Re: cool (and not cool) comment yesterday

... dang stereotypes .... 😄

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just think of something funny to say back. like if you think you could
take them in a fight, say something about their mom. like "your mom
didn't think i was a clown last night" and so on. or think of something
along these lines. i met a guy in an airport once who was 7 feet tall.
seriously. he was wearing a shirt that said " No i don't play
basketball. are you a jocket?" all you or any of us, has to do is think
of something like that. i bet you could sell a ton of shirts. Something
like "no i'm not a clown. are you a XXXX?" i know i'd buy one.

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I also like it when they ask you: What's your profession (because I can
walk on my hands and do that for warmup before taekwondo class, where I
go to with my unicycle)? And then you wait for a second and you see the
expectation in the people's eyes, waiting for me to say: I'm an
entertainer, and of course I help out in the circus. Do you want me to
come to your kid's birthday party?

Doh. I'm not the clown. I'm still the skateboarder with a different
kind of skateboard.

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markf said:

*just think of something funny to say back. like if you think you
could take them in a fight, say something about their mom. like "your
mom didn't think i was a clown last night" and so on. *

Doesn't work in other languages 🙁
Mom jokes exist mainly in America, I think.

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I went for a muni ride today with UniBrier and two other Seattle area
unicyclists. A group of mountain bikers made some sort of clown comment
while talking with us.

You just have to remember that to non-unicyclists the clown comments are
original. Often the comment is not meant to be degrading. It's just
the first thing that pops in to their mind when they see a unicycle.
It's like a word association game. I say "unicycle". What's the first
word that pops in your head? For most people the first word they'll
think of is clown or circus.

Unless the clown comment is made in an obviously derogatory manner it
doesn't bother me much.

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wogri said:

*Doesn't work in other languages 🙁
Mom jokes exist mainly in America, I think. *

fair enough. you could still make fun of their family/loved
ones/something offensive like that which should [censored] them off. i've used
this a few times and it has yet to fail in shutting up people asking
stupid questions.

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One of us seriously needs to make a shirt with like, a dead clown on it,
and the words "No! I am not a clown!" on the back, so you can just turn
you back on ther person to answer the question. Fashionable and
functional...

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when someone asks me if I'm a clown/in the circus, I just say:
"No, are you?"
that shuts 'em up.

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Catboy said:

*One of us seriously needs to make a shirt with like, a dead clown on
it, and the words "No! I am not a clown!" on the back, so you can just
turn you back on ther person to answer the question. Fashionable and
functional... *

You could get a shirt from 'ihateclowns.com'
(http://www.ihateclowns.com/ncstore/). Maybe 'this shirt'
(http://tinyurl.com/7u4) or 'this one' (http://tinyurl.com/22ns).

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markf said:

*fair enough. you could still make fun of their family/loved
ones/something offensive like that which should [censored] them off. *

That's something considered very rude in German, at least. I wouldn't do
that.
But I like Mr. Potter's comment: No, are you? 🙂

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Something tells me that if I were to wear clown make up while riding the
unicycle, THEN, I would hear comments like:
"I heard about this unicycle sport called MUni--you should check it
out"
or:
"Hey, where's your coker?"
or:
"Have you ever heard of Kris Holm?"
or:
"Clowns like you give a bad image to unicycling, you know that?"
and so on...

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LOL, try it!

Or else they'd just change the word around from " are you a clown? to "
you are a clown!"

Andrew

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When they ask if you're a clown say, "Why do you ask, are you afraid of
clowns?".

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I like Catboy's idea. A "No I'm not a clown!" would be better than "I
hate clowns."

Oh yeah, the other request I get is "Do a backflip!" My response is
"After you."

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"markf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

fair enough. you could still make fun of their family/loved
ones/something offensive like that which should [censored] them off. i've used
this a few times and it has yet to fail in shutting up people asking
stupid questions.

If it shuts them up it is more than likely that they view you as not worth
talking to, or else view you as just a young thug on a unicycle, someone to
avoid. It certainly won't be because you have "p....d them off"

To say something offensive like that, in particular to young males, is
probably a bit risky. Not only are you putting yourself below their level,
but if you annoy them in such a way, there is a significant chance that
next time you pass them they may, with their mates, do something very nasty
to you. On a unicycle you are a bit vulnerable to attacks. I know one guy
who was knocked, quite intentionally, off his giraffe in the street. The
offenders then jumped on his spokes. And he had done NOTHING to annoy
anyone. He is now very nervous of riding the giraffe on the street.
These people may well think their comment funny and original, but remember
its you who is on the uni every day, whereas they may never have seen one
outside of a circus before. Most people have only seen unicycles in the
circus. Have we maybe not even taken the idea from the circus, and merely
developed it? I saw my first unicycles in a circus. I thought at the time
unicycles...circus, it never occurred to me that anyone outside of a circus
would ride one.
Get used to it, people will call you a clown, so what, it does not hurt
you, and the speaker goes away happy with himself.
Ahhhh!... if only being called a clown occasionally were the worst thing to
happen in this life. If you cannot deal with that, wait until something
serious hits you.
The worst you should do is to just THINK " 3rd idiot of the day". Trying
to talk to them is also quite likely to engender their respect and they may
not then give out a repeat silly the comment the next day. A genuinely
funny retort may work, but insulting responses are not the way for us to go.

Nao

Most of the comments we received yesterday would qualify on the "cool"
side. There were several "you're really hard core" and "you've taken it
to the next level" type comments. A lot of genuine curriosity.

I agree it can be anoying to always be dealing with the same comments. I
tend to like the "don't need the training wheel" to the "lost a wheel"
comment.

There must be a good generic clown comeback. I was thinking of something
in the lines of,

"Last time I was at the circus only a couple clowns could ride a
unicycles but there were tons on bikes."

or

"I've heard more clowns can ride a bike than unicycle."

Don't forget to smile...We're just trying to change their thinking, not
crush them.

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I normally say something like 'Yes I am a clown, just not the circus
type' or 'No I don't even have a twin brother' and when they look
confused I say 'oh a clown, sorry I thought you said cloan' It's always
good fun to talk nonsense back. My personal favorite is when they say
'where's the other half' I reply, 'my other half, I left her at home
doing the washing.

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One of the reasons that I started to Unicycle, was that I wanted to try
and Juggle Clubs while I rode on a Unicycle. It has worked out that I
don't juggle much now, but I still unicycle. The Juggling club I went to
for a couple of years closed down, the guy who ran it got busier at work
as a Clown.

I couldn't do the work he did, to keep all those children happy for a
whole party.

I doesn't bother me too much to be called a Clown, some people say it
quite seriously, but those in the know would be surprised if a Clown
turned up with Leg protection, and hopped over obstacles.

If one more person says “Where’s the other wheel" I think I might scream
though!

Innes

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A buddy of mine and I ride the riverwalk sometimes here in Memphis. I'm
usually out in front and the clever so-and-so's who say "Where's your
other wheel?" usually get the answer, "He's got it." and I hook a thumb
back at my pal. He rides by and grins. "He's got my other wheel,
too!"

Everybody goes away happy.

Another good comeback to "What happened to your bike?" is the old
standby "Got this at a half-off sale. Who knew?" That one still seems
to work pretty well.

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