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Speaker 1 (00:10):
My Heart podcasts here more Gold one on one point
seven podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Playlists and listen live on the free iHeart appom Fly
Fly Fly.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
On the cutting room floor today.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Clowns, No one likes them. No one likes a clown.
I have a stuffed clown that sat on my bed.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Didn't mind that scary clown.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Scary clown and did look a bit scary. I think
I got it after I had my wisdom teeth out
or something. I was probably about fifteen. Who gave you
the clown?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
She thought this would cheat you up.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Well, I think so, and I did it sat on
my bed for ages. It's the sort of thing you'd
normally give a seven year old. But you know, I
was a late blue you.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Were a late developer.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
But with the clown, was it was it one of
the floppy clowns, Big, just give us something.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
It was a floppy one.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It was one of those creepy porcelain faced Oh yeah,
that's no. This was just a stitched one that had
like crossed stitch for eyes and things like that.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
For some reason in my algo, that's our algorithm for
the unhip, this popped up. It's a genuine how to
instructional video from the eighties on how to be a clown.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
You're thinking of embarking on being a clown, I.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Have embarked on being a clown. I was a clown.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Okay, well, let's just sit on that front minute.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So there was an instructional video from the Clanning Institute.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
There's such a thing.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
About how you go and be a clan and where
you go planning too. For example, in this one it
demonstrates a retirement home.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
When you're ready to launch Charlotte into the unknown, possibly
the best place to begin is in a nursing home
or a care center for the elderly. When you enter
the nursing home, do not stand there with your group
in a large cluster of clowns. Clowns can look rather intimidating.
If you see a lotto than in one place. True,
(02:13):
be sure to choose a partner. Two clowns together are
really great. If you attempt to make visits with three
or four, you outnumber the person so much that they
may feel a bit uneasy.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Full clowns a.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Couple of cautions. Don't fulfill any request that is made
of you by a patient. One reason is simply this
the elderly really receive you quite well. I think it's
because they already know how vulnerable they are. They're lonely,
and they long for touch. If they're in need of touch,
you touch them.
Speaker 6 (02:42):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
There are a few common sense rules that every clown
ought to be aware of before planning to go into
a nursing home. First, call the activities director or the
manager of the institution and get permission to come. A second,
if it's your first time, plan on about a half
hour visit. During that one half hour visit of non
speaking clowning, you will discover a lot of energy has
been expended. You're going to have your heartstrings tugged as
(03:08):
you hear their plenty of voices asking you to help
them out of bed or into bed, or to take
them outdoors, or to hand them something. The best ruler
found is don't do it.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Cuts us, don't do it.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
So there's mixed messages there because it.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Says touch a clown, touch a clown.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
First of all, it says things are going to be
asked of you. Don't do it, but you can touch them.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, yeah, I don't know if I was in hospital.
I have been in hospital a few times. For various things.
Last thing, I wanted some clown trying to cheer me out.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I know there was just someone playing guitar that where
it was going around bed to bed when my dad
was in hospital and he can be ornery. And my
brother and I looked at each other and we saw
that the guitarist was coming over to sit near Dad.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
We saw, how are we going to deal with this?
Dad's going to be rude to him. We just know it.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
And what would Arthur say?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Well, in the end, the man said, I just want
to play you a song, and Dad looked at our faces.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
He said that would be lovely. And he sat there
with a scrunchy face the whole.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Time, because I have ani'scunchie face unless it was slash.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
And he brought his stratocaster and then started doing Sweet
Child of Mind.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Well, I've done some clowning in my university. Yes, shoosed
to go to I went to Bathist Study and in
our drama class we did a clowning workshop, and so
we went to Sophala Fair and did street clowning in
the streets.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
You know, Sophala in itself is cute, Yeah, but it's
a place where you get old time prospectors.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Come on, kids, I'm going to show you a pan
gold and you could become a millionaire.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
And you're looking at this going come on, mate, you
don't even have teeth or shoes.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
How are you going to show me to be a meionnaire.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
But also you get hippies and you get a cross
section of people who were going to enjoy our clowning work.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Nice town to drive through and have a bit of
a ganderat see a clown.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Be kind, don't give them anything. They asked for a spongebath.
You say no.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
One time, many years ago, my mother in law mate
who I love dearly, got a part of herself to
do a bit of clowning around the community, around the
community of more.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
She go to old folks homes.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
She'd go just as a clown, dressed.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
As a clown.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And then one time we're up there having a barbecue,
and I had my son who at the time was four.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
My nephew would be similar age, and.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
His niece or you know that bracket between eight and four,
and maybe too good by herself to come out dressed
as a clown. I've got a photo of it somewhere,
and the kids look anything but happy.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Did they know it was their grandmother?
Speaker 6 (05:35):
Yeah, they're going and one of them, my son's going
as grandma as may has Grammy lost it as she should.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
We be putting it in some sort of home.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
And what did you say?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
I said, yeah, probably because when you put a mentally
drenched clown into a home, who goes and visits them?
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Don't give them anything?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
A psychologist m anyway, if you see a gaggle of clowns,
be kind, yeah, or it could be management.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Don't ask for a spongebath.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
That's it for to day. Come back tomorrow for more.
