Weirdos dressing as clowns to scare people

[The Stout Yeoman]

Saw one today in Macdonalds .... KFC for me from now on ...

 

[GT49er]

Pretty sure it's a wine bottle. You're right about the knife bit, but the kid was clearly just misguided and a bit stupid - I don't think he deserved to be bottled.

Haven't got much sympathy for the prat, to be honest.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Pretty sure it's a wine bottle. You're right about the knife bit, but the kid was clearly just misguided and a bit stupid - I don't think he deserved to be bottled.

Someone goes out deliberately to scare people with a knife, and they're just misguided? Seriously?

 

[Durlston]

Saw one today in Macdonalds .... KFC for me from now on ...

I'd rather eat shit than fast food. Come to think of it, they're the same thing.

 

[looney]

I'd rather eat shit than fast food. Come to think of it, they're the same thing.

Not exactly, my dog wont charge you for lunch.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

the backlash...

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...-clowns-in-cumbria/ar-AAiRQQ3?ocid=spartandhp

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Pretty sure it's a wine bottle. You're right about the knife bit, but the kid was clearly just misguided and a bit stupid - I don't think he deserved to be bottled.

Really ? Misguided ? he was trying to terrify someone. That is a bit more than misguided.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Someone goes out deliberately to scare people with a knife, and they're just misguided? Seriously?

Really ? Misguided ? he was trying to terrify someone. That is a bit more than misguided.

He was a total fool, obviously.

He is, though, a young lad and I don't think that he has thought it through at all. Stupid, and yes, misguided. There is no way that he was going to use the knife and he simply didn't have the gumption to understand how carrying it as he did in the current climate is likely to be construed. He was carried along on a ridiculous wave of social media irresponsibility.

Having a bottle smashed over his head is an extremely rough justice, in my opinion.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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[Eeyore]

I hate to be sharing from the Sun, but bloody Hell, this reaction was a bit excessive...https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19412...r-jumping-out-and-scaring-shoppers-in-london/

I've seen that. My view was that it was staged.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

He was a total fool, obviously.

He is, though, a young lad and I don't think that he has thought it through at all. Stupid, and yes, misguided. There is no way that he was going to use the knife and he simply didn't have the gumption to understand how carrying it as he did in the current climate is likely to be construed. He was carried along on a ridiculous wave of social media irresponsibility.

Having a bottle smashed over his head is an extremely rough justice, in my opinion.

OK, that's half of it but the other half surely is empathising with the feelings of the victim (or scaree ?). He doesn't know how much (if any) real danger he is in. In that moment he is acting in self defence. The clown is causing a big emotion (fear) and shouldn't be surprised if this gives way to other big emotions even if disproportionate. It comes down to the fact that these are adults and it is not difficult for an adult to understand that by behaving in this way they are putting themselves in danger.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What did they do with the custard pie though? These people need to be told!

It was remanded in custardy. That'll teach him!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

OK, that's half of it but the other half surely is empathising with the feelings of the victim (or scaree ?). He doesn't know how much (if any) real danger he is in. In that moment he is acting in self defence. The clown is causing a big emotion (fear) and shouldn't be surprised if this gives way to other big emotions even if disproportionate. It comes down to the fact that these are adults and it is not difficult for an adult to understand that by behaving in this way they are putting themselves in danger.

Well...yes...if he hadn't told him to "wait there" before going to find the bottle that he 'defended' himself with!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Some girls I know in Crawley went out clown-hunting last weekend armed with boxes of eggs to get their retaliation in first. Could well become a seasonal sport

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Well...yes...if he hadn't told him to "wait there" before going to find the bottle that he 'defended' himself with!

Fair enough..slightly delayed self defence I suppose

Some girls I know in Crawley went out clown-hunting last weekend armed with boxes of eggs to get their retaliation in first. Could well become a seasonal sport

Now that I like..no bottles..but JUSTICE !

 

[Norman Potting]

One word description of this chap, four letters beginning and ending with "t".

http://www.kentlive.news/killer-clo...nd-cautioned/story-29803162-detail/story.html

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

OK, that's half of it but the other half surely is empathising with the feelings of the victim (or scaree ?). He doesn't know how much (if any) real danger he is in. In that moment he is acting in self defence. The clown is causing a big emotion (fear) and shouldn't be surprised if this gives way to other big emotions even if disproportionate. It comes down to the fact that these are adults and it is not difficult for an adult to understand that by behaving in this way they are putting themselves in danger.

The kid has been a prick. He doesn't deserve to be smashed over the head with a wine bottle and laid out on the floor especially a few minutes after the event.

 

[StonehamPark]

I hate to be sharing from the Sun, but bloody Hell, this reaction was a bit excessive...https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19412...r-jumping-out-and-scaring-shoppers-in-london/

Not sure it WAS excessive. The clown jumped out brandishing what looked like a very large and very nasty rusty knife. That was never going to go done well in London where there's an epidemic of knife crime. In the US the police would have shot him dead and asked questions afterwards. Plus he was felled by a bloke brandishing what looks in the clip like a large marrow.

Pretty sure it's a wine bottle. You're right about the knife bit, but the kid was clearly just misguided and a bit stupid - I don't think he deserved to be bottled.

Haven't got much sympathy for the prat, to be honest.

Someone goes out deliberately to scare people with a knife, and they're just misguided? Seriously?

Really ? Misguided ? he was trying to terrify someone. That is a bit more than misguided.

He was a total fool, obviously.

He is, though, a young lad and I don't think that he has thought it through at all. Stupid, and yes, misguided. There is no way that he was going to use the knife and he simply didn't have the gumption to understand how carrying it as he did in the current climate is likely to be construed. He was carried along on a ridiculous wave of social media irresponsibility.

Having a bottle smashed over his head is an extremely rough justice, in my opinion.

OK, that's half of it but the other half surely is empathising with the feelings of the victim (or scaree ?). He doesn't know how much (if any) real danger he is in. In that moment he is acting in self defence. The clown is causing a big emotion (fear) and shouldn't be surprised if this gives way to other big emotions even if disproportionate. It comes down to the fact that these are adults and it is not difficult for an adult to understand that by behaving in this way they are putting themselves in danger.

Well...yes...if he hadn't told him to "wait there" before going to find the bottle that he 'defended' himself with!

Fair enough..slightly delayed self defence I suppose



Now that I like..no bottles..but JUSTICE !

The kid has been a prick. He doesn't deserve to be smashed over the head with a wine bottle and laid out on the floor especially a few minutes after the event.

FFS you lot.

It's Trollstation, probably the biggest pranking group in the country that's put the video together.

 

[GT49er]

FFS you lot.

It's Trollstation, probably the biggest pranking group in the country that's put the video together.

 

[redoubtable seagull]

I hate to be sharing from the Sun, but bloody Hell, this reaction was a bit excessive...https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19412...r-jumping-out-and-scaring-shoppers-in-london/

Looks like a set up to me.