I have thought of some more clowns.

Mr Jelly
Insane Clown Posse

Would

but what if he was stronger than you and had his foot holding you down in whitgift centre on a sat afternoon? then urinated on you whilst laughing and you were simply out strengthend.

then a tear fell down your face as the crowd clapped.

then you wake up in a haystack in the middle of a circus with permanent face paint on you and you've lost your rogue and ID and find yourself in rural Russia playing coco the clown in chains.

and nightly ou get rear raided by the bigger clowns and they feed you.

what about that?

I had this conversation with the kids last night, as the school playground had done its thing, and they are now convinced there are clowns running around killing people.

I explained that I am not a "look how tough I am" type, so I admitted that the interaction, should such a thing happen to me, would come in two parts:

Part 1: I don't like clowns, so initial response would probably be to squeal like a pig, and perhaps for a little bit of wee to come out

Part 2: Having succumbed to part 1, I suspect reason would take over, at which point, I would likely give said clown a damned good thrashing, with fists, feet, and anything which came to hand (likely lumps of wood, since I live in the woods)

In case some of them have been living under a rock?

Yup. Would offer a finger or 2 of my own.