Saturday, January 19, 2008

Don't Piss Off The Clowns...

Reuters reports that "Clowns say kids do NOT find them scary.
Unhappy clowns from around the world say a study that reported that children didn't like them has wiped the big smile from their faces, and have been falling over their large shoes to put their case.
A poll by researchers looking at what decor to put in hospital children's wards found that youngsters do not like clowns on the walls and even older ones think they are scary.
"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable," said Penny Curtis, senior researcher at the University of Sheffield which questioned 250 children aged between four and 16.
But their findings, published in a nursing magazine on Wednesday, has put the red noses of the clowning community out of joint.
In a deluge of emails to Reuters, they say they misrepresent just how popular they really are.
"The 'universe' of 250 children used for the Sheffield University study was miniscule compared to the 250,000 one-to-one bedside visits made by Clown Care to hospitalized children annually," said Joel Dein, director of communications at the Big Apple Circus in New York.
The Clown Care programme has involved two million hospital bedside visits since it began 21 years ago, employs more than 93 professional "Clown Doctors" and has been copied across the world in countries such as Italy and Brazil, Dein said.
Other individual clowns pointed out how much children, especially those who are ill, are cheered by them.
"I have clowned in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, day care, corporate events ,telethons and am a part of many charity events," said Elaine "Daisy D.Dots" Vercellone, who has been clowning for 21 years around New York.
"It gives people, kids and adults a reason to be silly, to imagine and gives their minds a vacation if only for a moment."
Heather Myers, aka PipSqueakTheClown, said while many of those in hospitals and nursing homes appreciate their fun antics, there are of course those who are scared.
"There are those who are afraid of clowns, this is unavoidable, the same way that there are those afraid of dogs and spiders," she said.
"It is the responsibility of the clown to know his environment, and take the necessary steps when confronted with a phobia.""

10 comments:

Sabby said...

I am still scared of clowns...hehe :D

BAMBOO BLITZ said...

After watching "It" as a kid, clowns have always freaked me out!

Tawnya Shields said...

I dislike clowns also. Always have. My mother was so oblivious to my fear. When she dressed up as a clown at the nursing home she works at and asked what I thought, I screamed. She had no freaking idea I hated clowns. I think people assume that everyone loves clowns. Not! They give me the creeps. Wasn't there a serial killer back in the day who dressed as a clown?

The All Seeing Eye said...

Thanks for your comments, Sabby, Bamboo Blitz, and Titania. My replies to comments on my blog have been slow the past few days because my energies have been focused on my fighting a nasty cold. Fortunately, I have had a bad experience with a clown yet. But I do keep my eye on the clown if he gets close...

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