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?"