banning clowns

[toby99]

I heard today that they are banning picures of clowns in places where children are i.e. hospitals etc because they can frighten them - Isn't Ronald McDonald a clown - how many children are frightened of going into McDonalds?

[Gromit]

"A University of Sheffield study of 250 children for a report on hospital design suggests the children find clown motifs "frightening and unknowable".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7191721.st m

Maybe children are more perceptive these days, and realise earlier on that clowns are unfunny freaks.

[Everhelpful]

Typical of the stupid PC society we live in now.!! Have these University boffins nothing else to do with their time? Hospitals have been around for Centuries,even I could design one!!

[whiffey]

This is the 'News' section leg end turdbrain. But uproariously witty as ever. So faecal matter can type. I had to change my underwear because of your piercing wit.

[whiffey]

Drunk as early as 7pm

[Gromit]

Everhelpful

Why is a very small survey suggesting some children are frightened of clowns... "Typical of the stupid PC society we live in now.

'Where exactly is the Political Correctness element?

[Jillius]

I once watched a horror films that had clowns in it and it was absolutely terrifying.
I have hated them ever since.

[toby99]

How many kids are actually subjected to horror films/picures of clowns - so why do they apparently get scared of them and why not Ronald?

[Jillius]

My son used to be scared of the custard pie in face thing, but wasn't really scared of them as such. The film I saw was an 18 and involved clowns and dwarves kidnapping and raping some school children in some sewers underneath the big top. It really was awful and even though it was nearly 30 years ago it is still very vivid.

[Jillius]

Lots of horrible stuff when I was a teenager lol !!

[toby99]

Didn't know that about the Bulger case, but hopefully those subjected to horror are few and far between - Why then are kids apparently scared of clowns? My childhood memory of clowns were circus and silly people making us laugh - so what has changed so much that now they are banning them from children's areas.

[toby99]

Jillius - you where 18 when you watch it -so I can undersand where your fear came from, but kids don't watch horror and clowns should be funny to them