'Clowning' around.

FionnK86 · 10-10-2016 09:20AM #1

Read this article on the bus just now:

http://www.98fm.com/Halloween-Prank-Goes-Wrong-At-Blackrock-Secondary-School-

It seems this 'clown craze' is the latest fad in pranking, with clowns spotted in my own small rural Irish town terrorizing people. I've no fear of clowns, nor some gob****e in a costume from the €2 shop, but I can see where this could potentially scare the effin' s*"t out of people.

Have you experienced any of this stupid behaviour? :mad:

10-10-2016 09:22AM

Going on to school property without permission dressed as clowns with fake chainsaws. What exactly did they expect?

Gatling · 10-10-2016 09:23AM

It was silly .

But this has been completely over blown

OU812 · 10-10-2016 09:23AM

There's been a couple of "sightings" around here (North Dublin). Some kids are terrified - talk in the schoolyard etc. Our kids school made an announcement about it last week, telling the kids not to be talking about it, that there's nothing to worry about & sent a note home to inform parents. I know of a couple of dads that have verbalised their intent to make the area a clown free zone.

I'd say Fossetts & Duffys are ****ting themselves.

gramar · 10-10-2016 09:25AM

It's no laughing matter.

FionnK86 · 10-10-2016 09:25AM

OU812 wrote: »

There's been a couple of "sightings" around here (North Dublin). Some kids are terrified - talk in the schoolyard etc. Our kids school made an announcement about it last week, telling the kids not to be talking about it, that there's nothing to worry about & sent a note home to inform parents. I know of a couple of dads that have verbalised their intent to make the area a clown free zone.

I'd say Fossetts & Duffys are ****ting themselves.

Similar here on the facebook 'crime alerts' page in my local area. However due to the sensationalist nature of these pages, its very easy to wind up a moderator and tell him clowns have been sighted everywhere! :rolleyes:

seamus · 10-10-2016 09:30AM

Anyone getting hot and bothered about this needs to cop on.

But the people getting a laugh out of this also need to have a bit of cop on. My wife teaches in a performing acts school, which is based in a primary school building, in the evenings and last week came into a classroom of 13 year old all screaming about there being a clown in a car outside waving at them. My wife told them to shut up and pulled the blinds to get on with the class.

It was only when she came home I told her there probably was someone out there. Problem is, pulling into a primary school when it's dark and waving at a bunch of children through the window while dressed as a clown...is probably not the brightest move in the world. Suspicious predatory behaviour aside, if a parent pulled up and caught you, you never know what they might do.

Giblet · 10-10-2016 09:31AM

Why does this stuff have to happen when I listen to IT on Audible. F*ck you, clowns!

Maximus Alexander · 10-10-2016 09:36AM

Clowns are no laughing matter.

osarusan · 10-10-2016 09:43AM

I'm just waiting for a clown to get shot and killed in the USA.

The bants will have reached epic levels then.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 10-10-2016 09:44AM

I watched a video where one was on the street corner and frightened this man and he went ballistic. The clown is trying to say calm down thought it was funny didn't mean any harm, and the guy was saying, well, you think it's funny? Would you think it's funny if I pulled out a knife and scared you with it?
Then he knocked him out.

Well deserved. Little to be doing, going around scaring people like that.
Didn't a clown murder two kids recently in the UK too? No joke, I wouldn't find that a bit funny. Id be so angry.

FionnK86 · 10-10-2016 09:44AM

osarusan wrote: »

I'm just waiting for a clown to get shot and killed in the USA.

The bants will have reached epic levels then.

US police won't shoot upstanding white clowns.

ahnowbrowncow · 10-10-2016 09:49AM

Theres a prank on YouTube were the clown had a chainsaw and trapped a poor fella in public toilets. He must have thought he was about to be cut into pieces, definitely crossed the line.

The_Valeyard · 10-10-2016 09:53AM

I really am surprised that in America one of these guys hasnt been shot yet.

Hande hoche! · 10-10-2016 09:54AM

FionnK86 wrote: »

US police won't shoot upstanding white clowns.

Yeah but all it takes is a good clown guy with a gun to shoot the bad clown.

seamus · 10-10-2016 09:57AM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I really am surprised that in America one of these guys hasnt been shot yet.

The US cops seem to be giving them the benefit of the doubt for the moment that they're not carrying real machetes, but more than one US cop has been interviewed by local news and warned the guys dressing up that any member of the public who feels threatened may be legally justified if they shoot a clown, regardless of whether they're holding a real knife.

razorblunt · 10-10-2016 10:13AM

Someone is going to get the absolute shíte beat out of them when caught, for adults with the proper outfits and accessories it's a step too far.

