> It was a unique movie-going experience. For starters, we were seated with a bunch of clowns*.
> I mean, literally, clowns. You know, big baggy pants, pom poms down the front of their shirts, pointy hats. Now this is a little weird, even for Los Angeles. A couple of them even wore masks.

> But back to the clowns. The other odd thing about the clowns, was, they wore the *sorriest* clown outfits I have ever seen. Rather than bright, colorful baggy pants & pom poms, they wore drab brown *furry* looking costumes. Undeniably clown-like in construction, but done in a sad, worn out, blah beige fabric with a definite nubby nap to it. Perhaps this is clown "everyday wear", and they save the colorful stuff for work? Or maybe these were poor clowns, (driven to poverty by the popcorn prices, no doubt) only able to afford used thrift store clown gear?
>
> Well, no matter. They were well-behaved clowns...

> koala"cut! that's a print!"mom

Heh. That's cool. Now for another anecdote.

We once had a rather crazy kid as a family friend. Well, maybe a little more than rather crazy. He was the type who got up on his table at school during lunch and danced to nonexistant music. We caught him on videotape performing the most spectacular unintentional bicycle dismount into a tree ever.

Anyway, our church was having a special children's presentation that week, and my mother thought it would be a great idea to get George to come dressed up as a clown to entertain the kids and be his weird self. He dressed it up excellently, with the big poofy multicolored wig, the big red nose, face paint, and the usual crazy clothing. After the gig with the children's classes, he wandered into the auditorium and sat in the back row.

That week, the president of the denomination was at our little church on his tour through the country. He never once mentioned the clown sitting in the back row, but we couldn't help noticing how he continually gave sidelong looks back in that direction. After the service was over, George came up to us and remarked on what a strange church we had.

gabby