Back in September, a clown dressed as Pennywise –
the homicidal clown in Stephen King’s terrifying book It, showed up on the streets in England, staring at people,
offering to paint houses (without a paint bucket) and generally scaring the
crap out of everyone. I said then that
if someone tried that mess over here, they’d be punched.
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| Staten Island Clown |
A jackass in Staten Island, New
York, which, frankly, may as well be a redundant phrase, has taken up the
challenge. The New York Observer has pictures and video of a
terrifying clown stalking the streets dressed as a modified Pennywise, carrying
a balloon, glaring at people. It’s time
to punch him. I would think of all the
places in the United States most likely to punch a clown, Staten Island would
be up to the task.
While I am an admitted sufferer
of clourophobia (fear of clowns) and I tend to like to face my fears head-on, I
am not about to go punch every clown I see.
I mean, I don’t show up at McDonald’s and start punching Ronald. I’m not going to punch a clown at a kid’s
birthday party unless he goes all Shakes-the-clown and shows up drunk. (see here for link to hilarity, probably on Netflix). I don’t go to Ringling Brothers Circus. It’s not that bad. However, this comes at a time where
hit-clowns are on the loose in Mexico taking out cartel bosses. Clowns are not to be taken as jokes.
And then this joker shows up.
I’m saying it now: you show up on
my street corner, at night, dressed as Pennywise, or close to Pennywise,
holding a balloon and glaring, I’m just going to assume you are the violent
sort of crazy that needs a punching.
Take a look at the pictures in
the link. Maybe I’m being overly
prickly. I don’t think so. Looks like a direct attempt to intimidate
those with Clourophobia and scare the crap out of people in general. Your move Staten Island.
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