I guarantee you that this will be the most terryfying story you will read today. In fact, Ranker ranks Pennywise the clown as the fourth most terrifying figure in horror films. Allow me to rephrase. I guarantee you that this will be the fourth most terryfying story you will read today.
Clowns are scary enough, but with Pennywise there's the additional element of psychological terror. Which brings me to Peter Sarstedt's 1969 pop classic "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" and particularly the lyric
"I know the thoughts that surround you
'Cause I can look inside your head."
The music streaming service Deezer reported that 30 percent of people are more turned on when tunes are playing during sex, 25 percent said it made the sex itself feel better. I checked the science. Apparently it releases dopamines. Which makes sense. I've had sex with a lot of dopes, I mean. But at least whenever I've listened to a bit of contemporary pop and rock during the act, the experience hasn't been a total waste of time.
It's probably dawning on regular readers by now. This is another adult role play. I make no apologies. The pandemic is back on. And even if you don't go a bundle on the plot, one of you is going to have a ton of fun dressing up as a clown.
It's Halloween and a clown walks into a psychiatrists. OK, the psychiatrist costume is going to be boring. I'll give you that. But you can swap roles. Lady clowns are nearly as unfunny as gentleman clowns. And it goes without saying that this role play works just as well if you're in a single-sex relationship.
But if neither of you really can't stomach dressing as a psychiatrist, no matter how sexily on Halloween, try reading the masterful script from 'Hazel's Horrific Halloween Humping.' (Also by this author.) Then one of you can dress as a witch and the other gets to wear really tight tights.
Anyway, in case anyone's still with me, here is the 'Scary Shrink Suggests Sex' script.
May Glove: "You're a bit of a clown, aren't you?"
Clown: "Bloody hell, what a shrink you are. I haven't even introduced myself. How did you work it out?"
May Glove: "Years of training and the footwear. The Docs were a big clue. Yellow laced 28EEE boots. As a doctor I surmised that they were far too big for your feet and that you must be wearing them in some professional capacity."
Clown: "Anything else?"
May Glove: "Of course. The boots alone are also the trademark of a pinball wizard, as are the Bay City Roller pants. As far as your lower body was concerned it was a toss up."
Clown: "So something above the waist gave me away."
May Glove: "The gaudy jacket didn't settle anything. It was the sort of thing Elton John would have worn from Soho down to Brighton. Now he also loves a flower, but I'm a bit of a horticulturalist and the one in your buttonhole isn't like any I've seen on 'Gardener's World'. Elton spends thousands at the Watford Interflora, but my thinking is that yours came from Acme Jokes Ltd. Plus you used it to squirt me with water."
Clown: "You knew that was me?"
May Glove: "I'm very observant."
Clown: "So what confirmed it?"
May Glove: "Two things apart from the make-up. The giant red nose and the Ronald McDonald hair."
Clown: "You're amazing. But my name is actually Donald McRonald, and you'd be much more comfortable if you stripped butt naked. Then we could really get down to the serious business of fucking."
May Glove: "I beg your pardon?"
Donald McRonald: "I said that you were amazing."
May Glove: "After that."
Donald McRonald: "Nothing. You may have heard the clown talking. He can be very inappropriate at times."
May Glove: "He suggested that I take off all my clothes and have sexual relations with him."
Donald McRonald: "That sounds like him alright. Actually he was being very reserved. He's normally completely lacking social boundaries. He could use the services of a good psychiatrist."
May Glove: "I happen to be a very good psychiatrist."
Donald McRonald: "What a bit of luck. Could you give him a bit of advice to set him straight?"
May Glove: "Psychiatry doesn't work that way. Patients generally need years of counselling."
Donald McRonald: "And then they're cured?"
May Glove: "Goodness no." Where do you think we would we be if people got better?"
Donald McRonald: "In the Lancet."
May Glove: "No silly, in the poor house. It's not easy getting people to think they have a mental problem, but if you're lucky enough to persuade them, curing them is the last thing you want to do."
Donald McRonald: "Because the world is mad and they wouldn't fit in?"
May Glove: "Because if you cured them they wouldn't come back. Repeat business is key."
Donald McRonald: "So you reckon you'll need to counsel him for some time?"
May Glove: "Tourette's influenced multiple personality disorder doesn't tend to go away in a hurry."
Donald McRonald: "I'm a busy man. I can give you an hour and if you get me sorted I'll give you £10,000 cash."
May Glove: "I could try the abridged version. Tell me about your childhood."
Donald McRonald: "It began at birth. I was young at the time, but gradually got older. Then I became an adult and put childish things away."
May Glove: "I'm going to need a few specifics. As a child, did you ever encounter a clown?"
Donald McRonald: Yes, I used to love clowns. But then one day I was taken to the circus by my mummy. After a while she said she had to go to the toilet, but she was a very long time. And remember, this was years before we had to spend 20 seconds washing our hands. So I went to look for her. When I got outside I noticed one of the caravans was bouncing up and down."
May Glove: "Was a mechanic jacking it up because it had a flat tyre?"
Donald McRonald: "No, I thought it must be an exciting ride, so I went in and one of the clowns was jacking it up my mummy so to speak."
May Glove: "So in a way it was an exciting ride. No, I'm sorry, that was very unprofessional of me. I meant to say that it must have been very disturbing."
Donald McRonald: "They weren't disturbed at all. He kept on and on. I thought he was hurting my mummy because she was screaming."
May Glove: "I meant for you. It's the sort of incident that often leads to coulrophobia, but in your case you've developed a split personality. Sorry to interject. Carry on Donald."
Donald McRonald: "I wouldn't mind interjecting you with a little something."
May Glove: "I didn't mean for you to carry on with the 'Carry On' humour Donald."
Donald McRonald: "I didn't say a word. Must've been that clown."
May Glove: "Of course. Shut your fucking mouth you red nosed twat! Now continue Donald."
Donald McRonald: "When they were finished my mummy noticed me. I asked her if she was alright and she said that she was better than alright and that as my daddy was a layabout this was the only way she had to pay the clown in order to get our tickets."
May Glove: "And as a way of justifying your mother's behaviour you took on the persona of a foul mouthed clown?"
Donald McRonald: "From the word go I started messing about in class. My teacher would tell me to stop playing the clown. It made me angry because I thought she meant I was doing what my mother did."
May Glove: "Paying the clown?"