…who would make this, and, more important - who would ever buy it? And why?
Yikes! Personally, I have no problem with clowns, but that thing is creepy.
And was it mass produced?
By Killer Klowns from Outer Space, perhaps?
“Website blocked due to Trojan.”
Oh, that is so annoying.
I don’t think there is anything malicious on that site (it’s cloudy.ly), but here it is on flickr:
It’s only creepy if you have an extremely low threshold of creepy.
Sadly, people are actually proud that they do.
It doesn’t look creepy to me; it just looks ugly and nonsensical.
It also doesn’t look much like a clown.
It looks like something a glass blowing student/novice made, not mass produced; one eye is lower than the other.
Now on the other hand, some, ahem, prick mass produced these clown planters.
I had one of those clown planters years ago!
Those Planter Clowns sure look frowny for packing such monstrosities.
It’s not a clown, it’s a representation of Cluckus, the chicken demon, and he’s coming to get you!!!
When I was a kid, my grandma had many shelves of tchotchkes. My mom also had a modest collection of [del]dust-collecting crap[/del] ornaments. I had a collection myself (given to me all at one blow, as a Christmas gift). It was just assumed in my family that females would assemble little objects to stand on shelves.
One day, when I was about ten, I realized that I had several toy clowns. Obviously they were meant to be a display! I cleared off a space, set them all up together, and then I was a collector! With a hobby and shit!
It took some time :o, but after a while I realized that I didn’t even like clowns, or cluttered shelves for that matter, and I didn’t enjoy having stuff for the sole purpose of being looked at.
I guess what I’m saying is, some people think they’re supposed to decorate their homes with stuff that matches other stuff they have, and maybe one of those poor benighted souls has a clown doll, and then next thing you know they get another one, and then it’s just a smooth road to hell.
Take a gander at the “matching” ashtray thing next to it!!:eek:
Gah!!! :eek:
Why would anyone buy that?
Agree. It looks like a bad craft project, the kind that, if browsing a [del]junk[/del] thrift shop, I might glance at without even a shudder before scooting on to the next derelict item. Were my consciousness sufficiently altered, I might consider firecrackers inside, a catapult launch over a body of water, and a polluting end to its existence. YMMV.
Why would anyone buy an Elvis painted on black velvet? I dunno but someone paints them 
. Taste, or lack thereof, is a personal thing.
Velvis is a cultural icon. Different cultures, different icons. At least it’s not abstract expressionist crap.
Creepy clown decanter can be yours for $225
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Murano-Blown-Glass-Clown-Decanter-Italy-Vintage/173964921814?hash=item28811e0bd6:g:8boAAOSwHgtdK8bw