There's a Cork radio station that's now showing photos of kids scaring kids while wearing the masks. They're just kids being kids FFS, everyone was running around with a Scream mask.

Rubberlegs · 10-10-2016 10:13AM

Giblet wrote: »

Why does this stuff have to happen when I listen to IT on Audible. F*ck you, clowns!

We all float down here!
Mwahahahahaaaaa!!

biko · 10-10-2016 10:20AM

FionnK86 wrote: »

Have you experienced any of this stupid behaviour? :mad:

Nope but people will get up to stuff they hear about, so thanks for spreading the word OP.

CPSW · 10-10-2016 10:23AM

Half of the videos on Facebook/Twitter are all set ups to get likes and go viral I reckon.

Also seen some idiot on the Malahide Road yesterday afternoon driving with a clown mask on. His partner in the passenger seat, his kid in the back seat.

Wonder how funny he would think it would be if he caused an accident due to wearing something that obscures his vision while driving, the moron!

SEPT 23 1989 · 10-10-2016 10:33AM

Awww, come on bucko! Don't you want a... balloon?

Dyr · 10-10-2016 10:34AM

"This is like watching a clown running across a minefield"

thank you malcolm tucker

nullzero · 10-10-2016 10:40AM

seamus wrote: »

Anyone getting hot and bothered about this needs to cop on.

But the people getting a laugh out of this also need to have a bit of cop on. My wife teaches in a performing acts school, which is based in a primary school building, in the evenings and last week came into a classroom of 13 year old all screaming about there being a clown in a car outside waving at them. My wife told them to shut up and pulled the blinds to get on with the class.

It was only when she came home I told her there probably was someone out there. Problem is, pulling into a primary school when it's dark and waving at a bunch of children through the window while dressed as a clown...is probably not the brightest move in the world. Suspicious predatory behaviour aside, if a parent pulled up and caught you, you never know what they might do.

How very John Wayne Gacy of them.

andekwarhola · 10-10-2016 12:07PM

Would be kinda funny if some kerazee student type dressing up as a clown gets shot by some redneck in the states.

whoopsadoodles · 10-10-2016 12:12PM

razorblunt wrote: »

Someone is going to get the absolute shíte beat out of them when caught

Straight for the juggler.

shaunr68 · 10-10-2016 12:26PM

CPSW wrote: »

Half of the videos on Facebook/Twitter are all set ups to get likes and go viral I reckon.

Also seen some idiot on the Malahide Road yesterday afternoon driving with a clown mask on. His partner in the passenger seat, his kid in the back seat.

Wonder how funny he would think it would be if he caused an accident due to wearing something that obscures his vision while driving, the moron!

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I imagine at the next set of traffic lights the doors and wheels fell off and twenty clowns emerged one by one from the car. Probably!

10-10-2016 02:00PM

I read this in the indo today and it said in the blackrock school, "leaving cert students, 6th years" were deeply traumatised... ha ha ha, 17 yr olds running home to mammy and daddy terrified of the killer clowns!! parents ringing up too..ahhhh only in blackrock eh!

they'll be all having an americanesque candle lit vigil tonight now hugging each other!!! To quote the guy from ferris bueller... "I weep for the future"

pickarooney · 10-10-2016 02:58PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I watched a video where one was on the street corner and frightened this man and he went ballistic. The clown is trying to say calm down thought it was funny didn't mean any harm, and the guy was saying, well, you think it's funny? Would you think it's funny if I pulled out a knife and scared you with it?
Then he knocked him out.

Well deserved. Little to be doing, going around scaring people like that.
Didn't a clown murder two kids recently in the UK too? No joke, I wouldn't find that a bit funny. Id be so angry.

I'd be angry to if a clown murdered my kids.

bodhrandude · 10-10-2016 03:29PM

Maybe they are all influenced from this guy.

ScumLord · 10-10-2016 03:34PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I really am surprised that in America one of these guys hasnt been shot yet.

I've seen videos of clowns getting guns pulled on them. But this prank is years and years old in America. Ireland behind the times once again.

lertsnim · 10-10-2016 03:38PM

Anyone who does this is a bollocks and deserves a hammering.

seamus wrote: »

if a parent pulled up and caught you, you never know what they might do.

I believe the correct response is "it's a prank bro, it's a prank" as they get 10 shades of **** kicked out of them.

'Clowning' around.

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