Yay!! The fair is here!!! Do you guys have county fairs where you come from?? I figure yall from the states do but what about my omg-so-cool-I've-got-a-few-people-that-come-here-from-other-contries-isn't-that-neato-as-shit folks?? Or maybe you have your own version?C. has only been to the fair ONCE in his life and he didn't ride any rides or even eat FOOD!!! Eeek! GAWD no food? That's half of what we GO for. (and to see the hoochies come out in daylight) I felt this had to be remedied post haste.
The fair has an awesome power to bring everyone out - FULLY embrassing their chosen nitche in society. The Hoochies get hoochier! The Emos put on thier very best displays, the Flava Flav impersonators bringout thier best bling, (damn how do they not get maimed by all that gold if they go on a ride???) The rednecks wear their best confederate apparel and the hillbilies - well the hillbillies just act like they normaly do, not too much change for them folk we just keep on keepin on.
I mentioned Whorecraft - (a spoof I found from Alan (over on my link bar) ) because the gals running the arts and craft (68+ and not a day younger) were all in a tizzy about some of the hoochie crafters appearance in their sacred quilting barn. Sorry gramma just because that little ho-philly-J-Lo-Fergelicious-wanna-be MADE a quilt or doily it doesn't mean she's a gonna dress like one. Well actually she MIHGT have been wearing a doily so look at that! It's functional!
We walked through the animal barns where I tried to perfect my sheep, chicken and turkey calls to the dismay of my poor love-burrito companion. I'm sorry but when I hear a sheep "mzBaaaaa" I have an uncontrolable urge to try and mimic it to the best of my ability. I think it's the hillbilly in my blood, it's kind of like male pattern baldness it just can't be helped. And Come ON!! Growing up with chickens really helped me hone my clucking skillzz and damn it I wanted to show off for my true love. Shouldn't he be happy to discover my hidden talents?? I'll give it to him on the turkeys though, I just can't quite do it and end up sounding like a big ole chicken being screwed by a vibrating donkey, or something, it's just not right.When we walked through the horse barn I told sweet naive tortilla that the horses with braides in their hair belong to black people.
He just stared at me for a bit and didn't say anything so if we ever take a kid to the fair I might want to clear that one up.
We went on the scariest ride and my poor taco had to close his eyes.
*quietly* - bwwaaaahahahha! shhhhhh.......
It took all I had not to ruin his MAN status by laughing at him. Come on now THAT'S love.
And on to the food. Experienced fair go-er that I am I know what to get (fair-fries, corn-dog, Elepahnt-ear, fresh lemonade, bi-pass surgeon) but silly independent mexican wouldn't listen to me. He chose to get buffalo wings -HOT!!- and of course they turned out to be generic not-hot-at-all soggy chicken wings. They were so gross he couldn't finish and I felt sorry for him and shared my fair fries. He got a little too grabby with em so I sent his ass packin to get a corn dog - that was wonderful, he loved, and ended up getting TWO of. Thank-You very much maybe you'll listen next time pal???
We went to get on the ferris wheel (so we could make out and I could feel him up) and there was NO line. How cool right?? We stood waiting for like two minutes and some parents sent their two leeeeeeetle girls up to ride ALL-BY-OURSELVES!!! Cute kids, whatever we listened to them talk about how they were going to be so brave and ride the ride like big kids.Little bastards. Just as C. and I got settled in to our seat (and I was figuring out just how to postion myself for maximum dirty play) those little punks rushed our ride and ran into the same Gondola WITH us. Turns out they didn't feel like big kids after all and didn't figure the kind strangers would mind them coming along. ICK, talk about an instant buzz kill. Eww. Ah-well, sweet unknowing chorizo didn't KNOW that he was about to be molested so really I was the only one disappointed.
Good times.




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Non-American here! *raises hand* And yeah, we do have fairs (I wrote a little about ours two months ago) and depending on where they are held they are huge and fun and wonderful or crappy. Guess what kind our village has.
