# Will this be the end of real clowns? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659 "2016-10-04T20:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/21 "2016-10-05T18:08:01Z")
It’s a public works drainage problem. We all float down here. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/22 "2016-10-05T19:26:12Z")
I blame Steven Sondheim. But, dammit, there _ought_ to be clowns. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/23 "2016-10-05T19:52:32Z")
I just find this funny. In that the people who really dislike clowns probably don’t think this remotely funny AT ALL…probably in the same way the Pope feels about abortion jokes. Yeah, I’m a bad person sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/24 "2016-10-05T20:53:44Z")
A lot of bad press pretty well wiped out real vampires and werewolves, too, ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/25 "2016-10-05T20:58:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Recall that clowns do have a hierarchy: > > 1. Muggins. > 2. Gull. > 3. Dupe. > 4. Butt. > 5. Fool. > 6. Tomfool. > 7. Stupid Fool. > 8. Arch Fool. > 9. Complete Fool. _peers_ Are you sure you’re not Gary Gygax? When clowns reach name level (10th), can they build a stronghold and attract clown followers? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/26 "2016-10-06T13:29:09Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Assuming these sightings are legitimate, it’s only a matter of time before one gets the shit beat out of him or learns about concealed carry and suddenly jumping out of the bushes sounds like less fun to every other clown-wannabe. > > In a year, we’ll have forgotten all about this. Yes, I’d really think one ought not to get their clown jollies in Florida, land of the trigger happy, but I just read about a couple more incidents here this morning. _Modern Family_ should use this as an episode about _Fizbo_. Something about him getting tased or arrested or something. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/27 "2016-10-06T14:15:26Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > That’s why it’s important to get your clown spayed or neutered . …[Thats a Bozo No-No](http://www.bobbraunsledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/christieclown.jpg)… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/28 "2016-10-06T15:11:20Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > So I wonder, will this be the end of clowns outside of circuses? God, I hope so. (Don’t mean to threadshit. This is IMHO, after all…) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/29 "2016-10-06T15:38:59Z")
Far worse even than ordinary clowns is the dreaded [Clown-Mime Hybrid](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0a/8e/9a/0a8e9a9887ed4a7845824a098add13a8.jpg). The last sighting of one led to the mobilization of the National Guard. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/30 "2016-10-06T15:42:30Z")
No. Rodeos will continue to have clowns. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/31 "2016-10-06T21:18:30Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I wasn’t aware clowns were all that popular before recent news stories. The whole circus genre has been dying steadily for decades. Yeah, just the other day I saw them emptying a hearse of coffin after coffin after coffin… ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/32 "2016-10-07T15:12:25Z")
Some people build and fix things… Other people destroy things. It appears Steven King and certain teenagers are in the later category. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/33 "2016-10-07T22:01:43Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Maybe it will end clowns in circuses also. Nobody really likes clowns, they’re much better as evil characters than funny ones. Well, except maybe Bozo, not funny, but not evil looking either, more of just a question why do it at all. Do NOT dis Bozo. Or Cookie neither. You can dis Wizzo all you want though. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/34 "2016-10-07T23:43:13Z")
I’ve heard clown tits honk when squeezed. Can anyone corroborate this? ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/35 "2016-10-08T00:53:25Z")
Are there any women clowns? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/36 "2016-10-08T02:24:06Z")
Why do I have the feeling that this is going to turn out to be a case of mass marketing gone horribly, horribly wrong - in this case, for the new Medea movie? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/37 "2016-10-08T17:03:52Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > No. Rodeos will continue to have clowns. > **[Rodeo](https://pbfcomics.com/comics/rodeo/)** > > The Perry Bible Fellowship ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/38 "2016-10-08T21:21:23Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > _peers_ Are you sure you’re not Gary Gygax? When clowns reach name level (10th), can they build a stronghold and attract clown followers? Player class or just in the Monster Manual? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/39 "2016-10-10T11:15:53Z")
There are two types of people in this world, those that hate clowns…and clowns. (actually I’m not convinced that those two sets don’t completely intersect). So yeah, hopefully this kills off the white-faced humour-vaccuums ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659/40 "2016-10-10T15:26:37Z")
Put me in the “are clowns even around anymore?” camp. I’ve gone to dozens of kids’ parties over the years, and have never seen a clown perform or even seen clown themed decor. The only people I know who are clown fans are 50+ women who obsessively collect clown decor, and there’s no one to really replace them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-end-of-real-clowns/767659.md?page=3)