comfy around clowns; not the ones I saw at the circus when I was a child, not Clarabelle on Howdy Dooty, especially not that one, and not the ones creeping out of the shrubs starting back at Halloween time. Nope, and I've never even watched The Exorcist, for that matter! Loved your post; and your humor. Thank you. 
(Note no clown emoji...)
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on March 14, 2017 at 1:56 AM
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Strat
Great post my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 13, 2017 at 6:36 PM
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My daughter still displays her clown collection from her childhood! You are one funny writer! I liked the line that Taps cited, too! sam 
posted by
sam444
on March 13, 2017 at 6:22 PM
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I loved this post. I especially loved this sentence, "Now that I think about it, I was pretty nervous throughout the disco era, too." You are so funny.
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TAPS.
on March 13, 2017 at 4:40 PM
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Clowns never bothered me. My mother, YEARS ago, hand-sewed a beautiful clown costume for me for Halloween. Maybe that why - it's a plesant memory.
posted by
Troosha
on March 13, 2017 at 1:32 PM
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We have a 3 ft clown in our kitchen...no not me y' silly nut...a porcelain statue. I don't much like it but Wiley does. Come stay and you can have it standing in your room if you like. NO? Oh OK.
posted by
Kabu
on March 13, 2017 at 10:37 AM
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Clowns have never scared me. I was and am fine around them...I had forgotten about those creepy clown sightings. I guess we will start seeing more of them once summer comes about.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 13, 2017 at 9:36 AM
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I used to love clowns until I read it and then saw the movie...Tim Curry and the make up people did a great job on that one.
I wouldn't risk it...too many unhappy people around the usa....you wouldn't want to be the one they take out their frustrations on
posted by
Annicita
on March 13, 2017 at 9:31 AM
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omg clowns creep me out... I have never found them to be remotely entertaining. Whoever came up with the idea to paint a fake smile on a full grown man? Even as a kid, I think I knew he wasn't really happy. I think my fear is rooted in the Joker from Batman... but I can't be sure.
Love a good practical joke though! And thanks for the song that will be stuck in my head all day... 
posted by
-blackcat
on March 13, 2017 at 8:06 AM
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