JohnL Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I know there's a bit of history on clowns here but the whole thing seems to have got out of hand around the US and now the UK.The film IT is being remade next year and there's another called 31 about evil clowns so I was pretty sure at first all the sightings were a viral marketing campaign, but something else has happened.I've not seen any in South London. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Yet... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grok Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 http://goo.gl/w9zd8q Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Where the EDF starts the whole world follows Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 It is also not unrelated to the Halloween frenzy that is already kicking off amidst the xmas (!) offerings that compete with it in the supermarkets at the moment. The link for me is the licence they both bring to turn the world upside down (I suspect why my parents never even mentioned Halloween - quite right too). If a (scary) clown is a disruption of norms of face-to-face interaction so is 'trick or treat' and the faces carved into pumpkins. In the anthro lit clown-like costumes are described as often adopted at key rites of passage - where one customary kind of identity has to give way to another (e.g. from childhood to adulthood - just as Halloween marks seasonal change). The scariest ones are in Bateson's brilliant book Naven if you want a few sleepless nights about what it means to be human. The point being that with us the social ordering of these things breaks down: in Halloween because of individualistic consumerism, with Clowns when they are taken out of the traditions of the circus and used as a way of intimidating people (with no ritual circumstances or justification attached). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Clown activity. Just saying' Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
titch juicy Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Am I the only one that finds the whole thing funny? Purely for it's ridiculousness Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calsug Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Read that it caused a pregnant lady to go prematurely into labour, luckily the baby was okay but what happens if it wasn't or a person had a heart condition? Personally don't see the funny side of randomly scaring people that you don't know or might have medical conditions. titch juicy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Am I the only one that finds the whole thing> funny? Purely for it's ridiculousness Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Calsug Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Read that it caused a pregnant lady to go> prematurely into labour, luckily the baby was okay> but what happens if it wasn't or a person had a> heart condition? Personally don't see the funny> side of randomly scaring people that you don't> know or might have medical conditions. > Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpsaucey Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 So it actually isn't funny. My son - year 7 - struggled to get to sleep tonight worrying about it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Corbyism and now clown craze - millennials confirmed as idiots Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 ???? Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Corbyism and now clown craze - millennials> confirmed as idiotsQuids wins the Golden Shoehorn for the most egregious attempt to get his politics into every thread! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 'tis a fair point but what's amusing is that I haven't voted (other than remain in the Referendum) in any election for years! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Once it becomes pass? in a couple of weeks (and no longer worth the risk of arrest) the clowns will be gone.Unlike the clown leading the opposition... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
titch juicy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 hpsaucey Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> So it actually isn't funny. My son - year 7 -> struggled to get to sleep tonight worrying about> it.Had your son had an experience with one? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 ???? Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Corbyism and now clown craze - millennials> confirmed as idiotsB***y millennials ;) It's almost an extension of that thing where they paste a picture of themselves with dog ears and nose.I'm not scared of clowns but children can be, school whispers & rumours are terrifying (I remember some). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
titch juicy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 We all had bogeymen that we were afraid of in the primary school playground. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddyboy23 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I actually ate a clown once . Must admit he did taste a bit funny Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1058978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
natty01295 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Pictures of clowns belowhttps://www.google.co.uk/search?q=clowns&client=tablet-android-acer&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0oZfEsdbPAhVCKcAKHRXIAdEQ_AUIBygB Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1059194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtfulDogger Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 The film IT is out Now that is a scary clown Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1168393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Clowns are disturbing. Even Mr Tumble - for those who have kids - it's just wrong.And then there are really sick people who dress up like that. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1168401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Angelina Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Clowns are disturbing. > > Even Mr Tumble - for those who have kids - it's> just wrong.Mr Tumble is truly terrible. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1168416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 It's an old thread but Viz have finally identified the dangers presented by clowns ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1402936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted February 5, 2024 Share Posted February 5, 2024 Resurrecting the clowns thread BBC News - Grimaldi service: Clowns gather in Hackney for annual commemoration https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68199834 now that has got to be a nightmare for some 🤔 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/126717-clowns/#findComment-1654769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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