No laughing matter: Fear of clowns is serious issue

Started by jimmy olsen, April 22, 2012, 05:18:36 PM

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mongers

I always found the phrase "bring on the clowns" charged with a certain amount of ambiguity.  :(
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CountDeMoney

Say what you will about clowns, but they got nothing on mimes.  Fucking no-talking freaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srwCNx2Ti0

Sheilbh

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 23, 2012, 09:39:30 PM
Say what you will about clowns, but they got nothing on mimes.  Fucking no-talking freaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srwCNx2Ti0
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QuoteTo mime is to literally embody and therefore understand better. A person who handles bricks all day long reaches a point where he no longer knows what he is handling. It has become an automatic part of his physical life. If he is asked to mime the object, he rediscovers the meaning of the object, its weight and volume. This has interesting consequences for our teaching method: miming is a way of rediscovering a thing with renewed freshness...
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mongers

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garbon

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 23, 2012, 09:39:30 PM
Say what you will about clowns, but they got nothing on mimes.  Fucking no-talking freaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srwCNx2Ti0

The mimes I saw at Easter were not freaky, just disrespectful.  Meanwhile, clowns brought us the ICP and Juggalos. I think the evidence is clear on who has damaged society more.
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garbon

Quote from: mongers on April 23, 2012, 09:32:44 PM
I always found the phrase "bring on the clowns" charged with a certain amount of ambiguity.  :(

Always been clear to me. Bring on the fools who will fill you with revulsion.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Sheilbh on April 23, 2012, 09:42:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 23, 2012, 09:39:30 PM
Say what you will about clowns, but they got nothing on mimes.  Fucking no-talking freaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srwCNx2Ti0
<_<
QuoteTo mime is to literally embody and therefore understand better. A person who handles bricks all day long reaches a point where he no longer knows what he is handling. It has become an automatic part of his physical life. If he is asked to mime the object, he rediscovers the meaning of the object, its weight and volume. This has interesting consequences for our teaching method: miming is a way of rediscovering a thing with renewed freshness...

Oh, blow it out your walking-in-the-wind.

mongers

Quote from: garbon on April 23, 2012, 09:48:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 23, 2012, 09:32:44 PM
I always found the phrase "bring on the clowns" charged with a certain amount of ambiguity.  :(

Always been clear to me. Bring on the fools who will fill you with revulsion.

No that would be  "Let congress convene"
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garbon

Quote from: mongers on April 23, 2012, 09:51:59 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 23, 2012, 09:48:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 23, 2012, 09:32:44 PM
I always found the phrase "bring on the clowns" charged with a certain amount of ambiguity.  :(

Always been clear to me. Bring on the fools who will fill you with revulsion.

No that would be  "Let congress convene"

No shame and revulsion are separate emotions.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

jimmy olsen

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Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 23, 2012, 10:04:38 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 23, 2012, 09:06:59 PM
Don't think anybody appreciated the mushroom clown. :(
I liked it! :)

:cool:

And while I was fishing for compliments a little bit, I mainly wanted to take the opportunity to say "mushroom clown" which I thought of after the original post.  :D
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One of my strongest early childhood memories: throwing up all over my dinosaur T-shirt at the Big Apple Circus from the excitement/anxiety of seeing the clowns up close, and then obsessing over "Grandma Clown" for the next couple of years.
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Crazy_Ivan80

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 23, 2012, 09:49:09 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 23, 2012, 09:42:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 23, 2012, 09:39:30 PM
Say what you will about clowns, but they got nothing on mimes.  Fucking no-talking freaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srwCNx2Ti0
<_<
QuoteTo mime is to literally embody and therefore understand better. A person who handles bricks all day long reaches a point where he no longer knows what he is handling. It has become an automatic part of his physical life. If he is asked to mime the object, he rediscovers the meaning of the object, its weight and volume. This has interesting consequences for our teaching method: miming is a way of rediscovering a thing with renewed freshness...

at least the use of landmimes has been outlawed.

Oh, blow it out your walking-in-the-wind.

grumbler

Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on April 24, 2012, 06:09:21 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 23, 2012, 09:49:09 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 23, 2012, 09:42:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 23, 2012, 09:39:30 PM
Say what you will about clowns, but they got nothing on mimes.  Fucking no-talking freaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5srwCNx2Ti0
<_<
QuoteTo mime is to literally embody and therefore understand better. A person who handles bricks all day long reaches a point where he no longer knows what he is handling. It has become an automatic part of his physical life. If he is asked to mime the object, he rediscovers the meaning of the object, its weight and volume. This has interesting consequences for our teaching method: miming is a way of rediscovering a thing with renewed freshness...

at least the use of landmimes has been outlawed.

Oh, blow it out your walking-in-the-wind.
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