Don't Send in the Clowns

[Cowgirl]

Did they really need to do a survey to find this out? Clowns are just freaky!


Link

LONDON (Reuters) - Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them.


The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards.

The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between four and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary.

"As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university.

"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."

(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Steve Addison)

 

[Beelzebaby666]

I hate clowns


Don't tell Pennywiseiddle:

 

[Radiant1]

Clowns!!!!

 

[Toxick]

"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."

Bah - we had a clown at my kids' last party. They loved him!


Maybe it was the friendly face:

 

[Nickel]

Bah - we had a clown at my kids' last party. They loved him!


Maybe it was the friendly face:

When I was little, we were walking up to my dad's ship in Norfolk to pick him up from a 6 month cruise. Family friends were with us, it was cold, and steam was rising up from the grates in the ground. My little "friend" Timmy told me that Pennywise lived down there. I'm not afraid of clowns, but I still can't walk on a grate without being afraid I'll fall in.

 

[mAlice]

Bah - we had a clown at my kids' last party. They loved him!


Maybe it was the friendly face:

I didn't know otter was moonlighting.

 

[EmnJoe]