Kids used to be a lot tougher back in the day.
For example, some Mad Men look-alikes thought children in the 1960s were tough enough to handle Krinkles the Clown, a terrifying vision that pops out of nowhere and crinkles his way into your kitchen.
I don’t know about you, but I would not like to find this terrifying specimen hiding in my cereal box at 8 o’clock in the morning. There are few things are terrifying as a clown trying to feed me or my kid sugary cereal.
For example, your receding hairline is not as terrifying as Krinkles the Clown:
April 15th is also not as terrifying as Mr. Krinkles:
Even five missed calls from Mom, isn’t as scary as the terrifying vision of Krinkles:
Watch Krinkles the Clown scare you into eating a nutritious breakfast:
Maybe our fear of clowns has something to do with John Wayne Gacy…
Gacy raped, sexually assaulted, and killed at least 33 boys in the 70s. Before Gacy, clowns were just playing fun and games, and then he had to come around and ruin it for the rest of us. Unlike Krinkles the Clown, Gacy was not in the mood for fun and games. He sure wasn’t clowning around…
[Featured Image Credit: Sam Strouth via Youtube]