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  1. A CLOWN! RUUUUUUUN!

    Clownphobia at its finest!

    righthandgenius.wordpress.com

  2. Svensk o stark! says:

    LOL!!!

  3. Arti says:

    I’d be a bit surprised too if one of my coworkers showed up in a clown suit

  4. justam says:

    lol, for all we know, that COULD be the joker. there’s reason to be afraid!

  5. Anonymous says:

    that was while the G8 meeting in Germany…
    these Clowns are not as harmless as they seem… they have acid in their waterguns and they splash it in the faces of the police men… well not very funny…

  6. Bad Cat! says:

    Congratulations – you found the color-blind cop! (Now you’re gonna get shot)

  7. alcari says:

    @anonymous 5
    Don’t forget about the water balloons filled with acid ;)

  8. Starlogic says:

    Win!

  9. Anonymous says:

    Already been posted.

  10. Frith Ra says:

    Maybe that cop is recognizing his mother?

    • PsychoDad says:

      No, your mother, duh.

      Aktshully I recognized your mother at the gang bang last night — me and a couple dozen of my buddies.

  11. Ronnie says:

    This is great! One of the best fails ever.
    Anbd Im glad to see we’re being updated once more.

  12. Ronnie says:

    This is great! One of the best fails ever.
    And Im glad to see we’re being updated once more.

  13. JCR says:

    The acid thing was a rumour. According to official reports, the water guns were filled with soap. Of course the tabloids made acid out of it.

    • timbolator says:

      Oh i LUV da press. Turning soap leach into the opposite.
      Axel Springer, if you can hear me: EAT SH*T

    • Anonymous says:

      Squirt pure dishwashing or laungry soap in your own eyes and keep us posted on the results from the local ER.

  14. Heiligendammer says:

    @5 Anonymous
    Don’t believe in yellow press hoaxes! ;)

  15. jdmasters says:

    That one cop seems to have a genuine fear of clown. I know I hate fuc**ing clowns they are not natural.

  16. jdmasters says:

    ooops I just had a expletive spelling fail

  17. I think those officers are rightly frightened by yet another use of camouflage in fashion.

    New cartoons here: http://spinachflame.wordpress.com/

  18. RedWhiteAndBoom says:

    Explain to me how a two-dollar Chino store squirt gun would hold acid without melting? And if it can’t melt a squirt gun, it’s not going to melt a face shield. Stupid tabloids.

  19. I laugh out loud! Ha! LOL

  20. Werehamster says:

    jdmasters, then stop fuc**ing clowns.

  21. Caimera says:

    ARGH the clown is coming RUN EVERYONE!!!! RUN!!

  22. Tochua says:

    D:

    I hate clowns!!
    Cops…you FAIL!!

  23. labwolf says:

    @23: You know, plastic does not really “melt” if it comes in contact with acids… In fact, acids can be stored safely in plastic containers. ;)

    @Picture: Well, clowns ARE scary…

  24. Anonymous says:

    There was never any acid in those water pistols. This was a deliberate lie spread by the police leadership. It wasn’t the tabloids who created these rumours. In Heiligendamm in 2007 the German police violated the human rights of many friendly protesters who weren’t looking for violence in the least. Especially the police units from Berlin resorted to brutal violence. As of 2007 I definitely know that even the German police is just scum. They’re no better than hooligans or the average criminal. The only difference is that they’re in another team.

    • Anonymous says:

      Weren’t looking for violence, eh? Then why the soap in the waterguns?
      It’s worst than teargas in the eyes. Try it, you’ll like it.

    • Anonymous says:

      Um…The police didn’t start the rumors, the friendly protesters said they were going to shoot acid at the police…

      Also ya, I’d rather have tear gas or pepper spray in my eyes any day, hurts less and no lasting damage…

    • PsychoDad says:

      Says the courageously named “anonymous”.

      LOOK OUT ANON! THE BAAAAD PO-LEESE-MAN IS GONNA GETCHA!!!

  25. Keelhaul says:

    Snifff….sniff….I think I smell hippies.

  26. archival says:

    best fail ever.
    maybe even a phail? XD

  27. lejana says:

    clown is great!

  28. j0sh says:

    im gonna getcha…..ima gonna GETCHA!

  29. Kid Choronsom says:

    Cops, tree hugging hippies. They all fail.

  30. Anonymous says:

    soap burns in the eye, too :(

  31. Dark says:

    That’s anthrax in there.

  32. Dark says:

    Never believe anything the media tells you. And man, that guy looks like he’s scared out of his mind.

