The Eight Clown Commandments.
4. I will remove my makeup and change into my street clothes as soon as possible following my appearance, so that I cannot be associated with any incident that may be detrimental to the good name of clowning. I will conduct myself as a gentleman/lady at all times.
Senryü: transgender clown
I may be a clown
But I’m a gentleman first
And lady second
Play the fool, joker, jester, tool
With that we are all cool
But sully our name
Bring the house to shame
And there’ll be only yourself to blame
Juggling by association
It’s all in the hand and eye
While I may partake in the action
The facade is a lie
The blood red nose
And the silly string it blows
A coated face
warpaint of a hellish race
That exaggerated smile
so murderous and vile
I tremble and quake
with every step those giant shoes take
And how I cower
beneath the threatening lapel flower
The fear is real
coulrophobia is what I feel
coulrophobia/ˌkəʊlrəˈfəʊbɪə,ˌkɒlrəˈfəʊbɪə/
noun RARE
extreme or irrational fear of clowns.
That one clown joke everyone knows:
two cannibals are eating a clown, when one cannibal turns to the other and asks…
Does this taste funny to you?
Weekly Theme:
International Clown Week
August 1-7
The Twisting Tail 
I love the clown theme you have going on here. It is so funny, as it should be when writing about clowns.
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Agreed. Though I think people’s fear of clowns is keeping them away this week 🤣
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i have a son who is affraid of clown. He’s very educated and intelligent, but he still fears the clown. I blame Stephen king for this, If he hadn’t written IT, my son might have run away with the circus.
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So perhaps you should be thanking Stephen King for keeping your son home and safe 🤔😂
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I am one of his biggest fans.
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I am too.
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Actually, your poetry is FUNNIER than any clown I’ve ever seen! 😉
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Thank you, very kind of you to say. Considering I’m a bit of a clown it still goes to the team. I probably wouldn’t be as funny in person 🤔 maybe clowns are funnier when they aren’t physically able to touch you.
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🤣🤣🤣
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Funny and terrifying in equal measure my friend – as all of your commandment pieces have been this week.
I wouldn’t say I have coulrophobia, but I have always found clowns deeply unsettling. I think it’s the shoes 🤔🖤
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Thank you, but the commandments are not mine. They are official rules set out to performing clowns.
Funny, I’ve always thought of the shoes as wasteful. I think I’m more concerned with clown apparatus than the clowns themselves. A bucket of water turning to confetti. Witchcraft! 😉💚
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I’ve never seen the water to confetti one. Wouldn’t want to get it wrong……Your fired
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I think that’s the water to gasoline bit.
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I’ve told Little Charmer their shoes are just full of air not feet but I don’t think she believes me M……
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I don’t either.
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Yeah, I’d heard of these commandments before. I quite like they have codes of conduct. Soothes my uneasiness about them slightly! 😂🖤
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😂 you would think if they are so strictly regimented that would put the populous at ease, but no 😂💚
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Yeah, I guess it’s the clowns that don’t follow the rules that give the law abiding ones a bad name! 😬😁🖤
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It only takes a few to give the rest a bad name. That works for so many things 🤔💚
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Indeed 😔🖤
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Don’t worry LC their shoes are just full of air not feet,,,,,,
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That’s even more worrying!! 😬😉🖤
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I’m lost for a reply. Gone and put my foot in it……
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😂😂🖤
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Completely amused!
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Thank you 😊
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Loving it Mouse. Keep it up. (insert *witty comment about you being the class clown* here)
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Thanks, for sticking in there Secrets.
It’s a long week to focus on clowns. I was the class clown if you can believe it 😏 you too?
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Oh, I believe it. No, I was not the class clown, but I did appreciate them making us all laugh.
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I couldn’t imagine class without laughter. Perhaps if I couldn’t image a class without learning I might know something 🤣
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I love that theme Mouse. 😜 you carry on to impress!🙏
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Thank you. I found sticking to a theme helped focus and delve. Even if it means a week of clowns 😂
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I get what you mean, and that a good idea! I might try that too in the future.🙏
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Thanks. I hope it helps.
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These clown posts have been very entertaining Mouse! 🤡😁 I know plenty of folk with that fear of them, it’s very real indeed! I am particularly enjoying the clown commandments. 😁👏
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Thanks, Ken.
I didn’t realise it was so common until the week.
The commandments are eye opening 👍
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Very eye opening Mouse and informative! 😁🤔
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Thanks. Nothing better than learning something new.
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Indeed! 😁👍
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Shit you trying to frighten me with a pic like that M? I’m clinically coulrophobic…..
Why am I so late? I fell asleep over my keyboard. Do two glasses of wine do that?
I’m familiar with playing the fool but what’s this playing the tool about ?
I suffer coulrophobia
A rare disease I have
Unique I am to have this
It drives me to the lav
Didn’t know that did ya M…..
Excuse..gotta run..your pic’s done that…shit
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Apologies. I found it rather rousing 🤔
I pass out with my phone in my lap mid sentence only to finish the message hours later. Usually 2 or 3 am.
That’s quite the response to an image.
Definitely a rare side effect. Do people literal shit themselves at the sight of clowns?
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I don’t quite know what got over me? She’s quite nice really. Too much to drink perhaps….
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