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DH encountered scary clown on the jubilee line on way to work this norning

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Rollergirl11 · 14/02/2020 23:05

Just wondered if anyone else has seen him? He said he was wearing a joker-esque suit but with a proper Pennywise mask. And an umbrella. He was walking along going “hah hah!” in peoples faces and then when he got off the tube he shouted “bye bye” at everyone.

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Flufferbum · 15/02/2020 08:50

I would have freaked the fuck out tbh. And rightly so it’s just not on. Joker kills people on a train... Yes, he might of loved the film, or may have been joking, but I think it was more his intention to frighten people. we don’t know who was behind that mask (slightly hysterical - do not like this sort of thing at all)

PlumsGalore · 15/02/2020 08:52

I’ve seen beggars on he tube and I only come into London as a tourist twice a year.

I wouldn’t like a scary clown though, I think it’s not really ok.

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 15/02/2020 08:57

@Wolfff . Thank You .

Rarely get a tube so had not come across this .

Skyejuly · 15/02/2020 08:59

I would be scared too. I absolutely hate masks.

Obviouspretzel · 15/02/2020 09:01

It's just a man in a costume though. If you did punch them, you're the one with the issue.

EssentialHummus · 15/02/2020 09:02

Did the clown say that he was struggling with his life generally?

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 15/02/2020 09:04

I can't cope with people in masks, I think I would have wet myself in fright.

BlueJava · 15/02/2020 09:06

I didn't see him on the Jubilee Line yesterday. I did however see a guy who looked like he was as high as a kite asking for money. He seemed to think he was in America and was wishing people happy Christmas!

GlitchStitch · 15/02/2020 09:07

It's just a man in a costume though.

A man in a costume shouting in people's faces to frighten them. People who may have heart conditions, anxiety, trauma. A punch would be a good warning to pack in being a dick, 'performance art' or not.

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Rollergirl11 · 15/02/2020 09:07

DH said people were freaked out and moving away from him. It was 7.30 am! I guess he was a street performer but bit weird to stay in character on his way to work. He was cackling and turning in circles round his umbrella and getting in peoples faces.

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AutumnRose1 · 15/02/2020 09:09

lifelong Londoner

sounds like a normal day to me

surprised people were moving away, most of us would just eyeroll or tell him to shut up.

KatherineJaneway · 15/02/2020 09:09

I saw a tissue begger on the overground last month on my way to Bromley South. I don't see them on the tube anymore but I guess I travel mainly at peak times so there are rarely free seats to leave the tissues on.

AutumnRose1 · 15/02/2020 09:10

ah sorry, just saw he was getting in people's faces

that's odd, because he should realise he's at risk doing that.

Now I'm thinking, not your average London clown....

cortex10 · 15/02/2020 09:14

Often see beggars (and others making long political speeches) working their way through the Thameslink trains.

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Rollergirl11 · 15/02/2020 09:16

DH said he walked the length of the platform at Waterloo to the end and made a show of peering in to the tunnel to look for the train. Then when he got off he was banging on the windows and shouting “bye bye!”.

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Fluffycloudland77 · 15/02/2020 09:17

What’s a tissue beggar?.

1forsorrow · 15/02/2020 09:18

I wonder if beggars are finding thin pickings now so many of us don't carry much cash. I have my trusty debit card and rarely have any money on me other than my emergency £10 tucked in behind my mobile.

AutumnRose1 · 15/02/2020 09:19

tissue beggars give out packs of tissues with notes saying "if you take tissues from me, please give me some cash".

Fluffycloudland77 · 15/02/2020 09:22

Blimey. What is the going rate for a pack of tissues?.

I’m in the east mids, you don’t get any of this. I saw a beggar yesterday outside Lidl, they hit the supermarkets up but only on Fridays for the increased foot fall.

jcurve · 15/02/2020 09:23

We get “homeless” beggars on the Northern Line out of the City quite often.

This week’s commute reached a new low for me - there was a fresh human turd on the floor of my Piccadilly line carriage on Wednesday morning Confused

AutumnRose1 · 15/02/2020 09:23

Fluffy, it's just whatever spare change you might have to give them.

AutumnRose1 · 15/02/2020 09:24

jcurve cross post

OMD, I've seen that at the bus stop but not actually on the Tube. Hopefully everyone didn't go into that carriage...

god I hate London.

CamdenTownie · 15/02/2020 09:25

I travel on the tube every day and see various beggars, the tissue beggars are still rife, the distraction pick pockets, show you a map of the underground and talk to you in a foreign language, and the guys claiming to be ex armed forces, mostly see them
On the way home as I think my 6 am start is too early for them!

Littlebelina · 15/02/2020 09:26

@NeverguessWho he was doing an imitation of pennywise from the latest adaptation of IT. He pretty much nailed it