To the jerkwad who, for some reason, felt the need to get on my bus last night in a full clown makeup, complete with wig and costume.. here’s a little tip for you.. some people are REALLY afraid of clowns. So much in fact, that there is a term for such a phobia. (Coulrophobia)
If you make your living, dressing up in creepy white face paint and a red nose making balloon animals for children.. that is your choice, however, try to be a little considerate of the fact, that masking your face behind all that paint, may make some people nervous. Especially, if you’re getting on a Metro Transit bus.
—freaked out transit customer
This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2009.
Clowns and anything related to clowning is evil.
agreed.
a clown on the bus ..in december ..wtf is that….
Holy fuck, If you’re an adult and still freaking out at clowns, you got bigger problems than white makeup and size 27 shoes.
Scary! I would have called the cops.
~8~ Some people just don’t care about other peoples feelings.~8~
The bus driver should not have allowed him on.
note to HRM: create a bylaw! No hiring of clowns for entertainment at public venues because .00004% of the population might be afraid of the poor guy before he even gets to work.
Oh for fucks sakes. Are we all supposed to abide by every possible phobia in existence just in case someone in public has it?
And this guy was probably dressed that way for a end of year or Christmas party. Not his problem you have a repressed clown fetish, jerkwad.
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I never heard of dressing up like a clown for Christmas.
Maybe the guy got lost coming home from a Halloween Party….lol
maybe it was really krusty coming from bart’s place,or maybe even bubbles looking for lahey to act in a show somewhere.but fact is,this turkey gets on a bus,in disguise,and expects no one to freak out even a little.look at the hijab thing awhile back there for answers.and if it would have been me driving,his ass would have stayed where it was,outside,looking in.
maybe they should make all buses convertibles since some people have Claustrophobia.
Ya, that makes sense.
there are phobias for everything….
fear of the number 13
fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth…
fear of opinions… (had a teacher in high school that had a mental meltdown in the middle of class because of this one)
fear of wind…
fear of looking up…
not everyone is going to cater to your idiotic paranoia
http://www.phobialist.com/
And here I thought it was going to be a bitch about politicians.
This list reminds me of a prank someone once pulled in high school. SERIOUSLY – the fear of cholera?
I have a phobia of looking in mirrors in the dark.
Don’t ask me why, I’ve just always been afraid of it for as long as I can remember. My mom had to take the mirror down in my room at night when I was a little kid.
Now that I’m older it’s not so bad, but DAMN when I was little I was petrified!
perhaps it was John Wayne Gacey re-incarnated?
Maybe he was coming home from Clown College. He had to ride the bus because of all the speed holes he put into his car.
You should have asked him to ride the little bicycle through the loop!
PK, did you watch Candyman as a young child? That’s what I always think of when I look in mirrors in the dark.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, Candyman! I still can’t say it three times, let alone while looking into a mirror!
Eeep.
Hey! We all have phobias:
Half of the bitchers here:
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars
Peniaphobia- Fear of poverty
Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia- Fear of cold.(Frigophobia, Psychophobia)
Macrophobia- Fear of long waits
Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia)
Politicophobia- Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians
Kaytardophobia: Fear that Kay didn’t take her rational pill today
Miles:
Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks
Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements
Proctophobia- Fear of rectums
qpmzwonxeibcruv:
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis
Life Sucks:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words
Bibliophobia- Fear of books
No Dogma (loves clowns):
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope
1+1=2:
Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion
Never Wrong:
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers
Kay:
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions (except her own)
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting
Dikephobia- Fear of justice
Optophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes
Bad Mr Frosty:
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat
HKM:
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things
Pupaphobia – Fear of (sock) puppets
I can’t remember who suffers from these:
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation
Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity
Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia)
Strangely, none of us seems to have these phobias:
Methyphobia- Fear of alcohol
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money
Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
HKM you forgot one for kay – Haliphobia.
Maybe he didn’t like your face either but he isn’t downing you for it. Fuck off and leave the poor guy alone. maybe he just likes dressing up like a clown to bug people like you.
just like the chicken guy (who is awesome, btw), he doesn’t have to fit in to be in public.
hell, if people of walmart taught us anything it’s that crazy things can be seen each and every day simply be leaving your house.
HKM – funny, I like the breakdown on people.
Bro Tim, LMFAO
I know some places have clowns at their christmas kids parties. That could be where he was going/coming from. OP go suck on a peanut some people like clowns.
hkm, man that was just fucking a-one. good shot at us all. but what about dino, desi, and a few others. i look forward to your revised and more etensive list. have a fucking good one bud. and by the way, i love books and reading also.
pedalaphobia – fear of clowns on bikes without helmets who had to sell car to pay $50 winter parking ban riding on sidewalk to avoid smell of harbour solutions project.
