I have a phobia about clowns. They really and truly frighten me. I truly start to panic if one comes over to me at a carnival or something. My husband took the kids to see Cirque de Soleil when we were in Orlando on vacation. I had to pass, and stayed at the hotel. My local shoe store had a clown statue outside the door, and my kids would yell and shout at me about it when we drove past (Hey, Mom, don't look now, but there's a CLOWN outside of Marty's shoes!). My kids think this is extremely funny, and I hear them whispering to their friends (My Mom's scared of clowns!) and giggling about it.

I just wanted to know if there are others out there that share this clown-o-phobia.