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there ought to be Clowns...

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:37 pm
by sgt.null
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:50 pm
by sgt.null
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Clown in the Moon




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My tears are like the quiet drift
Of petals from some magic rose;
And all my grief flows from the rift
Of unremembered skies and snows.

I think, that if I touched the earth,
It would crumble;
It is so sad and beautiful,
So tremulously like a dream.


Dylan Thomas

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:06 pm
by sgt.null
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:36 pm
by aliantha
It's fortunate that the hole for the toggle switch isn't a little farther down... (I bet he was quite the handsome fellow at one time. Looks like somebody couldn't be bothered to take him down when they painted the wall.)

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:27 pm
by deer of the dawn
aliantha wrote:It's fortunate that the hole for the toggle switch isn't a little farther down...
Great minds think alike, ali. :)
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:39 am
by Vader
My grandpa and I ... and the reason I hate clowns

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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:03 pm
by sgt.null
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:45 am
by stonemaybe
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:14 pm
by sgt.null
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:17 pm
by Vader
This place used to be a fun house, now it's full of evil clowns.

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:31 pm
by Linna Heartbooger
I'm amused by the picture of your grandpa & you, vader... I can see how this thread just beggged for that comment!

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:39 am
by sgt.null
Vader wrote:This place used to be a fun house, now it's full of evil clowns.
Pink - Funhouse

caution - naughty word in that song!!!

thank you vader! i did not know that song. love it.


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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:08 pm
by Cagliostro
That game is fun, but disturbing as hell.

"Quit playing with the clock!"
Although we'd always drop the "L" in clock, and "the" would become "my" when we'd repeat it back.

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:56 pm
by peter
not to get too jaded about it but man, I've got all the clowns I can deal with already in my life!

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:44 pm
by sgt.null
peter wrote:not to get too jaded about it but man, I've got all the clowns I can deal with already in my life!
"never mind they're already here..."

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:22 pm
by Cagliostro
Too Much Joy - Clowns

When I was a kid my dad had pictures of these clowns
He hung them on my wall and wouldn't let me take them down
I didn't understand then and I still can't figure out
What those goddamn clowns were so sad about

A clown was my boss at every job I ever had
Clowns run all the record companies that ever said we're bad
A clown pretended to be a girl who pretended to be my friend
Ths world is run by clowns who can't wait for it to end

I have yet to meet a kid not scared to death of clowns
They can't walk and they don't talk they've got painted on frowns
A clown with a gun I hope I never see
Would he shoot himself or shoot me?

A clown taught every class I took at my old high school
Clowns all wear Speedos when they hang out by the pool
Clowns dress up like cops and threaten to call my folks
This town is filled with clowns who don't get my jokes

They fall on their asses
It takes lots of practice

I have nightmares filled with clowns and you're there too
You have a big red nose and stupid floppy shoes
You're becoming one I can see the signs
I hate clowns almost as much as I hate mimes

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:58 am
by sgt.null
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My makeup is dry and is cracked on my chin
I'm drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin
The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore
The lions they won't fight and the tigers won't roar

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
So let's all drink to the death of a clown
Won't someone help me to break up this crowd
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Let's all drink to the death of a clown

The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
And frantically looking for runaway fleas

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
So won't someone help me to break up this crowd
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:57 am
by mrsnull
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:02 am
by sgt.null
"A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night"

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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:05 pm
by mrsnull
Everybody loves a clown, so why don’t you?
Everybody laughs at the things that I say and do.
They all laugh when they say me coming,
But you don’t laugh; you just go home running.

Everybody loves a clown, so why can’t you?
A clown has feelings too.

I joke around at a party when you are there.
But you don’t laugh, you don’t look; you just don’t care.
If you wondered why this clown is crying, look a little closer; inside I’m dying.
It's not easy to be in love, you see
When you're a clown like me'

I don’t know how to say that I love you,
‘cause you would smile and say “tell a joke or two.”
Yes, I’m a clown, but I don’t want to be.
Why can’t you see the other side of me?

Guess I’ll be the guy who plays the part
Of a clown with a broken heart.

Dreaming of your love, and not knowing where to start.
Dreaming of your love, and not knowing where to start.
Dreaming of your love, and not knowing where to start.
Dreaming of your love, and not knowing where to start.