{"id":1809,"date":"2014-10-27T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2014-10-27T16:32:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:32:56","slug":"clowns-arent-funny-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/clowns-arent-funny-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;These Clowns Aren&#8217;t Funny Anymore&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/clowns-arent-funny-anymore\/\" data-text=\"&#038;%238220;These Clowns Aren&#038;%238217;t Funny Anymore&#038;%238221;\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Post title is a pull quote from the article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/oct\/27\/fake-clown-attacks-france-vigilante-violence\" target=\"_blank\">Fake Clown Attacks Put French Police On Alert and Trigger Vigilante Response<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess the <a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/195460-wasco-clown-police-california\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wasco Clown<\/a> thing has gone global. \u00a0Gangs of what are being decribed as &#8220;Fake Clowns&#8221; are apparently roaming the French counrtyside sowing \u00a0terror and committing at least a few crimes, as reported by the U.K. Guardian. \u00a0The fad, said to be fueled by social media, is to get into your clown gear and go act scary. There are more than a few people who are scared of clowns anyway, so someone wouldn&#8217;t have to do much to look menacing. \u00a0Just standing there might be enough. \u00a0But not satisfied with the subtle approach some are choosing to roam around in groups, carrying various weapons. \u00a0The story states some have pistols, but I doubt that. \u00a0This is France we&#8217;re talking about.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;Fake Clown&#8221; caught my eye. \u00a0How can you tell a fake clown from a genuine one? \u00a0Aside from the blood dripping fangs and the \u00a0weapons of mayhem I mean. \u00a0Do French clowns carry special ID&#8217;s? \u00a0I suppose the context would be a tip off. \u00a0Guy with a big bunch of balloons at the carnival? \u00a0Possibly geniune. \u00a0Large gang roaming the coutryside after curfew toting machetes and scythes? \u00a0Hmmm. \u00a0Probably not card carrying members of The Costumed Comic Entertainers Guild. \u00a0Anyway, as one French Newspaper put it, these clowns aren&#8217;t funny anymore. \u00a0Rather,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledauphine.com\/faits-divers\/2014\/10\/26\/ces-clowns-qui-ne-font-plus-rire\" target=\"_blank\">ces clowns ne sont pas dr\u00f4les plus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All this bad publicity has France&#8217;s real clowns somewhat perturbed. \u00a0Phillippe Herrreman, who runs a team of eight clowns called The Clowns of Hope said that he hoped the evil clowns would soon disappear. \u00a0For some clowns there is always hope.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, my prediction is that eventually one of these clowns is going to get killed. \u00a0Rather,\u00a0l&#8217;un de ces clowns va se faire tuer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1810\" style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/clowns-arent-funny-anymore\/french-black-cat-le-chat-noir-posters\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1810\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1810\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1810\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/French-black-cat-Le-Chat-Noir-Posters.jpg\" alt=\"I think it says &quot;you've found one&quot;\" width=\"324\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/French-black-cat-Le-Chat-Noir-Posters.jpg 324w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/French-black-cat-Le-Chat-Noir-Posters-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/French-black-cat-Le-Chat-Noir-Posters-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I think it says &#8220;you&#8217;ve found one&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Post title is a pull quote from the article: Fake Clown Attacks Put French Police On Alert and Trigger Vigilante Response I guess the Wasco Clown thing has gone global. \u00a0Gangs of what are being decribed as &#8220;Fake Clowns&#8221; are apparently roaming the French&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law-order","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1812,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}