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Old 04-24-2008, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Flutterby View Post


I also think part of the problem is the media... !
Remember the big clown story that hit the newspapers in January? It was a study, originally published in Nursing Standard Magazine, that determined clowns were "universally disliked" by children. The story concluded that children's hospitals should not be decorated with images of clowns.

I saw this article published by various news agencies, and every time, it was accompanied by a photograph of some creepy Ed Gein-like clown. I can't help but wonder what types of scary clown images the children were shown when they were surveyed.

No wonder these kids said they didn't like clowns.
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