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Quote-Unquote
Oct 22, 2002



jackyl posted:

dudes that make a living as clowns are really goddamn weird, how the gently caress a man wake up one day and decide "yes I will be a clown", it's maybe worse than ice cream truck drivers, what the gently caress

idk some people go to medical school for years in order to get a job looking at diseased vaginas and buttholes for the rest of their lives

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Sour Diesel
Jan 30, 2010

woop woop

DONKEY SALAMI
Jun 28, 2008

donkey? donkey?

Quote-Unquote posted:

idk some people go to medical school for years in order to get a job looking at diseased vaginas and buttholes for the rest of their lives

You need a medical degree to become a mod?

Kthulhu5000
Jul 25, 2006

by R. Guyovich
It wouldn't surprise me if it's partly true (some dipshit "special" teens / juggalos doing dumb poo poo in the woods) and partly kids hyping and inflating something into a bigger thing than it is. I know when I was a kid, there were scary rumors among the other kids about child-abducting hobos in the woods near where I lived, kids talking about hooded people killing random kids in bags down by the river, the obsessions about Freddy Kreuger and Jason being real and living together in the sewer, all that jazz.

Was this common elsewhere, or did I just live in a town full of particularly morbid and gruesome-minded kids?

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
There's been cases of clown infestations in the past which have turned out to be real. This one was photographed a bunch of times:
Northampton Clown Terrorizes English Town Just By Standing Around


Reporters eventually figured out his identity (mostly due to a short documentary called "The Local Clown" he'd posted online a few months earlier) and he turned out to be just some guy.

There was also the Wasco, California clown infestation of 2014, Gags the Green Bay Clown and Spot the Burnley Clown

Edit: poo poo, there was also the Killer Clown of West Palm Beach, a murder case back in 1990 that was apparently never solved.

Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Sep 2, 2016

Regrettable
Jan 5, 2010



poo poo, I live in South Carolina and my backyard leads to a forest. This is no bueno.

Tiberius Christ
Mar 4, 2009

probably just some stupid marketing gimmick for the IT remake
some poor unpaid intern is going to end up arrested for soliciting children
or shot to death by a paranoid redneck

Dignity Van Houten
Jul 28, 2006

abcdefghijk
ELLAMENNO-P


Tiberius Christ posted:

probably just some stupid marketing gimmick for the IT remake
some poor unpaid intern is going to end up arrested for soliciting children
or shot to death by a paranoid redneck

This is exactly what's happening. Except it will be taken too far and a group of little children will band together a la Stranger Things and set a beartrap for the intern, and then set the clown on fire. Except instead of vanquishing the evil like the end of a movie, they all end up being charged as adults for premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison

Warm und Fuzzy
Jun 20, 2006

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

There's been cases of clown infestations in the past which have turned out to be real. This one was photographed a bunch of times:
Northampton Clown Terrorizes English Town Just By Standing Around


Reporters eventually figured out his identity (mostly due to a short documentary called "The Local Clown" he'd posted online a few months earlier) and he turned out to be just some guy.

There was also the Wasco, California clown infestation of 2014, Gags the Green Bay Clown and Spot the Burnley Clown

Edit: poo poo, there was also the Killer Clown of West Palm Beach, a murder case back in 1990 that was apparently never solved.

I guess it's a thing, like crop circles in the 90's. Remember the Staten Island clown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwQaPQjjk0

El Boot
Mar 18, 2009

Thank Dog It's Friday
https://www.google.com/amp/wspa.com/2016/09/01/new-clown-sighting-in-spartanburg/amp/

They've spread to my lovely part of the upstate now. And here is my backyard:

The_end
May 17, 2014
I feel like calling my local paper to report a clown sighting.

El Boot
Mar 18, 2009

Thank Dog It's Friday

The_end posted:

I feel like calling my local paper to report a clown sighting.

Turn your monitor on

Jebediah
Oct 7, 2009
Grimey Drawer
I live in the city that this is happening. I'm scared.

El Boot
Mar 18, 2009

Thank Dog It's Friday

Jebediah posted:

I live in the city that this is happening. I'm scared.

Greenville or Spartanburg?

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Jebediah posted:

I live in the city that this is happening. I'm scared.

It's you. The clown is you.

DONKEY SALAMI
Jun 28, 2008

donkey? donkey?

Put a flower that squirts water in your anus

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013

Jebediah
Oct 7, 2009
Grimey Drawer

El Boot posted:

Greenville or Spartanburg?

Greenville. It sucks that the people they interview are so deeply hardcore white trash.

ncumbered_by_idgits
Sep 20, 2008

The real loving mystery here is who still has a full size satellite dish in their back yard?

Azuth0667
Sep 20, 2011

By the word of Zoroaster, no business decision is poor when it involves Ahura Mazda.
Is someone organizing a clown hunt?

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

ncumbered_by_idgits posted:

The real loving mystery here is who still has a full size satellite dish in their back yard?

