http://healthandfitnessfactorfiction.com/2007/03/01/clowns-frighten-me/ Your body is a temple, start renovating now! Sat, 19 May 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://healthandfitnessfactorfiction.com/2007/03/01/clowns-frighten-me/#comment-229 healthandfitnessfactorfiction.com » Blog Archive » Browbeaten Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:00:12 +0000 http://healthandfitnessfactorfiction.com/2007/03/01/clowns-frighten-me/#comment-229 [...] I’ve always had big eyebrows. Partly because my hair is so black, but mainly because they’re just big. At primary school, I was always teased about having clown eyebrows, and thinking back, this may be where my hatred/phobia of clowns started (although as I mentioned previously, Poltergeist was the main catalyst). When Brooke Shields first came into the public eye, she also had huge eyebrows, and many people (all of them women) would say “you have eyebrows just like Brooke Shields, you’re so lucky”. Perhaps from an adult perspective, but in the schoolyard it didn’t cut any ice . [...] […] I’ve always had big eyebrows. Partly because my hair is so black, but mainly because they’re just big. At primary school, I was always teased about having clown eyebrows, and thinking back, this may be where my hatred/phobia of clowns started (although as I mentioned previously, Poltergeist was the main catalyst). When Brooke Shields first came into the public eye, she also had huge eyebrows, and many people (all of them women) would say “you have eyebrows just like Brooke Shields, you’re so lucky”. Perhaps from an adult perspective, but in the schoolyard it didn’t cut any ice . […]

]]> http://healthandfitnessfactorfiction.com/2007/03/01/clowns-frighten-me/#comment-120 barb sawyer Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:53:46 +0000 http://healthandfitnessfactorfiction.com/2007/03/01/clowns-frighten-me/#comment-120 I love clowns and always have. I even have photos of myself dressed and made up as a clown. Clowns are meant to make you laugh! And as laughter has been found to be very therapeutic it is sad that your experience has been one of fear. The christian training videos I found amusing and at the same time patronising and a pisstake. I don't think you need to worry about a visitation of clowns in your dotage unless you end up in the Royal Children's Hospital, which is highly unlikely. Only 6% of older people end up in nursing homes and given your level of fitness it unlikely to be you. The majority of people end their lives in their own homes. I fear the numerous bad singers and entertainment groups that frequent nursing homes more. As an ex nurse who worked in such places, I speak from experience. I love clowns and always have. I even have photos of myself dressed and made up as a clown. Clowns are meant to make you laugh! And as laughter has been found to be very therapeutic it is sad that your experience has been one of fear. The christian training videos I found amusing and at the same time patronising and a pisstake. I don’t think you need to worry about a visitation of clowns in your dotage unless you end up in the Royal Children’s Hospital, which is highly unlikely. Only 6% of older people end up in nursing homes and given your level of fitness it unlikely to be you. The majority of people end their lives in their own homes. I fear the numerous bad singers and entertainment groups that frequent nursing homes more. As an ex nurse who worked in such places, I speak from experience.

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