# Will there be a clown in the sky...for me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317 "2000-09-07T02:22:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317/1 "2000-09-07T02:22:23Z")

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Click and enjoy:

[http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=426849385](http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=426849385)

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317/2 "2000-09-07T03:10:21Z")

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And somebody’s actually bid on it!

That is mucho wierd, though…

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**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317/3 "2000-09-07T13:26:09Z")

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A $559,000 bid? Damn. So, any of you rich dopers going for it?

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**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317/4 "2000-09-07T16:07:36Z")

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You would think that for $559,000, you could buy some new clown stuff. 🙂  
(or a really big clown statue)  
(heck, you could start a clown college)

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**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317/5 "2000-09-07T16:36:41Z")

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…hang on… uhh… I got a red nose here… YEAH! And, uh… here’s a bicycle horn _honk honk!_… and… wait, here’s some half-eaten caramel corn… never mind…

…wait wait!! My dad’s old drinking jacket. It’s red with white checks, and…

_continue rummaging through old trunks_

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-clown-in-the-sky-for-me/32317/6 "2000-09-12T03:08:50Z")

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I did a little investigating and found this auction has been run several AND the same person posting the minimum bid, but not going over the reserve (and, thus, not being required to pay). There’s another one where someone is trying to auction what appears to be one of the bass guitars used the the movie \*This Is Spinal Tap[/i}. The same auction, the same opening bid ($38,000), the same opening bidder, the same result: no sale.