"Holy poo poo! Clowns!"
*activates 145.850 MHz uplink*
"not on my watch fucko"

El Boot
Mar 18, 2009

Thank Dog It's Friday

ncumbered_by_idgits posted:

The real loving mystery here is who still has a full size satellite dish in their back yard?

don't worry about it

El Boot
Mar 18, 2009

Thank Dog It's Friday

Jebediah posted:

Greenville. It sucks that the people they interview are so deeply hardcore white trash.

my condolences either way

why hasn't anyone asked DMX for his thoughts on this yet

Ibogaine
Aug 11, 2015

CaptainSarcastic posted:

Wasn't there a Horrors of Porn article on some porno involving clowns?


There was and it was neither work nor mind safe:

http://www.somethingawful.com/horrors-of-porn/clown-porn/

ScratchAndSniff
Sep 28, 2008

This game stinks
Now I sort of want to dress up like a clown and cruise around my local woods to cause a panic. Is this a good idea?

Nathilus
Apr 4, 2002

I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

ScratchAndSniff posted:

Now I sort of want to dress up like a clown and cruise around my local woods to cause a panic. Is this a good idea?

Its a great idea. For a clown to have. In a circus. Idiot.

ScratchAndSniff
Sep 28, 2008

This game stinks

Nathilus posted:

Its a great idea. For a clown to have. In a circus. Idiot.

ok... wanna start a hidden circus in the middle of the woods with me?

El Boot
Mar 18, 2009

Thank Dog It's Friday

ScratchAndSniff posted:

ok... wanna start a hidden circus in the middle of the woods with me?

the clowns will make it to your town in due time, friend

Nathilus
Apr 4, 2002

I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

ScratchAndSniff posted:

ok... wanna start a hidden circus in the middle of the woods with me?

Word sounds good

A Tasteful Nude
Jun 3, 2013

A cool anime hagrid pic (imagine nude pls)
So when is a pro poster gonna go livepost from these clown rear end woods?

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

ScratchAndSniff posted:

Now I sort of want to dress up like a clown and cruise around my local woods to cause a panic. Is this a good idea?

I can't see any possible downside so it could only be a good idea. Go for it.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009



Friginator posted:

According to Wikipedia, Ted Bundy "declined a special meal, so he was given (but did not eat) the traditional steak (medium-rare), eggs (over easy), hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly." But again, he didn't ask for OR EAT any of it.

A class act all the way

Stealthgerbil
Dec 16, 2004


Im pretty sure its legal to shoot an evil clown standing in your woods.

DONKEY SALAMI
Jun 28, 2008

donkey? donkey?

Stealthgerbil posted:

Im pretty sure its legal to shoot an evil clown standing in your woods.

Stand your clown defense

dookifex_maximus
Aug 10, 2016

by zen death robot
sounds like a great excuse to round up a posse to go lynch some folk

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
Green Bay, WI has had one lately, too.



http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dont-miss/185308097-story

The last creepy clown was caught making lampshades out of peoples skin.

Philthy fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Sep 4, 2016

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
There's a guy in Florida who just hangs around wearing a creepy clown costume:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tardwlcQjeo

But it turns out that Florida just loves creepy clowns so he's actually made a career out of it, charging a fee for turning up to parties and being creepy or turning up at your house and scaring your kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDmzEEEOenY



There was also a "developmentally challenged" 15 year old kid in Waukesha, Wisconsin who just liked to stand around at night dressed as a clown. His mother happily admitted he was doing it and that the police had been around to talk to them about it but she was happy to let him keep clownin' up the town. When the reporters ask her about her son hanging around outside the girls dorms at the nearby university she suddenly changed her tune and goes "Nah he's not allowed over there, that must be a different clown."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7uCIV5Uyo

Dinosaurmageddon
Jul 7, 2007

by zen death robot
Hell Gem

MG3 posted:

Seriously why do we goons not crack the case

The OP is Windows 98 back from the dead case cracked chief! :speculate:

Meanwhile: :coupons:

MEANWHILE: :moreevil:


The clownhole just gets deeper. :w00t:

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
Woop woop, new clown sighting, this time in Ohio:

quote:

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Police will be monitoring a north Columbus bus stop this morning after one student said a person in a clown mask chased him with a knife.

The 14-year-old boy was headed to the bus stop Tuesday morning near Sandalwood Place on his way to school at Columbus North International School. He said around 6:15 a.m., a guy in a clown mask, dressed in all black, chased him with a knife.
http://nbc4i.com/2016/08/31/ccs-officials-say-person-in-clown-mask-with-a-knife-chased-student/

Sounds similar to the clown in black and white clothing that was arrested chasing kids with a knife in Virginia last year:
http://nbc4i.com/2015/11/03/masked-man-arrested-after-chasing-children-with-knife-at-virginia-bus-stop/

But in these troubling times we should try to remember that clowns can also be heroes:

quote:

On Nov. 22, 2015, Doo Doo made headlines when he rescued two women who were being attacked by a 25-year-old crystal meth user.

Doo Doo, a.k.a. Shane Farberman, had seen the man jumping on cars in downtown Toronto. He called 911, and as he waited for police, he slowly followed the man. It should be noted that Doo Doo was in full costume at the time. With him inside his black Hummer were three other clowns in full regalia.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/08/28/clowns-hero-turn-is-no-laughing-matter

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SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Clown cars are different from the way I remember

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