Clowns

ColeTrain

I have a few questions about these people.

How do you become a clown? I know you don't need a licence to become one but where do you go to learn your trade?

Why are there fewer clowns nowadays? Has the recession killed the normal hardworking clown or are they still out there?
Once upon a time you'd see them frequently going about their business. I think I've only spotted one in the last five years and that was when I was driving.

If there are any clowns on AfterHours please tell us about your life. There seems to be a social stigma about clowns now. Don't forget they nearly have the same rights as us and hopefully one day they will have the confidence to show their face in public. I want to see them pumping petrol with pride, walking their dogs and going for a pint. Ireland needs clowns.

MadMardegan

ColeTrain wrote: »

I have a few questions about these people.

How do you become a clown? I know you don't need a licence to become one but where do you go to learn your trade?

Why are there fewer clowns nowadays? Has the recession killed the normal hardworking clown or are they still out there?
Once upon a time you'd see them frequently going about their business. I think I've only spotted one in the last five years and that was when I was driving.

If there are any clowns on AfterHours please tell us about your life. There seems to be a social stigma about clowns now. Don't forget they nearly have the same rights as us and hopefully one day they will have the confidence to show their face in public. I want to see them pumping petrol with pride, walking their dogs and going for a pint. Ireland needs clowns.

You obviously don't spend much time on the streets of Dublin... it's full of clowns!

PerrinV2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-crJKAfcHw

ColeTrain

MadMardegan wrote: »

You obviously don't spend much time on the streets of Dublin... it's full of clowns!

I see them all the time on RTE but they're not funny. I'm mainly talking about the average working clown, not the high profile ones like Tubridy.

brummytom

God, clowns are creepy fuckers.

We definitely don't need any more around.

wendell borton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQXXo6WHew

dodderangler

MadMardegan wrote: »

You obviously don't spend much time on the streets of Dublin... it's full of clowns!

Yeah but their usually all heading to government meetings and what not. Enda is head clown

Coopaloop

There is nothing, i repeat NOTHING more scary than a clown!!!

hatrickpatrick

They're all hanging out in the Dail these days, just turn on the telly at around 6 or 9 in the evening on your average night if you want to see some of their antics

Coopaloop

Coopaloop wrote: »

There is nothing, i repeat NOTHING more scary than a clown!!!

Two clowns?

danniemcq

Coopaloop wrote: »

There is nothing, i repeat NOTHING more scary than a clown!!!

A spider dressed up as a clown

or a clown dressed up as a spider

Rubberchikken

laughing so much at this thread i nearly drowned my laptop in tea.

Sunnyisland

It

danniemcq

realies wrote: »

It

except the second part.

such a let down after scaring the bejesus outta me in the first one.

(Channel 4 split it over 2 nights but if you seen the movie i'm sure you can tell where the split was)

holystungun9

Deleted User wrote: »

Two clowns?

Why that's just a normal Friday night.

Balmed Out

Serious answer You go to clown college. More likely to be described as the performing arts but that's what people who want to become clowns do. I know there's definitely one in Paris

mandrake04

ColeTrain wrote: »

If there are any clowns on AfterHours

You are in Luck, AH is full of them.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

ColeTrain wrote: »

I have a few questions about these people.

How do you become a clown.

Joining FF/FG/Lab or SF is an absolute requirement!:D

Rosy Posy

There is a clown school in San Fransisco, I knew a few people who went there...surprisingly unfunny

There's a circus school in Christchurch NZ that does a clown module, think it focuses on physical comedy and acrobatics. I know a lad who went there - he was brilliant but he builds earth houses now, I guess clowning doesn't put food on the table...

MidlandsM

brummytom wrote: »

God, clowns are creepy fuckers.

We definitely don't need any more around.

got to agree, the perfect cover for a paedo

iDave

Does anyone else want to have a go at comparing them to politicians or say 'they're all in the Dail'. Go on its really original

MidlandsM

iDave wrote: »

Does anyone else want to have a go at comparing them to politicians or say 'they're all in the Dail'. Go on its really original

no, just you :P

Nodster

I always wanted to be a clown, even ran away to join the circus, but all they did was laugh

Rosy Posy

Rosy Posy wrote: »

There is a clown school in San Fransisco, I knew a few people who went there...surprisingly unfunny

I can't say I'm surprised at all. They terrify me, and it's all Stephen Kings fault.

Plazaman

Was at a Circus when I was a kid and this fúcker of a clown was riding a horse, well standing on it's back around the edge of the ring - no harness in them days. I remember being nervous and sure as shít the git falls off into the crowd where I'm sitting, knocking me and four others off our seats (well benchs). I fell between the opening under the stand and sprained my wrist. I do recall one or two of the other audience members had broken arms or hands or something. Bobo, the fúckin clown, split his forehead open and was boohooing like a bítch.

If that was nowadays, there'd be lawsuits all round. I think we got a free candyfloss and a ticket to another show. I went back too but sat up the back. Was instilled with the urge to punch clowns though from that day on.

camel jockey

Hello Dave!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkiix0aveRk

Dr Strange

Clowns Without Borders (Ireland):

http://www.cwbireland.com/