I’ve known several people who not only hated clowns but were afraid of them.
This clown was at the Shrine Circus. He offered me a bouquet of pretty paper flowers. I took the stems and he took the blooms and left me with a hand full of paper straws. I was so mad I hit him across the face with my cotton candy and he cursed at me. I get tickled when I think of the encounter now.......... But I still hate clowns.