Bozo NoNo

[n8tastrophe]

I have had several memorable birthdays in my existence. I’ve had surprise parties, skating parties, swimming parties, keg parties, you get the picture. With all of these, someone else’s birthday sticks out rather prominently in my memory banks more than most of mine do. Odd you may think, but reasonably so for one reason…Salty the Clown

Comments

[rayaso]

This was great! I loved your description of Salty. I also learned that coulrophobia and metamfiezomaiophobia are real words -- the English language is amazing. Zack is every parent's nightmare. Salty is so over the top that I hope I never forget him.

[halfshellvenus]

Hahaha! This was terrific.

I feel uneasy about clowns as well. Not a phobia, not really fear, just... eeeeee. The epically unfortunate 60 seconds I happened to see of "Killer Clowns from Outer Space" really did not help.

“Where’s the Frickin Clown, Phil!!!”
This kid was awesomely awful. I could visualize him perfectly.

When you start wondering whether you should be more concerned about where the blood came from or where the hell the top half of the horse is
Wow. Now there's a dark spot in any guy's life story!

[shadowwolf13]

Oh gosh!! What an experience!

I think the only clown that bothers me is Pennywise and others of his particular ilk.

[mamas_minion]

I am afraid of clowns and this experience would not have helped me in the least bit. However I must say that your cousin did get the clown he deserved.

[penpusher]

Speaking as a full fledged grad of Clown College, I'm pretty amused by this tale.

I do know that a number of adults are "put off" by clowns, probably because they attended a party like this one and ran into a clown like Salty, and they may not remember the actual facts of the incident, but they sublimated it into their subconscious and now have a general unease about it. I know a number of celebrities who were just like that about it.

Here's hoping Salty got out early for good behavior!