I know, I know – punctuation was badaphobia
lol Basil, I would guess they have to sell their bikes to pay the 137.50 no helmet fee.
Speed holes eh? Captain Slow, you made my day.
On topic, I think I saw the same clown you did, and he wasn’t particularly jolly looking. Still, facepaint does not equal covered face, and the option exists to take another bus or just don’t look, just don’t look (got Paul Anka’s guarantee). I’ll be damned if I refuse a clown seeing as I took zombies on during the walk and I’d be a hypocrite.
HKM, funny but not fair. I don’t have any “phobia’s”, just hard lessons learned and no good drugs to soften the blow.
Desi: No such person, but if there was:
Kaytardophobia
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage
Dino:
Ecophobia – Fear of home
Genuphobia – Fear of knees
Porphyrophobia – Fear of the color purple
Dr. Fever:
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia: Fear of flowers.
Lyssophobia- Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.
zZz:
Emetophobia- Fear of vomit
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes
CounterCoprophobia- Fear of not having poop in his life
Murder Junkie:
Ergophobia- Fear of work
Nucleomituphobia- Fear of nuclear weapons.
Wicaphobia- Fear of witches and witchcraft
Pretty Kitty:
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues – anything that falsely represents a sentient being.
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
RubyJane:
Parthenophobia: Fear of virgins or young girls
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers
I’m either feeling so unloved or I’m fucking perfect. LOL.
Me too.
is it just me or should Vestiphobia and Venustraphobia go hand in hand?
Bro Tim (there were so many):
Asthenophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of weakness.
Ataxophobia: It is an exaggerated and unreasonable fear of disorder, untidiness, chaos or mess.
Atephobia: It is a persistent and unwarranted fear of things getting ruined or damaged.
Ballistophobia: It is a morbid fear of being shot/shot at.
Defecaloesiophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of painful bowel movements.
Cypridophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of acquiring venereal diseases.
Medomalacuphobia: It’s an irrational and unwarranted fear of losing an erection.
Phalacrophobia: It is a common fear among people of turning bald.
Anglocurriphobia: It is an unusual fear or hatred of English curry. (Okay, I made this up = )
Oh my god! I have that fear of nuclear weapons mentioned above! I am worried they will, you know, BLOW ME UP AND KILL ME TO DEATH and other such things.
I should go on long term disability. Thank you Bro Tim for the diagnosis.
fizz:
Heliophobia: Fear of the sun
Lamophobia: Fear of spit
Leporiphobia: fear of bunny rabbits
Chaetophobia (Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia, and Hypertrichophobia): fear of hair
Ballistophobia.. I’ll own that one
HKM, the original Desi is my husband. Thanks for that.
How is Venustraphobia (the fear of beautiful women) like Vestiphobia (fear of clothing)?
I can see fear of clothing complimenting a love of women, maybe. = )
that’s what I was trying to get at… and throwing Ralph’s in there somewhere too but clicked to post before really thinking it out….
what’s the fear of premature double-click-ulation?
kay, I figured you owned Epistemophobia full stop.
I hate to triple post but
Dikephobia
for Kay seems appropriate as well in more ways than one.
Cyberphobia: fear of computers
Musophobia: fear of mice
Clickophopia: fear of clicking
Arithmophobia: fear of a certain number
So…Cybermusclickarithophobia?
Enough already! I have developed Phobophobia (fear of phobias).
Your phobia is not the clown’s problem..
Epistemophobia… that’s funny!
But zZz, I’m not gay… and not because I’m afraid of homosexuals. I’m not. This does not qualify as a phobia. But nice try.
Fear of flowers?! Really? The whole anger thing though… that’s definitely right. Heh, it’s all good.
(faith) flowers, that is = p
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation <-- perfectly valid phobia. Nothing worse than that shit (heh).
Pennywise The Dancing Clown who resides between the covers of King’s ‘It’ creeped me out a little on clowns. Not in a phobic sense. Life just takes a surrealistic ‘Kingish’ tone for a moment when I see one. I was indifferent to clowns before I read that damned book!
I see, HKM. Ergophobia is for me: Fear of work.
clowns can be very creepy…especially killer klowns from outerspace
would fear of constipation make you constipated?
trickiedickiephobia=fear of richard nixon
PK, I had/have a fear of mirrors at night too. It comes from Poltergeist 3, watched as a kid. I can’t touch mirrors, even in the daylight because of that movie.
“Holy fuck, If you’re an adult and still freaking out at clowns, you got bigger problems than white makeup and size 27 shoes.”