  33. nightjack says:

    Actually, its possibly wee in the water pistol.

  34. Dude Epic says:

    dude, clowns scare the shit out of me.

  35. Anonymous says:

    #39 ymmd!

    is it possible to be a fake? can’t imagine some armed cops to be afraid of a clown.

  36. Fatman says:

    LOL clowns r funny… LOL if there really was acid in those guns why didnt any policeman capture him? There is like 40 policemen in that picture alone… Asif there is acid….

    LOL at policeman with face plate up and scared shitless at the kid/midget in the clown suit and mask

    Pro Phail

  37. germanAIRforce says:

    @ Anonymous

    had you been there?

  38. germanAIRforce says:

    @42 Fatman

    it´s a girl :-D

  39. claysol13 says:

    That one cop/Swat dude looks terrified to the max….

    http://www.clayton-nichols.com/forum/phpBB3/

  40. Homer says:

    Lets say that you were to find either a guy with a knife in your bedroom closet or a smiling, unarmed clown. Which would you be more afraid of? That’s right, the clown! Clowns are f-ing scary!

  41. feckineejit says:

    Can’t sleep – clown will eat me!

  42. erichitscar says:

    may be the other side of the clowns face is hideously deformed or something and the cops are just recoiling in fear? … no? ok, worth a shot.

  43. Anonymous says:

    let’s say your neighbor is watering his tress with his hosepipe and you yell “hey Bob!” (or “hey Heinrich”, if you are german) and he turns to you, pointing the hosepipe in your direction, -how’d you look like? mhm? gotcha

  44. Anonymous says:

    du hast recht

  45. Crypto-Askarian says:

    mhm, stupid Army!
    Do they think there’s acid or poison in the watergun? (…possible!)

  46. Brent says:

    That clown needs to be teargassed. Big time FAIL!

  47. Niklas says:

    Right one looks like naked woman, hiding her breasts
    from the clown. He’s failing especially.

    The two right policemen together:
    Right:”Oh my god, oh my god, where’s my weapon, where’s my damn weapon!??!?!?!?!?!?!??”
    Left:” Forget your weapon! It’s too late! He has already aimed us! RUN, RUUUN!!!!

    Whole picture: Epic FAIL!

  48. Homer says:

    Is that the French army?

  49. [...] courage fail from The Fail Blog [...]

  50. killskeptics says:

    If there is Acid in that gun, it’s liquid LSD and from the looks of those two cops, they have already been shot with it.

  51. strictlyhetero says:

    “and now, I will take you, my prisoners, to be interrogated by Fearless Leader- Bozo!”

  52. folsomnative says:

    Clown’s Scaare me too I would want a gun if a clown was around
    http://www.folsomnative.wordpress.com

  53. mylläri says:

    I think that the acid rumour is true. those cops are really scared of something. and even if the acid is mild, i wouldn`t wan`t it to my face, or anywhere. and in europe (where im from too, someone perhaps noticed it allready from my writing), governments dont tell lies, or spread rumours like in america. or if (when) they do that, they are quickly exposed, and forced to take the responsability.

  54. Mike says:

    Of corse, you don’t see what is to the clown’s left.

    &

    We don’t know the context of this picture.

  55. agarithia says:

    It’s funny how one of the soldiers is actually grimacing in fear.
    Like Mike said, I wonder what the context of the photo is.

    ~LeLoOr

  56. who? says:

    authority fail. if the police *think* they are being sprayed by acid, why is this clown not on the ground, being subdued?

  57. scensus deus says:

    I thiink they just wannabe friendly to a little girl with a water gun. German cops are not as paranoid as americans.

  58. Fatman says:

    LOL not as paranoid but more scared of clowns? Wouldve been funny to see the cops totally flatten that clown…

  59. scensus deus says:

    they are not afraid you jerk, they act like they would be. why should 100 heavily armed men be afraid of a clown girl??
    I interprete it as peaceful protest and criticism against the system but i guess if you do that in the usa you are beaten up and treated like a felon.

    and american cops get nervous when they see men with long black beards and capes.

  60. Dark says:

    You are all retarded this is a scene from a film.

  61. POST 911 USA says:

    GET READY FOR A BEATIN’ MRS CLOWN!

