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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Anti-Clown Legislation Necessary Now

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 5:03 PM

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It's poisoned!

As I've said before, I'm not usually a fan of year end lists, but I couldn't skip this one: Top Ten Evil Clown Stories of 2008. True enough, most of them involve Juggalos, but I had no idea there were so many clown-related killings and crimes in 2008.

On September 1, 2008, in Johannesburg, Morné Harmse, an 18-year-old pupil in his final year of high school in South Africa allegedly killed a fellow student with a sword and then hacked up three others. Harmse wore a clown mask and carried other masks inspired by the group Slipknot. The killer also spoke in a voice to mimic the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Here I thought the evil clown thing was finally done with.

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1
The funniest vid I saw in 2008 was one where someone mimed a mime.

No clowns were harmed during this posting.
Posted by Will in Seattle on December 30, 2008 at 5:07 PM
2
WTF?!

Juggalos?

I thought ICP was done.
Posted by TheMisanthrope on December 30, 2008 at 5:54 PM
3
see Kiley's JUST BECAUSE post earlier:

According to Florence Rome Garrett, granddaughter of the printers who helped Whitman produce the First Edition, "practically none sold."

FINALLY, my namesake wormholes its way into the sloog....juskidding...no relation. i'm such a clown. HEE HAW! George Bailey! serioulsly, though, the MINI youtubes are sweet. gotta learn how 2 do thatt

Tears of a Clown- great song Smokey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClgfwBMsB…
Posted by grtmlkuks on December 30, 2008 at 6:09 PM
4
Personally, I like 8-nippled clowns.
Posted by kai on December 30, 2008 at 6:15 PM
5
this smelled fortean... and Loren Coleman there you have it.
Posted by the Uke on December 30, 2008 at 6:18 PM
6
I think, for this year at least, Santa Claus has kicked the clowns' asses for downright evilness.
Posted by Don't you think he looks tired? on December 30, 2008 at 6:24 PM
7
If clowns are outlawed then only outlaws will be clowns.
Posted by flamingbanjo on December 30, 2008 at 6:55 PM
8
Jesus. The only thing stupider than ICP is an ICP fan.

Also, the clown's boobs look a little... droopy.
Posted by Iain on December 30, 2008 at 7:32 PM
9
Wake up! It's not clowns it's Hip Hop such as Insane Clown Posse. Hip Hop is totally fucking up are youth big time. I wake up terrified my toddler will want to listen to the gangbanger music when he gets older. I have been hoping it is just a fad but already the young twenty somethings seem to prefer Hip Hop at their clubs over dance.
Posted by sick! on December 31, 2008 at 6:54 AM
10
Ha... #9 said "gangbanger music".

That's something my grandma would say.
Posted by c to the andice on December 31, 2008 at 8:56 AM
11
You guys won't know evil clowns until you hang out in the 6th Avenue Hotel room where the Seattle Seafair Clowns get ready for the parade every summer.

*shudder*
Posted by o god on December 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Posted by randy on December 31, 2008 at 12:22 PM
13
It's not the clowns its not the music its the world changing and i feel change is necessary Anti- clown legislation is BS!!!!!! what you should be worrying about is the news/government scaring our country so much that when you hear someone knock on the door you believe its the killa klownz or terrorists or communists or nazis, so you get your gun. you get your guns and sit in your house hoping the big bad wolf cant get in. you watch your TV it scares you more. It says people are dying, getting robbed, it says the air is unsafe, food is unsafe, hell it even says the computer you are reading this on is unsafe. PEOPLE WE LIVE IN AN UNSAFE WORLD GET F%#$ING USED TO IT AND READING ARTICLES LIKE THIS WILL ONLY MAKE YOU MORE SCARED. NOTHING IS EVER SAFE SO GIVE UP ON TRYING TO MAKE OUR WORLD "SAFE"
Oh ya and ta all my Juggalo Family WOOO WOOO
Posted by Juggala #1 on January 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM
14
Simply i like the the picture on top of page whatever it is.
Posted by bad credit loan on April 25, 2009 at 3:17 AM

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