Things that baffle me I’m just going to go ahead and say it. What’s the deal with individually wrapped coffee stirrers? This weird wave of stirrer prophylactics has taken hold at stores and coffee shops everywhere. I mean, I understand the concept of safe-stirring and all, but in the history of coffee, has anyone ever […]
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Why it’s the worst time in history to be a clown
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — This has been a terribly sad time for clowns, those purveyors of happiness whose recorded history dates back to ancient Greece. Last year was possibly the pits. Clowns witnessed the shuttering of venerable Ringling Bros., the largest and latest of circuses to close. The layoffs of regional Ronald McDonalds. The movie – […]
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Clown threatens high school; juvenile arrested
Clowns in Maine Police departments try to sort clown hoaxes from real threats Armed Auburn woman scares off clown NAPLES — A 12-year-old boy was arrested Friday, accused of posing as a clown and making veiled threats against Lake Region High School. According to investigators, a Facebook account named Jingles Deklown posted “Lake Region High […]
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Police departments try to sort clown hoaxes from real threats
We’ve made a definitive map of every single creepy clown sighting. Will keep updating! https://t.co/ygrLvIKOC8 pic.twitter.com/29BrrypO85 — David Plotz (@davidplotz) October 6, 2016 Clowns in Maine: Facebook clown threat made against Lake Region High School | Armed Auburn woman scares off clown STORRS, Conn. — Carrying golf clubs, shovels and hockey sticks, several hundred University of Connecticut […]
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Stephen King calls for reason amid creepy clown hysteria
It is a strange thing when Stephen King must defend the world from tales of horrific clowns. The horror maestro who authored “It,” which featured a monster in the form of a clown, recently spoke out as a voice of pro-clown reason. “Hey, guys, time to cool the clown hysteria,” King tweeted on Monday, “most […]
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Maine’s political gaffes fetch mea culpas in 2013
AUGUSTA — They put on clown noses in committee, lambasted each other with crude insults on television and spent time thinking with or about their “man brains.” Maine politicians, both Democratic and Republican, were anything but boring in the things they did or said in 2013. And it wasn’t even an election year for most […]