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Nails on chalkboard, forks on plates, constantly barking dogs, chewing sounds, ticking clocks, ringing phones, and any repeative noise. Same with songs where one line is being repeated over an over.

Kids screaming under my window. Ughhh.

Car music turned up where I can hear in my house, little kids screaming, screaming cat noises, loud chewing, repeatedly dog barking, and ringing phones.

Dear lord, I know that wasn't aimed at me, but that sound gave me chills. And not the good kind. 0_0

Is this another case of irrational fear of clowns?


There was another sound from the movie that I was hoping to use...one of the evil clowns laughing. But it seemed there wasn't a short clip of it on YouTube, and I didn't want to devote the time to creating a YouTube video for just that (even though I have the movie available on DVD...and a great movie it is, too. XD).

Fearing clowns isn't irrational! Have you not seen the Joker from any Batman? Or even worse; Ronald McDonald? I HAVE GOOD REASONS. *cries*

How is Ronald McDonald scary? XD Now the cost of the food and the food itself health-wise could be. lol

But it is: http://phobias.about.com/od/introductiontophobias/a/clownphobia.htm


No joke here. I have seen the Joker (in most of the various renditions of him)...and Ronald McDonald. And Bozo. And Emmett Kelly. And Krusty. And Red Skelton. And Ed Wynn. And the arlecchino (harlequin). And Pennywise (from Stephen King's "It"). And the clown aliens from the movie "Killer Klowns From Outer Space". Of those, only the Joker, the clown aliens ("klowns") and Pennywise are evil. Ronald McDonald, on the other hand, like Jack (of Jack In The Box fame) was a corporate entity. Nothing more. And only one of several cartoonish characters used by the McDonald's company for years. It's just that he ended up overshadowing the rest of them (the Hamburglar, Grimace, the Fry Guys, Officer Big Mac, Mayor McCheese, the Professor, the Hamburger Patch, and several other more minor and temporary characters).


Of course, as the link above demonstrates, there has been an aspect in modern entertainment media (including literature, in the case of Stephen King) to create this notion of clowns as evil or dangerous. If you look at the history of clowns in all forms, that was never, ever the case. But childhood trauma from any people who, as young children, may have been emotionally overwhelmed by some brightly-festooned man or woman at a circus or carnival, acting in a bold, brash, clownish or zany manner (especially if he or she had a bicycle horn or some other gadgets or paraphernalia), would only add to that mistaken notion, by said individuals, that clowns are "evil" or worthy of fear and apprehension. That doesn't change the fact that, in their basic form and intent, clowns were meant to inspire laughter and joy. And most of the clowns I listed above (some of whom, like Ed Wynn, Red Skelton and Emmett Kelly) were gentle, decent, good-hearted people.

Wow, JC. I was totally kidding but leave it to you to take something and run with it. XD
But it was an interesting post. I do love Red Skelton, and even if IT wasn't as great a story as I'd hoped it would be, Pennywise was actually an enjoyable character. And just to note, though I don't actually 'fear' clowns, I'm not their biggest fan. I find them a little unsettling at best, but not really life threatening.


More irritating than scary actually. I hate the commercials and I don't like that he totally stole the spot light from the other mascots to the point of their non-existence. But since I don't really like McDonald's as a place of dining these days, I guess it doesn't really matter. ^^;

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But I think we're getting a touch off topic, gaiz. XD

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You meanie beanie. lol



Red Skelton was one of recent history's greatest and cleanest comedians ever. As to the Stephen King movie, I never actually got into it, and never read the book either.



Heh. Are you suuuuuuuuuuuuure?





Methinks a whole topic devoted to clowns would be worth exploring.

This is a sounds topic, Coolie. None of what you listed here is a sound...