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« on: January 16, 2008, 11:52:46 AM »
Don't send in the clowns

Wed Jan 16, 8:32 AM ET 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.

"As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university.

"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."
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My comment: Unknowable?
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 03:51:43 PM »
My Mom is age 84 and admits to a fear of clowns since childhood. I'm 55 and have not inheirited her fear, but I did inheirit her hair and skin and nose.
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 06:29:49 PM »
I knew it, I KNEW IT,  them clowns are going down  :boxing;  (now if we can just get rid of the mascots too)  :-\
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 07:00:19 PM »
How can anyone not like Bozo.
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2008, 07:06:17 PM »
Quote from: bolta72 on January 17, 2008, 07:00:19 PM
How can anyone not like Bozo.

Verrrry easily, just like Ronald (or Mr. McDonald to common folk) :P   When we walk into WalMart, i have to make sure i have all my attention on the items on the opposite side of where he sits, if i see him, i get chills and think he is following me around the store.  No kidding,  Lately, i have been going in through the garden center to avoid him entirely, lol,  :urcrazy;
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 08:05:21 PM »
Nina  Ronald is harmless.
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2008, 11:46:53 PM »
as we discussed once already, my daughter (24 going 25) is also scared of clowns, mascots, people with costumes which cover their faces.  It is getting a bit better, she says,  but it is still a problem.  Even when she knows the person (as the mascot at our school when she was a cheerleader) it is still scary to her!
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2008, 07:47:07 AM »


Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them.

At last I feel normal  :yahoo; - as a child I NEVER found clowns funny and I once went to Menwith Hill in Yorkshire where the USAF was based (1960/70s),  for their July 4th celebrations and their clowns were scary!!!!!!!!!! But their fireworks were awesome  :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2008, 07:49:01 AM »
Quote from: kitkatz on January 17, 2008, 08:05:21 PM
Nina  Ronald is harmless.

I am sure all (ok, most) of the clowns and mascots are but it doesnt mean i have to trust them or like them even  ::)
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2008, 12:07:44 PM »
My 9 year old doesn't like clowns or anyone in costume or mask. It was just this past Christmas that he was willing to approach Santa without any reservations.
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2008, 01:14:18 PM »
Saw a clown on TV - thought of Goofynina.  :waving;
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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2008, 04:05:56 PM »
Was it the commercial with the talking baby who "underestimates the creepy factor" ? - that one always makes me think of Nina!
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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2008, 07:51:30 PM »
Beth and I watched "Poltergiest" (sp?) tonight and everytime we saw the scary clown, we thought of Susie.
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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2008, 08:46:53 PM »
For me clowns up close and personal are creepy bordering scary. Clowns far away at a circus driving tiny cars, stumbling, falling (gotta love physical comedy!) etc. are funny to me.

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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2008, 09:10:46 PM »
I don't like nor dislike clowns... I don't find them scary buy one... The clown from "IT".... man oh man...
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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2008, 10:53:06 PM »
Don't know if many of you outside the UK  will get "Ashes to Ashes" (follow up to Life on Mars) - it's on BBC in the UK, but that has a very scary white clown that pops up all over the place (he's in her imagination, too hard to explain) but it appeared as she opened the wardrobe last week, at exactly the same time my son (who lives an hour away and who I wasn't expecting) walked through my front door.  Talk about hitting the ceiling  :rofl; Now I REALLY don't like clowns.
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« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2008, 08:26:04 AM »
My 84 year old Mom admits to a fear of clowns, don't know where it came from. I like Bozo and Ronald McD and I'm old enough to remember Clarabell from Howdy Doody.
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« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2008, 08:36:42 AM »
Quote from: Jannie on February 25, 2008, 08:26:04 AM
My 84 year old Mom admits to a fear of clowns, don't know where it came from. I like Bozo and Ronald McD and I'm old enough to remember Clarabell from Howdy Doody.

Clowns I can handle but that Howdy Doody dude scares me.  :rofl; he doesn't have any lips.
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« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2008, 02:10:31 PM »
Wow I'd forgotten about Clarabell.
And then there was Flippo.
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