Send in the Wednesday One-Liners

Ghetto kid at a carnival: Man, that wasn't no clown. That was just someone dressed like a clown!

--P.S. 218, The Bronx

Overheard by: Children are the future

Fourteen-year-old black girl to friend: You should have thrown a brick at a clown and seen the blood. You would have loved that.

--7th Ave Street Fair, Park Slope

Overheard by: send in the clowns

Little girl, pointing at obvious pimp: Look mommy, look! A clown!

--Brooklyn

Janitor to clown post-show: Everybody loves clowns. Even Bill Gates!

--Barnum & Bailey Circus

Slightly crazed looking man to well-dressed blonde chick: For $300 you'll get a clown and a playboy bunny!

--E4th & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: I might consider paying up