Ready... aim... fire

"Just because they make that shirt in your size doesn't mean you have to wear it." Whoa... did he really just say that to the overweight girl walking by?! Yes, yes he did. This from a man wearing a clown mask and orange prison jumpsuit sitting above a dunk tank. While in NYC last week we stumbled upon the 80th Annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy and were met by the clown along with other carnival games and the smell of Italian sausage and fresh cannolis. The sign above him read, "Warning: Clown may be offensive." You think? I wondered if he was moonlighting from "Shoot the Freak" at Coney Island. You read that correctly. Players pay to shoot paintball bullets with air-rifles at a live human target or "freak" who insults the crowd while attempting to dodge the bullets. Not only did he look scary, but it was a little scary to think that this is what American "culture" has come to. Plus, isn't the San Gennaro Festival supposed to be a religious celebration of the Patron Saint of Naples? I guess they have freaks in Italy too.