[Pickles]

Here's a weird question to start your day. Do you ever get the feeling that children can sense that you are a clown -- even when you are not dressed as one? Do they look at you knowingly? Do they say something to let on that they know?

Maybe I really am insane (please don't confirm this in your posts), but I sometimes feel like children do know that I'm a clown -- even when I know they've never seen me when I'm "in clown."

The strangest and most blatant example of this happened about a year ago. I was at a dance recital rehearsal with my daughter, and a little boy was entering the auditorium at the same time we were. I swear I'd never seen him before. He kept tugging on his mom's arm. Then he turned around, pointed at me, and said, "That lady is a clown."

Wow!

Any similar experiences?