  62. Lon3bonE says:

    yeah it was on the G8 in Germany, the cops are so afraid because everytime they killed a clown, 2 new ones came out of a tiny car with circus music…
    btw the clowns appeared to be well trained in red-nose-camps, first row:water guns, second row:pie throwers ,one-wheeled jugglers in the back

  63. Lon3bonE says:

    left cop thinks:
    ” Damn that my whole package of hormon pills fell into the community coffe-pot, good that i never drink coffee”

    OR

    2 cops on the right broke their fingernails, so left cop is on the way to revenge-mode, look like hes holding the stick and looking at the clown *g*

  64. damnedgamer says:

    i bet he lost a bet xD

  65. hesika says:

    Right done! The clown against the police – and the police is scared :-) )

  66. Slip says:

    Must be the most pansy soldier I’ve ever seen.

    http://compositeheart.wordpress.com/

  67. feckineejit says:

    Lon3bonE please stop using the internet, you are terrible at it.

  68. Homer says:

    Dark, what film?

  69. Anonymous says:

    mylläri (61), believe what you want but your beliefs won’t change any facts. There was nothing but water in those water pistols. It also wasn’t the government who spread this and similar rumours. It was the police leadership. All bigger news services corrected their reports within 2 days when it became obvious that they police had lied. They’re presumedly doing this to keep the troops alert, to provoke them and give them an excuse should they resort to (unjustified) violence.

    The police is definitely above the law and able to get away when committing crimes. If you don’t believe this, you should simply read the news more often. Even a judge himself called a process against police officers who had brutalized a completely innocent youngster a total farce. It was obvious that the colleagues of the police were lying and hiding information but there was nothing the judge could do because their were no other witnesses than the mother of the boy who made a couple of photos of her son while waiting for the emergency doctor. And this is really just on well-documented example.

    The police even killed one of their own at Heiligendamm. He “fell” out of a car at _20_ km/h and died. None of the people in the car were from his unit and he had told his wife before on the phone that he couldn’t stand them because they were very brutal. A day later he was dead.

    It is also a fact that the police masqueraded as civilists and tried to encourage people to throw stones. This was in official news and you should still find the videos on youtube.

    The police also arrested protesters arbitrarily and put them into metal wire cages, denied them talking to a lawyer, denied them a phone call. These were human rights violations and the police got away with it.

  70. mylläri says:

    anonymous 77

    “And this is really just on well-documented example.” documented where?

    I really dont believe that police would be above the law, in any western country. especially get away with a murder. just reacently in italy some small towns entire police department, 20-25 police officers, were arrested. and they didn`t even kill anyone, there were “only” bribes and stuff. and in finland, where im from, police gets shit from any major operations, and get sued to court for doing their job.

    judging from your writing, i can build up an image of you, and it is very much like that clown on the picture. and i sure hope that i wont get in your way as the cops did.

    please, dont reply for the sake of me. this is not the forum for conversation like this.

  71. JoanCG says:

    Gorgeus!

  72. GG says:

    I AM CLOWN AND NUB SOLDIERS ARE OBVIOUS GG IMPOSTERS.

    ONE DAY U WILL ALL BE AS GREAT AS ME.

  73. JoanCG says:

    with o, haw haw

  74. Homer says:

    I bet anonymous can also tell us how the moon landing was faked, the World Trade Center was brought down by Bush so he could start a war to lower the price of oil, there was a second gunman in Dallas shooting Kennedy, the FBI created AIDS to kill black people, as well as crack, and McDonald’s special sause is really just mayo.

    Get a life. This site is for fun. Find another blog you tool

  75. Riku says:

    OMG. That clown scares me!! :O

  76. Scott Thong says:

    Dudes… Knowing what hippie protestors like to fling at police, I’d be as scared as those guys of what Ms Clown has loaded in her water gun…

  77. Xmarks says:

    Whoever said the context is missing is damn right. That poor friendly harmless clown is about to be eaten by mighty Godzilla, approaching by his back,

  78. Anonymous says:

    Hahaha! Now THAT’s funny!

  79. coloneld says:

    Dang! Thats the new supersoaker 299

  80. carnifex says:

    That guy is not scared, this is part of a cutscene from a german newsflash. The police officer is explaining something to his colleague. Momentum photo fail…

  81. Lon3bonE says:

    @ feekineejit

    i wont get better when i stop using the Internet. have a little sport-spirit man….
    and btw :”Can´t sleep, Clown will eat me.” is also not the best placed one up there…

  82. Leman says:

    This photo was shot at the G8-Meeting in Germany last year. Some people from attac and similar organisations used water pistols with accid or pepper-spray fluid to attack policemen. It was very difficult for the police to handle these “clowns”. So not really a fail.

