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Don't send in the clowns
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| 01/16/08
| Reuters
Posted on 01/16/2008 8:39:33 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
LONDON (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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"We found that clowns are universally disliked..." Take Hillary for instance....
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Huh? I'm not scary!
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posted on
01/16/2008 8:44:28 AM PST
by
nutmeg
(Imagine Hillary Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama as Commander-in-Chief...)
To: nutmeg
At my little cousin’s b’day party way back when, her uncle decided to dress as a clown. When he walked in to the room, my daughter who was five at the time attached herself to me like the Alien.
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posted on
01/16/2008 8:50:02 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
I’ve never liked clowns.
Still don’t, and I’m 40.
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posted on
01/16/2008 8:58:53 AM PST
by
chrisser
("Europe has become a theme-park representation of its former self." - Chrisser)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:00:20 AM PST
by
xjcsa
(Thompson/Romney 2008)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Sid Haig discovered this some time ago.
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:00:49 AM PST
by
Williams
To: Williams
We had a clown at an office party. I asked him if he went to Clown College. He said; “Yeah, UMASS.”
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:08:29 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: chrisser
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:13:18 AM PST
by
Bookwoman
To: Bookwoman
Clowns are the spawn of Satan. I have thought this for years
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:17:30 AM PST
by
atomaunt
(Peace through superior firepower)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Maybe they should use mimes instead.
(And give the kids Tazers.)
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:17:43 AM PST
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(A.D.D. , Me? . . . NO WAY! Hey, look at the chicken!)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Oh I thought this was an article about Congress.
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:18:53 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(May the Lord bless and keep Hillary Clinton - far away from the White House!)
To: massgopguy
At my little cousin’s b’day party way back when, her uncle decided to dress as a clown. When he walked in to the room, my daughter who was five at the time attached herself to me like the Alien.Awww... :o)
I've seen that happen dozens of times... I've never liked clowns either, as a child and as an adult...
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:19:27 AM PST
by
nutmeg
(Imagine Hillary Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama as Commander-in-Chief...)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
The study...found all the 250 patients aged between four and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clownsall
ALL
To: atomaunt
I’ve just thought they were stupid.
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
Anyone remember the Malcom in the Middle episode where the whole family gets in a fight with a bunch of clowns at a batting cage?
To: dead
Pinging the clown collector...
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:40:41 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: chrisser
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:43:02 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: ErnBatavia
What can be done for Hillary phobia?
To: AngelesCrestHighway
What’s all this clowning around about?
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:44:59 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Support Duncan Hunter for the 2008 GOP presidential nominee. He is THE true conservative candidate.)
To: ErnBatavia
Can't sleep...clowns will eat me...can't sleep....clowns will eat me...
L
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posted on
01/16/2008 9:45:17 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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