You said it, sister. I can’t believe this bitch exists. The OP is probably one of those idiots who puts make up on their face in gobs and mounds also. Seems to be okay if they look like a sugar stick but a clown is evil. Society never ceases to make me chuckle.
I bet the clown was Desi too.
haha really – this is one bitch that should in the comedy section . Personally – clowns make me horny – should they still be banned? lol
Yeah, ya got me!
: )
Teaching in public school will drive that fear into you pretty damn quick! (I do actually think pretty highly of MOST of my little darlings, however. I just vent about the worst ones here.)
I’ll tell you what I’m really afraid of though: MIMES!
Kay shows her allodoxaphobia to centophobia in her kosmikophobia. With her heriophobia she may see a lessening of mastigophobia regarding cnidophobia in other universes and may inspire the infidels stigiophobia.
Hilarious = D Although, I don’t think Kay fears punishment…she’s a sucker for it = p
And Ruby, having Whenigetoutofthisdamnboximgonnakillyaphobia is understandable.
HKM, “I don’t think Kay fears punishment…she’s a sucker for it “
Yet more evidence I’m surrounded by bullies… and THIS, you’re all proud of. Well done.
How typical. A bully crying foul because the had-enough-of-being-bullied-by-Kay crowd banded together and turned on her. Yeah, yeah, I know, “But they started it!” Real mature. And before my time.
It’s funny, kay will often talk about us playing the victim. Now the shoe is on the other foot, it would seem.
I’m no bully. 90% of my comments detail how much I despise controlling behaviors including my comments on this thread so kindly gofuckyourphobia, bully bitches.
What you say and what you do are two totally different things. If we don’t agree with what you are saying (in the exact way that you would like it), you use coercion, mocking, daring, name calling, badgering, complaining, heckling, etc. to cram it down our throats in an attempt to try to force us to see it your way. There are many was of being a bully…Bully. Your uninvited, marginal analysis followed by unsolicited advice is not only annoying, it is about as subtle and helpful as a brick to the head.
what’s your problem, HKM? You fucking badger me and think I’m a “bully” telling you to get off my back? Go find another hobby that’s NOT kay. Bitch or something. Fuck!
oh and HKM, you’ve never witnessed “what [I] do.” Please STFU for once.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOCjUz-GeM8
Gotcha.
I have Mythophobia.
that was the bear…i take no responsibility
paingirl, honey, was that a brown, grizzley, or polar bear, that you spoke of?
that would be a grizzly…ahem i mean grizzled bear, either/or good for body heat
I’m with HKM and the Dr. on this.
kay can’t push people around in real life so she tries in her simulated online world where she’s a doctor, humanitarian, victim, boss and lawyer.
Hey Fat, why don’t you go find a hobby that’s NOT kay? Eh? Doesn’t that sound like a good idea? Think you could manage that? It might require some imagination… please piss off. Thank you.
HKM, try not to post noisy garbage on the board anymore. Thank you too.
Grow up, kay. I’m the reason you’re semi-famous.
but paingirl, i’m warm and hugable too, and got a little bit of grizzle on my chin. you can snuggle up to me anytime, i won’t bite, hard.
i will keep you in mind sweet thang…neck bites are fine
Kay, you don’t get to tell people to stop posting noisy garbage on a forum when A) It’s not your forum to moderate and B), you post the noisiest garbage. Although Life Sucks is a contender for the latter.
I picked it because Kay asked me what my problem was, and the title of the song that those kids were trying to play was “Ain’t Got No Problems”. It was just a bonus that it was funny (ill-struck notes and missing words). As well, as you noticed, lehova, their amateur attempts were not unlike Kay attempts to bestow her wisdom on us–a few good chords hit but mostly just noise. ( Although I must say, their noise was more tolerable = p)
speaking of songs, i like the very old “dont’t worry, be happy song”. and paingirl, necking is my favorite sport and spot. look into my eyes. lehova, what did i ever do to you? i’m gonna cry now, where is the defender when you need them? boo hoo fucking hoo.
You never did anything to me, LS….but you do post some noisy garbage at times. It entertains me.
Clowns don’t bother me…but I’m not much of a fan of mimes.
I also have a fear…or is it 2 fears ?
I have a fear that I will spend all of my money before closing time, & I’m fearful it will be closing time before I spend all my money , so I miss ‘last call’ !!
mimes should be beaten with pimento loaves
“I’m no bully. 90% of my comments detail how much I despise controlling behaviors including my comments on this thread so kindly gofuckyourphobia, bully bitches.”
100% – 90% = 10%.
So Kay, you’re saying that 10% of your comments detail how much you love controlling behaviors including your comments on this thread so kindly gofuckyourphobia, bully bitches for me.