I am highly suspicious of anyone dressed up as a clown.
Clowns are creepy by nature. Big, fake smiles. White greasepaint skin. Odd hair colors. Yuck! Why would anyone think these creatures fun for kids? Does ANYONE like clowns? (One vote 'NO' from me.) I think it due to watching 'Poltergeist' as a child. Maybe the John Wayne Gacy pictures? Anyway, I'm very anti-clown.
Thing1 and I attended a very nice birthday party this morning. Everything was great-- a jumper for the weans to play in, lots of food for everyone, pumpkins to paint... AND THEN THE CLOWN SHOWED UP! Ugh.
Her name was "Miss Priss". I privately termed her, "MISS EVIL FREAKAZOID". She made balloon animals for the kids and painted their faces. Then she began a comedy routine where she walked around and chit-chatted with the adults and made bad puns. I kept trying to avoid her by walking away when she wandered over to where I was standing. (It's not as if I threw rocks at her like I wanted to, I just walked off.) Finally, she cornered me while I was preocupied trying to get pumpkin paint off of Thing1's hands.
"HELLLOOOOOO THERE!" she shrieked in my face. "Are you avoiding meeeeeee?"
"Why yes, I am." I replied politely. "You're creepy."
She just stood there gaping at me. I guess nobody had ever told her exactly WHY they were avoiding her. So I waited to see her response.
Poor Miss Priss. She stood there with two half-formed balloon poodles in her hands looking quite nonplussed. Finally, she saw some other unsuspecting parent/child combo and rustled off in her foofy outfit to scar yet another young soul.
There will be NO CLOWNS at any of my family birthday parties, thank you very much. Perhaps someone should hire one for The Illustrated Librarian's upcoming November 2nd birthday??? Hee hee!
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Maybe she could get a scary clown tat next. :)
Hey now, how did I get drug into this???
Clowns are EVIL. E--V--I--L. To prove this, I offer you John Wayne Gacy, Pennywise, and Captain Spaulding. (That's a test...who knows who that last one is without Google?)
The only clown I want for MY birthday is one that might strip off his clown suit to reveal a hunky man underneath--will THAT be showing up at my party??
Even if he had the body of Adonis, I don't think I could take any clown getting next to me, nekked' or not! *shudder* Just the thought of a red, curly wig and white greasepaint getting close to my skin gives me the willies! Ewww! He's all yours, TIL.
I love you too XCircMan!
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