From Florida, of course 😄

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There’s even more to the story, every step even more absurd than the other:

US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year
US woman backflips in court, pleads guilty to smuggling 24-carat gold gun into Sydney

A review of Goodson’s phone revealed she had searched online “can I have a gun in my suitcase?” and set a calendar entry with a note reminding her to “put gun in suitcase”.

“What about the gun in your bag?” she was asked by a customs officer. Goodson replied: “Oh yeah, I forgot about that.”

“I am scared of shooting it… I would probably just pistol whip until I got training again,” she said.

The court also heard that she previously owned two other guns while living in the States, but she had accidentally given them away. "Those guns I ended up giving away, because I accidentally left them in a donation box."

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92 points

Clown school principal: “I’m sorry ma’am, we have nothing to teach you.”

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US woman backflips in court

I’m gonna need a courtroom sketch of that

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24 points

You’re welcome.

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13 points

The stupid of this chick really manages to one-up itself with each sentence, huh?

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11 points

Holy fuck 💀

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Oh wow that’s as Florida as it gets

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This is so bizarre. Clown school? Gold plated gun?

And to top it off, an American with no concept of laws being different outside the US

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But, wait! There’s more…

her lawyer argued she should not have to serve prison time because her “creative side is coming back out now,” adding that she volunteers at a local art center and is working on an album.

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That’s the best argument she could come up with? Well, good luck with that.

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17 points

Well she is a literal clown

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as someone who went to clown school, I can’t say that everyone there was very smart.

they had to have an intervention with the year below me because they all stopped eating solid food to do a fad diet with some kind of herbal tea.

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I want to lie down on a rug in front of the fireplace and listen to your clown school tales, while you sit in a rocking chair and knit

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28 points

Wouldn’t tying balloon animals be more appropriate than knitting?

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8 points

Too squeaky

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Just putting it out there - this is one of those situations where a story about the inner drama of clown school (with pictures if possible) could elevate you to an internet legend. I personally had no idea it was a multi-year process.

Joel McHale might play you in the movie adaptation. This lady could make a cameo once she’s out of prison and deported back to the US. Maybe don’t startle her on set, though.

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I bet you could do a really interesting AMA based on that experience

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Dude, you’re only making us more anxious for the storytelling hour

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Another vote for Clown School AMA. I used to know a couple jugglers, they had friends who were street performers and professional clowns, always very interesting.

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French clown school?

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No. A 3 year course at a major UK drama school but many of the tutors did lecoq, gaulier or worked with major companies: told by an idiot, Slava, Frantic, Spymonkey, LAnge Fou…

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That is how you show up to clown school.

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They can just hand her the diploma and send her off again.

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She deserves an honorary doctorate in clownology

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