'Clowning' around.

HS3 · 10-10-2016 3:39pm

I'm terrible, I know it. If someone jumped out at me as a clown, I would pee myself and probably hit them a thump, or push them back into the bush they jumped out of. But if I saw it happen to someone else, I would absolutely burst a blood vessel laughing. I don't feel proud of myself, but I wouldn't have a very mature/fine tuned sense of humour.

I do think scaring kids and turning up at schools is completely wrong. And wouldn't find that funny at all. I was always afraid of something coming out of the shadows at me as a kid, I'd say most kids are. So I do have some comedy standards

jimgoose · 10-10-2016 3:56pm

Apparently the Plod have declared it a civil matter and said that they won't be investigating. Seems odd to me - I'd have thought frightening the living lard out of people at a school with what appear to be a pair of convincing chainsaws would be some sort of offence, particularly with all these nutters in the US attacking schools in recent years. The Independent has it here:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/creepy-clowns-armed-with-chainsaws-enter-dublin-city-school-35116498.html

Ficheall · 10-10-2016 4:15pm

seamus wrote: »

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.

Does this work for the scary lasses in the local night club who also have silly shoes, colourful clothes and half a tin of paint on their faces?

marklazarcovic · 10-10-2016 4:24pm

have they been given their own toilets in the schools yet? there not real to me unless this happens.

10-10-2016 4:58pm

jimgoose wrote: »

Apparently the Plod have declared it a civil matter and said that they won't be investigating. Seems odd to me - I'd have thought frightening the living lard out of people at a school with what appear to be a pair of convincing chainsaws would be some sort of offence, particularly with all these nutters in the US attacking schools in recent years. The Independent has it here:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/creepy-clowns-armed-with-chainsaws-enter-dublin-city-school-35116498.html

not really, its not the same as robbing a posty with a set of replicas. they didn't damage, steel or attack anyone or anything so that shows you how feckin stupid it all is.. again though, black rock... little johnny just soiled his peddle pushers, wont someone think of the children.

montyrebel · 10-10-2016 7:51pm

maybe its just a lot of scared black people whitening up so they don't get shot by the police, in America at least

OU812 · 10-10-2016 8:39pm

#clownlivesmatter is a thing...

https://twitter.com/hashtag/clownlivesmatter

They're planning a protest march as well on 15th October in Tucson. Although if they're eating those huge shoes, it'll take AGES. Don't know why they don't have a protest drive... those cars they have hold dozen of them.

Icelandicseige · 10-10-2016 9:23pm

I was at a car boot sale on Sunday and their was one guy there wearing clown suits ha.

V_Moth · 10-10-2016 9:26pm

Nothing beats a good Moral Panic.

fryup · 11-10-2016 10:30pm

some young lad arrested in wales over this fade

School staff were so concerned they issued a warning to parents via a messaging app.

Jones was arrested for breaching public order at St Cenydd Comprehensive School in Caerphilly, South Wales - and fined £90 for his menacing prank.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jobless-teen-first-person-fined-9023168

bnt · 11-10-2016 11:20pm

Report from the USA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggS6LBhH7Fo

Bunny Colvin · 11-10-2016 11:26pm

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.

That video was more than likely staged. Saw it myself this evening!

The Wolverine · 11-10-2016 11:36pm

Wasn't one of these aressted in the US recently using a real butchers knife to follow and scare people? Now that's what's gonna have people on edge

Following someone with a real knife and cries of "it was just a prank bro" while getting clobbered

DEFTLEFTHAND · 12-10-2016 12:04am

I read reports yesterday that a woman in the UK went into premature labour after encountering one of these bastards.

I saw there today also in the UK that a clown was badly beaten after creeping up on a man in a parking garage.

xabi · 12-10-2016 12:10am

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

That video was more than likely staged. Saw it myself this evening!

Definitely staged, camera was miles away yet the sound was perfect

The_Valeyard · 12-10-2016 12:12am

The Wolverine wrote: »

Wasn't one of these aressted in the US recently using a real butchers knife to follow and scare people? Now that's what's gonna have people on edge

Following someone with a real knife and cries of "it was just a prank bro" while getting clobbered

There will be a horror movie made on this. A prankster clown no one takes seriously who goes on a murderous rampage.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 12-10-2016 2:52am

Two clowns were beaten to death in Mexico last week.

http://www.posta.com.mx/edomex/matan-dos-payasos-que-asustaban-mujeres-y-ninos-en-ecatepec

EDIT: Apparently it's a hoax. The picture is real but it shows two clowns murdered in a robbery in Guatemala last year.

jamesbere · 12-10-2016 3:02am

As with any of these crazes it will fizzle out after a while, but having said that some idiot will get the s**t kicked out of him for crossing the wrong person.

fryup · 12-10-2016 10:24am

^^^^^^^^^^^^

or how about the genuine clowns going to a children's party

Herb Powell · 12-10-2016 10:43am

fryup wrote: »

some young lad arrested in wales over this fade

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jobless-teen-first-person-fined-9023168

Alright, this is fuccking stupid.

And I don't mean the people dressing up as clowns, I mean the absolute hysteria surrounding this. It's people dressing up and acting the tool, get the fucck over it and deal with a real problem.

bnt · 15-10-2016 7:53pm

The clowns are on the move. In a manner of speaking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOhb5VHeN8c

'Clowning' around.

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