Reuters is reporting on a study which concludes that clowns ease anxiety in young patients:
A clown in the operating room may relax anxious children who are about to undergo surgery, but the entertainer has to learn to keep out of the way, Italian researchers said on Monday. […]
I mean, sure, I can understand that clowns would need to stay out of the way, but I can only imagine the extent to which the study covered that issue if the reporter thought it relevant enough to mention it in the opening paragraph.
“You damn clowns!” exclaimed Dr Frederick Petronko as he shoved Honkers out of the way. […]
Well, all right, that’s not actually a real quote. But that’s what I was hoping I’d come across as I read through the article.