Josiana Amanda studying.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
My Heart podcasts here more Gold one on one point
seven podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Playlists and listen live on the free iHeart appom Fly
Fly Fly.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
On the cutting room floor today.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Clowns, No one likes them. No one likes a clown.
I have a stuffed clown that sat on my bed.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Didn't mind that scary clown.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Scary clown and did look a bit scary. I think
I got it after I had my wisdom teeth out
or something. I was probably about fifteen. Who gave you
the clown?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
She thought this would cheat you up.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Well, I think so, and I did it sat on
my bed for ages. It's the sort of thing you'd
normally give a seven year old. But you know, I
was a late blue you.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Were a late developer.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
But with the clown, was it was it one of
the floppy clowns, Big, just give us something.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
It was a floppy one.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It was one of those creepy porcelain faced Oh yeah,
that's no. This was just a stitched one that had
like crossed stitch for eyes and things like that.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
For some reason in my algo, that's our algorithm for
the unhip, this popped up. It's a genuine how to
instructional video from the eighties on how to be a clown.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
You're thinking of embarking on being a clown, I.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Have embarked on being a clown. I was a clown.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Okay, well, let's just sit on that front minute.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
So there was an instructional video from the Clanning Institute.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
There's such a thing.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
About how you go and be a clan and where
you go planning too. For example, in this one it
demonstrates a retirement home.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
When you're ready to launch Charlotte into the unknown, possibly
the best place to begin is in a nursing home
or a care center for the elderly. When you enter
the nursing home, do not stand there with your group
in a large cluster of clowns. Clowns can look rather intimidating.
If you see a lotto than in one place. True,
(02:13):
be sure to choose a partner. Two clowns together are
really great. If you attempt to make visits with three
or four, you outnumber the person so much that they
may feel a bit uneasy.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Full clowns a.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Couple of cautions. Don't fulfill any request that is made
of you by a patient. One reason is simply this
the elderly really receive you quite well. I think it's
because they already know how vulnerable they are. They're lonely,
and they long for touch. If they're in need of touch,
you touch them.
Speaker 6 (02:42):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
There are a few common sense rules that every clown
ought to be aware of before planning to go into
a nursing home. First, call the activities director or the
manager of the institution and get permission to come. A second,
if it's your first time, plan on about a half
hour visit. During that one half hour visit of non
speaking clowning, you will discover a lot of energy has
been expended. You're going to have your heartstrings tugged as
(03:08):
you hear their plenty of voices asking you to help
them out of bed or into bed, or to take
them outdoors, or to hand them something. The best ruler
found is don't do it.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Cuts us, don't do it.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
So there's mixed messages there because it.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Says touch a clown, touch a clown.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
First of all, it says things are going to be
asked of you. Don't do it, but you can touch them.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, yeah, I don't know if I was in hospital.
I have been in hospital a few times. For various things.
Last thing, I wanted some clown trying to cheer me out.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I know there was just someone playing guitar that where
it was going around bed to bed when my dad
was in hospital and he can be ornery. And my
brother and I looked at each other and we saw
that the guitarist was coming over to sit near Dad.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
We saw, how are we going to deal with this?
Dad's going to be rude to him. We just know it.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
And what would Arthur say?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Well, in the end, the man said, I just want
to play you a song, and Dad looked at our faces.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
He said that would be lovely. And he sat there
with a scrunchy face the whole.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Time, because I have ani'scunchie face unless it was slash.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
And he brought his stratocaster and then started doing Sweet
Child of Mind.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Well, I've done some clowning in my university. Yes, shoosed
to go to I went to Bathist Study and in
our drama class we did a clowning workshop, and so
we went to Sophala Fair and did street clowning in
the streets.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
You know, Sophala in itself is cute, Yeah, but it's
a place where you get old time prospectors.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Come on, kids, I'm going to show you a pan
gold and you could become a millionaire.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
And you're looking at this going come on, mate, you
don't even have teeth or shoes.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
How are you going to show me to be a meionnaire.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
But also you get hippies and you get a cross
section of people who were going to enjoy our clowning work.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Nice town to drive through and have a bit of
a ganderat see a clown.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Be kind, don't give them anything. They asked for a spongebath.
You say no.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
One time, many years ago, my mother in law mate
who I love dearly, got a part of herself to
do a bit of clowning around the community, around the
community of more.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
She go to old folks homes.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
She'd go just as a clown, dressed.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
As a clown.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And then one time we're up there having a barbecue,
and I had my son who at the time was four.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
My nephew would be similar age, and.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
His niece or you know that bracket between eight and four,
and maybe too good by herself to come out dressed
as a clown. I've got a photo of it somewhere,
and the kids look anything but happy.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Did they know it was their grandmother?
Speaker 6 (05:35):
Yeah, they're going and one of them, my son's going
as grandma as may has Grammy lost it as she should.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
We be putting it in some sort of home.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
And what did you say?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
I said, yeah, probably because when you put a mentally
drenched clown into a home, who goes and visits them?
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Don't give them anything?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
A psychologist m anyway, if you see a gaggle of clowns,
be kind, yeah, or it could be management.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Don't ask for a spongebath.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
That's it for to day. Come back tomorrow for more.
Josiana Amanda studying.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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