Pat Riot Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 I learned at an early age that I did not like clowns. When clowns approached I was gone. It wasn’t so much a fear of clowns but a deep distrust and loathing. When I was in the Navy I encountered my first Mime in John Hancock Square in Chicago. A Mime picked me out of all the people walking through that square to get in my way and start quietly messing with me. I punched that sucker right in the nose. Q: What’s black and white and red all over? A: A mime after I bust him one in the face. And by the way, mimes do make noise… Today at my nephews’ school they were having the kids sing on stage for a Christmas Show. Before and after each class of kids sang there was some dude dressed in a Grinch outfit going around the auditorium and having fun with the kids. He came towards me and my Clown-Mime-Spidey Senses kicked in. My wife knew it immediately and put her hand on my arm letting me know she could “feel my pain” (agitation) The Grinch veered off to tease and goof with some little kids and didn’t come anywhere near me. I was actually surprised at my reaction. Now I have another addition to my “Disdain List”. 2 5 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 I don't care for clowns (or magicians) either. Never encountered a Grinch, though other costumes haven't been an issue. 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 None of the above bother me!! I DO confess to being repulsed by those gays that flaunt their weirdness and by cross dressing people who get in my space!! It’s all well and good until they get into my radius of reach. Outside of that distance is close enough!! 4 Quote
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 It's all right to loath the GRINCH. The Square Circle Wranglers has been having trouble with that basket for a few years, but we manage to fight he and his cohorts off. Clangity Jane, Red Storm and the Cold Lake Kid of the Square Circle Wranglers, wish all a Merry Christmas! 1 2 Quote
DeaconKC Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 I used to like clowns but then met John Wayne Gacy while he was on Death Row. Ruined it for me. 1 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 I met Ed Gein back in the '60's. He was in a mental institution far scarier than the state prison. I was on a LEO training trip. He was in Arts and Crafts! An unremarkable little man. 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 People call me a Grinch or Scrooge. I'm neither one. In the stories they both turned into nice guys at the end. I never did. 2 Quote
watab kid Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 1 hour ago, DeaconKC said: I used to like clowns but then met John Wayne Gacy while he was on Death Row. Ruined it for me. yes , as a kid i had no real aversion but as i got older i arrived at the point of clown stay away - i hate clowns , magicians not a problem , the gringch has become part of christmas ---far better tha the teenage mutant ninja turtles 1 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted December 20, 2024 Author Posted December 20, 2024 My wife says “You just don’t like people covering up who they are.” This could be part of it. I did respond with “Maybe that’s why I don’t like people in business suits.” Do you remember the trend of people dressing up as evil clowns and showing up in odd places while others videoed them from the ground and from drones about 10 years ago? It was a common thing in Oregon for a while. I recall a Forest Ranger at the Molalla River Recreation Area telling me to be on the lookout for these idiots and “do not shoot them!” I was in a designated range area. I remember telling him “I won’t make any promises.” He laughed and bid me a good day. The only one of these idiots I encountered was in the city of Portland when I had gone downtown for a meeting. I had just parked my bike in a parking garage and I heard a sound. I looked and hiding behind the elevator enclosure was an evil clown with orange hair and a scary grin peaking out looking at me. I yelled over “Hey ***hole, **** around and I will shoot you. I am not kidding.” Clown boy took off. The parking attendant heard me and asked me not to shoot him on his property as I was walking out into the street. I laughed and said that I had just said that to scare the clown off, but in reality I may have seriously considered it if that clown would act menacing and get too close. Not sure how that would have played out. Glad it never happened. One guy I met said he was deer hunting and an evil clown approached him in the woods in a forest near Mount Hood. He said he figured the clown ruined any chance of him seeing a deer so he fired his rifle into a tree stump then yelled “The next one goes into you”. He said the clown ran like hell and that was that. I asked if he had big floppy shoes on. He said “No, the idiot had regular shoes.” I asked “Would you have shot him?” He said “No, but the clown didn’t know that.” I am glad that idiocy has gone by the wayside. A little humor: 1 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 20, 2024 Posted December 20, 2024 I think y’all are being silly. The real danger is snowmen. 2 Quote
Pat Riot Posted December 20, 2024 Author Posted December 20, 2024 18 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I think y’all are being silly. The real danger is snowmen. And giant evil clowns Quote
Red Eye Jim Posted December 20, 2024 Posted December 20, 2024 @Pat Riot Nothing spooky about that lawn. Nope. Nada. I could walk past there. Yep. No problem. Nothing to see here... 1 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 20, 2024 Posted December 20, 2024 On 12/18/2024 at 2:43 PM, Blackwater 53393 said: None of the above bother me!! I DO confess to being repulsed by those gays that flaunt their weirdness and by cross dressing people who get in my space!! It’s all well and good until they get into my radius of reach. Outside of that distance is close enough!! Same here. I don't even mind the ones that can pass the "Ten Foot" test and have good taste in clothes. It's the ones who in now way can pass for female (like certain public officials now), or who put on "femface" and religious garb to mock Catholics that I 0bject to. There was one guy, about 6'3" and a solidly built 300#, who was a regular at the indoor range and decided he was a crossdresser. We gigged him that he had poor taste in clothing and didn't have the legs to pull it off. Phase lasted about 6 months and he came to his senses. His girlfriend, a striking woman, think of Lauren Holly about 5'11", didn't seem to take issue with it. Never quite understood the "Killer Clown" trope. 1 Quote
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 20, 2024 Posted December 20, 2024 ....... big risk of Frostbite 🙃 4 Quote
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