Clowns are freaky the way they laugh and fall down all the time, but even so it wasn't until these last few years that
I ever heard of anyone actually being afraid of clowns. I know a lot of people who say that they're afraid of clowns, but
I think that they're all lying. For some reason they seem to think it's cool to be afraid of clowns. As for me, if I see a
clown, I want to go kick him in the nuts, but I'm not afraid of him.
I really do know a guy who's afraid of midgets, but that's another story.
Even though I knd of understand clowns and what they are and the place that they hold in society, it's difficult
to imagine a rational person wanting to be a clown. They're as universally disliked as lawyers, and I don't think they make
nearly the money that lawyers do. And, while people might have a personal dislike for lawyers, most of them seem to at least
recognize the necessity of lawyers, and are much less likely to kick a lawyer in the yambag with no provocation.
Maybe it's because they don't seem like real people, and yet they walk around in the real world interacting with us.
They may as well all be wearing signs that say "Kick me as hard as you can".
The clowns with the huge smiles on their faces are really bad, but even worse are the frowny-faced ones with cartoony
tears painted on their cheeks. Maybe they're just playing on the fact that everyone hates them and will enjoy watching them
suffer. I can't imagine any other reason why there would even be frowny-faced clowns, or what would motivate someone to assume
the role.
There's a clown college in Florida but I can't imagine what they teach there, unless they have courses in how to cram
25 people (some of them on stilts) into one tiny car. Most of the jobs that you see clowns taking are very physical, like
policeman or fireman, and hardly the type of pursuit requiring a higher degree of education. Lots of clowns are hoboes and
tramps, which also seems to be a common career choice for clowns.
Most clowns are not very timid. They're always jumping around and doing cartwheels and honking these big horns. This
is surprising, when you would expect they'd get beaten up enough to discourage that type of behavior.
