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October 29, 2014
Clown Terrorism: It's On, Baby
where police on Saturday night arrested 14 teenagers dressed as the pranksters, carrying pistols, knives and baseball bats. A police source said the teens were arrested in the parking lot of a secondary school in the port town of Agde, as several other complaints poured in over "armed clowns" in the region over the weekend. In the Mediterranean city of Montpellier a man disguised as a clown was arrested after beating up a pedestrian with an iron bar, while three motorists in different towns complained about "scary clowns" threatening them.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 29, 2014 8:59 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Should I feel badly that I found this laugh-out-loud funny? My apologies, but I have that typical Anglo reflexive reaction about the French. I know if I deconstruct my reaction, I find I can say many, many good things about France and its people, but there are aspects of that Nation's psyche that require God to punish them in some bizarre fashion or another.
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at October 29, 2014 9:50 AM
Incidentally, it is the quintessential American clown that is scary. Typical European clowns are a different breed -- downright gay-looking, to be precise.
Are these Clowns in France done up as American clowns? It would certainly have greater effect if they were.
Posted by: DonRodrigo at October 29, 2014 9:52 AM
I'm surprised they didn't just drown them in a mornaise sauce and pelt them with capers.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at October 29, 2014 9:57 AM
At least they're wearing "uniforms"!
Posted by: CaptDMO at October 29, 2014 10:11 AM
Are Mimes considered clowns ? and if they are, will they be arrested for miming an attack ?
Posted by: Kelvin at October 29, 2014 10:21 AM
I didn't know the mime was loaded.
Don't look. He was mimed to death.
I have a mime, and I'm not afraid to use it.
Headline: Bomb experts explode mime in suspicious invisible box.
Posted by: browncoat at October 29, 2014 10:29 AM
Did Lady Di want to outlaw landmimes?
Posted by: browncoat at October 29, 2014 10:57 AM
I've wondered lately exactly what the downside to Europe would be had the Nazis run the table in 1940.
Posted by: james wilson at October 29, 2014 11:47 AM
The media portrayal of average european people is appalling but not nearly so as the americans that actually claim to believe that shit.
There is the same percentage of braindead idiots running loose in europe as there is in the US.
And idiocy has been on a continuous climb for a long time now.
Posted by: ghostsniper at October 29, 2014 3:04 PM
I want what browncoat is smoking.
Posted by: DonRodrigo at October 30, 2014 1:04 PM