    • Mainstream Media says:

      There was never any harmful liquid in the pistols. Do some research! All major networks reported that the rumors spread by police spokesmen turned out to be untrue.

  83. Fatman says:

    LOL man deep and meaningful conversations here… Calm down fellas… No need to take out ur dictionaries for this kinda thing….

    LOL man it wasnt in Japan so no godzilla lol… Maybe giant Hitler… With a massive BB gun… I would pay to actually fight one of those things… Kill Hitler

  84. Homer says:

    Maybe this was taken outside the auditions to Shakes the Clown. She was trying out to be a rodeo clown, which were the toughest clowns, that everyone feared. Let’s face it, she is no rodeo clown. Then, much like a postal worked denied a raise, she went on a rampage, shooting innocent people in the eye with lemon juice. The cop with his face shield up is of course scared. His buddy next to him is scared for him. It is all perfectly logical.

    Also, it means it is time for new fails to get posted.

  85. Jalapeno A. Tartigal says:

    @#10 WHO CARES!?!?!?!

  86. this is hilarious! Kudos to whoever took this picture!

  87. Homer says:

    How come there is no 96? We go straight from 95 to 97. Wow. It is almost like the God of the internet was so dismayed at whatever pathetic soul posted on # 96 that it was felt that his number should be skipped and seen by no one. I guess it is best to move on.

  88. feckineejit says:

    #90 Lon3bonE please accept my humble apologies. your argument has convinced me to see the error of my ways, please continue using the internet whenever you like, you have my permission. toolbag.

  89. Homer says:

    One hundred and first!!

    (yes, I am a dork)

  90. Homer says:

    Wait, now it is one hundred and first!

  91. Prize Committee says:

    No really guys, some great conversation going on here. Top notch. The arguments are really gripping, and the facts are undeniable. Also, congrats on being both the 100, and 101 commenter. A prize, i am sure, is on it’s way. It’s a prostitute, paid in full, you have one hour. Make the best of your time.

  92. Anonymous says:

    world stopped failing =(

  93. Anonymous says:

    I posted some links to explanatory background information but it seems due the number of links, it was blocked as spam. Maybe at least this one gets through.

    This article contains a summary of the events at G8 summit involving the police and protestors. It also links to related articles and official newspaper articles, so it’s mostly verifiable information:
    http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/4260/8/

  94. Homer says:

    Actually it was a lamp shaped like a leg. I think it was Italian or something because the big wooden crate had a huge stamp from the town of Fragile.

    And I agree with the ego suffication….

  95. Lon3bonE says:

    @ dark:
    yeah it was not the brightest joke moment up there, but its hard to be funny (or try to) in a language thats not my native one and be intoxicatet at the same time…
    and when im a toolbox baby, then its hammertime

  96. Keelhaul says:

    Hammertime????Really????? Hammertime?
    I can’t believe I am such a loser I read 109 posts….on this fail…as opposed to others. Hammertime!

  97. Anonymous says:

    All, who says the polive was brutal are wrong.
    Some poicemen were brutal, and some demonstrans too. It’s everytime the same, the antifa against the police and the kapitalism and the police against the antifa.

    So whats up, it was normal. And if you don’t know anything, shut up.

    • PsychoDad says:

      Ever notice how protesters always have time to take off from their jobs to go and protest?

      Haha, I said protesters have jobs!!!!!

  98. suckers says:

    Photoshop fail. The uniforms for the only ones looking scared are different from everyone else. Shopped.

  99. liljoeyster says:

    check this out :P :D :) ;( :mrgreen: :( :-D :-)

  100. liljoeyster says:

    :mrred:

  101. liljoeyster says:

    check it ;) :lol:

  102. liljoeyster says:

    ;lol;

  103. liljoeyster says:

    i luv shit :mrgreen:

  104. liljoeyster says:

    sigining off peace ;(

  105. liljoeyster says:

    ;)

  106. Dark says:

    Wow, Dark, that’s kinda extreme, I love it.

    And Lonebone, seriously wtf.

  107. MC Hammer says:

    Yo baby, I want my royalties for use of the term i coined. I need that money.

  108. feckineejit says:

    Way to redeem yourself Lon3bonE how do you say Hammertime in your language?

  109. stupidityscaresme says:

    REPLY: “RedWhiteAndBoom
    Posted May 18, 2008 at 8:40 pm | Permalink
    Explain to me how a two-dollar Chino store squirt gun would hold acid without melting? And if it can’t melt a squirt gun, it’s not going to melt a face shield. Stupid tabloids.”

