# Machete wielding, one-armed clown arrested in Maine

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260 "2017-07-27T13:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/21 "2017-08-01T19:35:10Z")

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No, no, it’s a one-armed machete wielding a regular two-armed clown.

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**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/22 "2017-08-01T20:41:16Z")

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I love the detail that he didn’t just carry the machete in his one and only hand. He had actually (badly) duct-taped the weapon to his stump.

So, **Little Nemo** , that door knob is not really any protection at all. 😃

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/23 "2017-08-01T21:46:03Z")

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> [@leftfield6](#):
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> I love the detail that he didn’t just carry the machete in his one and only hand. He had actually (badly) duct-taped the weapon to his stump

Groovy!

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/24 "2017-08-01T23:37:19Z")

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Run!! It’s Edward Machete-hand!!!

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/25 "2017-08-08T06:59:03Z")

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Well damn! The clowns aren’t even trying not to be scary.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machete-wielding-one-armed-clown-arrested-in-maine/792260/26 "2017-08-08T07:03:02Z")

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[Clown Motel](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20170807_ap_bbbeb55070d34ae88a9dadeea2fd0a44.html%3Famphtml%3Dy&ved=0ahUKEwjp5KydiMfVAhWG5SYKHcVTAakQqUMIKjAB&usg=AFQjCNGZ48b_s7MJaC4oDb741lZFZDKY8Q&ampcf=1) is up for sale. Buyer must agree to keep the clown motif.

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