Politics / Government - The Great Clown Depression

"We've searched everywhere there would be clowns, circuses, fast-food restaurants, Las Vegas--we spent a lot of time in Vegas."
" Thirty-six years! "
"We even checked the U.S. Congress! It was full of clowns, but none of them were funny! "
-Flappy Bob's parents, The Fairly OddParents

How else do you think Fart Shartly ended up on Vineland Island?