HOMELESS CAMEL Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 LONDON (Reuters) - Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them. The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards. The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between four and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080116/od_nm/clowns_odd_dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdsfan Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 You mean, I wasn't crazy all those years?! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutMeInCoach Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I was pulling out of my road the a month or so ago and a car full of clowns drove by. I wonder where the party was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasbeen Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I was pulling out of my road the a month or so ago and a car full of clowns drove by. I wonder where the party was. Was there a whole bunch of them stuffed into a itty bitty car and had seltzer bottles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHSDad Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Clowns aren't my least favorite entertainer. That spot is reserved for mimes, which I guess are just mutant clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Stallion Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 A friend of mine; basically a grown man, (Well age wise that is. He hasn't grown since the 9th grade) is deathly afraid of clowns. Pretty much the funniest thing I've ever seen was when we went to the haunted trail thing in the middle of nowhere Ohio, and they had a clown house. He was absolutely petrified. I was almost on the ground laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Liberty Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 My grandaughter was afraid of clowns but now she is 10 and does'nt like them but doesn't run from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Stallion Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 My grandaughter was afraid of clowns but now she is 10 and does'nt like them but doesn't run from them. My 19 year old friend does... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetimelover Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I've hated clowns since I first saw "Poltergeist." Then "It" came along and sealed the deal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Rocket28 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Any time I see a clown, I give them the 1 finger salute....That goes for anyone dressed up on the side of the road waving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNDUNHOFT Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I have a really good friend that is definitely scared to deaht of clowns. One time at the Erlanger Lions Carnival I had a clown come up and give balloons and trinkets to the kids. Well I took this clown over to where this guy was working and you thought I had a gun aimed at him. Oh well I still laughed about it afterwards and we went on with the fun. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADopted ADmiral Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 There is a scary Clown that lives in Titletown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint4 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Many people I know are terrified by clowns. Even 1 adult I know, if you take a clown doll and give it to him he will throw it on the ground and start crying in fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutMeInCoach Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 A friend of mine; basically a grown man, (Well age wise that is. He hasn't grown since the 9th grade) is deathly afraid of clowns. Pretty much the funniest thing I've ever seen was when we went to the haunted trail thing in the middle of nowhere Ohio, and they had a clown house. He was absolutely petrified. I was almost on the ground laughing. That was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHSPanther23 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Someone has been watching to much of Stephen King's "It" now... :sssh::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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