    Certain acids will not eat through plastic. Intelligence fail.

  110. Clowns are scary, just see Stephen King’s It and Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

    http://aphilosopher.wordpress.com

  111. liljoeyster says:

    im the best at this :lol:

  112. liljoeyster says:

    :lol: :lol: :lol:

  113. Spaztronomical says:

    in all fairness, that IS a killer clown… humor fail, right here

  114. bff says:

    hnjaha.
    german cops vs. clown army.

  115. greeny123 says:

    lolololololololol

  116. Gileh~ says:

    id be scared too…

  117. mib says:

    “You guys are all morons, they’re gonna be *lookin* for army guys!”

  118. ktr2003 says:

    now that’s funny especially the reactions on the riot squad members

  119. jimbojones says:

    The clown is a left-wing protester in Germany. As seen at the G8 and the “Opernball” in Frankfurt and on many other demonstrations. They call ‘emselves “Clowns Army”.

    … and actually there has been NO acid inside the water pistol. They just made the dumb cops believe it!

    <3

  120. jimbojones says:

    Oh i forgot: It’s not photoshopped. There have been cops from many german regions. The acutally HAVE different uniforms. The USK f.ex. is dark-blue, nearly black.

  121. Redstar Chimera says:

    Shit dude, I saw that happen! That was at Rostock last summer!

  122. GrodsCorp says:

    [...] Now, I have proof that even the toughest of the tough are frightened of clowns, and it’s got bugger all to do with Seinfeld. However, I do not expect Ant Rogenous to be backing down from his theory anytime soon, stubborn ol’ goathole that he is. Still, it must be posted, this marvellous photo: [...]

  123. g8 says:

    let me tell you sth: i HAD BEEN there (@heiligendamm) and i met these “clowns” and – really – there was citric acid in some of their water guns. only in some but i can fully understand this reaction. getting citric acid in the eyes is not what i want.

    • MSM is right - this time says:

      Frankly, I don´t believe you. I have many friends who have been there and i´ve read and seen hours and hours of reports about the german G8 protests. All major networks reported that the intial reports about harmful liquids spread by police spokesmen turned out to be untrue. Also, filling harmful stuff into the pistols is an absurd idea. The whole idea of the clowns army is to mock the military-style appearance of the police by behaving funny and abolutely peaceful. They are hippies alright!!

  124. Proctor says:

    what you dont know: the clowns water gun is full of AIDS infected blood!!1! :D

  125. [...] Puts a whole new, and knowing, spin on a huge visual trend. Are we kids again? Or clowns? [...]

  126. Bobbo says:

    Id be scared to if i found out i had to wear that to work everyday from now on

  127. Zanuha says:

    LOOK OUT! ITS A SUPER SOAKER FLAMETHROWER!

  128. Andrew says:

    The troopers are recoiling at the sight of him, so it is working (Within bounds of reason)

  129. Nuckelhedd says:

    I would be surprised if a dozen of you had the courage this young man has. Imagine yourself standing in front of an entire squad of riot police trained to take you out of the equation known as humanity. Are you safe? Do you have this mans courage? Can you stand at the front? Most of us cannot …

    We ought to support those who go before us…
    imho

  130. Common Sense says:

    For the clown, Id call it a win.

  131. Shao Khan says:

    The Clown wins. Failality.

  132. Alastor says:

    Hehe, you guys are stupid. They’re gonna be looking for army guys. They won’t be looking for a clown.

  133. RKFTW says:

    LOOK OUT! HE HAS A GUN!!!!!!!!!

  134. Harry says:

    that is actually THE epitomy of failure

  135. wolfe says:

    surely its a clown win?

    he looks like hes 15 and all the soldiers just shat themselves at the sight of him :)

  136. Maneir says:

    Everyone fears clowns. No exceptions.

  137. Sira Nightfyre says:

    I’m way too amused that he shows up in a clown suit with a water pistol, and the TRAINED MEN are backing away with expressions of “OMG HELP.”

  138. SomeOne says:

    Trust the Israeli army to have coulrophobia.

  139. PsychoDad says:

    I fought with your father in the Clown Wars.

  140. Noah Hardy says:

    Clown WIN!

  141. Bleh says:

    Oh god. I can see everyone else is totally intimidated by the clown! :P

  142. JJ says:

    Well, this is a total courage win for the clown…

  143. žogu cena says:

    clowns are scary..

  144. toast says:

    The clown is the smart one. They’ll be looking for army guys to kill, not clowns!


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