For instance, I had the worst hamburger I have ever had in my life there. And we get maybe one or two kind of rides here. This year I don't think there were any at all but two years ago I ate a mosquito while spinning around on one. Thinking of, I'd take that mosquito over that hamburger any day. So there.
BTW, I (...) end up sounding like a big ole chicken being screwed by a vibrating donkey, or something, it's just not right. ??!
Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha! *cracked rib*
OMG! I LOVE fairs! Surely you got Chino to have a funnel cake? The best and worst about the fair! lol
Well, it's been many moons since I made out while on the ferris wheel...I miss that. The weather isn't so great here right now due to the tropical storm and incoming Hurricane Dean, so no skanky carnivals are in town either.
Crap! Now I totally have the urge to go makeout on a ferris wheel...
Man oh man!!! I LOVE fairs!! We are about to have our county fair next weekend and I SO plan to go and take the girls on the rides and get my fix of funnel cakes!! None of that fruity crap on my funnel cake, just plain ol' powdered sugar, please!! Why make your funnel cake all soggy with that fruity crap, as if pouring 5 cups of fruity crap on top is gonna make it healthier!
And yeah, that line that Krissie quoted? AHAHAHAHAhahahahaha!!!
I have heard more Mexican racial slurs from you than all other places combined. Congratulations. At this point, I'm fairly sure that you make them up on the spot.
Oh and next time you think that YOU have the best fairs, think: PNE*. Canada owns.
*Note: I have never actually been to the PNE, despite geographical proximity. I have, however, heard that it's cool.
Next time you will have to have some strategy, like pretending to throw up when someone wants you to babysit their kids!
I looooove the Texas State Fair and it's coming up in Sept/Oct! You've got me totally in the mood for funnel cakes, corny dogs and smooching on a ride. Maybe I should hang on to BTJ for awhile longer?
Food on a stick is the BEST! Did they have the deep fried Snickers? The thought makes me want to vomit, but I have heard they are to die for!
My husband took me to the L.A. County Fair, or as I like to call it, Ghetto Goes to the Farm, a few years back. We followed that up with the Colorado State Fair the year after - a huge disappointment, with the exception of mutton busting. For some reason, seeing hicks tie their children to sheep and sending them headlong into wooden fences is fucking hysterical.
I agree with Krissie on the rib busting - the visual of the chicken and the donkey damn near made me wet my pants.
Krissie - I do believe you should ban your villages fair. Seriously, the day you choose the west nile virus over a hamburger might be a bit of a sign. Just sayin (and thanx!)
Sassy- We had an elephant ear, I've never had a funnel cake. Hey! Glad to help in makin you want to hor it up a bit. But remember those doctors orders!! (just messin;)
Jenny - Good rant darling, very well played! :) So you're a funnel cake-er too??? Huh.
I don't know about the F.C. but I'm on the same boat with you as far as the fruit goes - Leave that CRAP. OFF my Elephant ear! Yuck.
Alan, why yes I do make a lot of them up. It's like a game to see just how many I can put into one post. (actualy I USED to use more real ones but I noticed that my blog had been translated into spanish by the blogger translator thing by someone out there and it kind of freaked me out and I sort of don't want to be killed by the M.Maf. so I'm gonna just go with "burrito baby" instead)
Lady - I wanted to just tell them to get out and get on the next one but I just don't have the heart to do it.
Cruiser - You do the Funnel Cakes too?? Has ANYBODY had an elephant ear? What the heck?? If you keep BTJ around he might want to SHARE your fair food! I've been wondering what's been going on with you two, but if smooching on the tilt-a-whirl is all that's keeping you from nixing his ass. . . Well, ya know - ass, curb.
Driving - Ya know I've SEEN the deep fried oreos and twinkies and such but I haven't had the stomach to try em. It looks like the corn dog breading and just kind of grosses me out. My friend Pam says they are great so ya never know. If you try, do tell.
TYING thier children to sheep? TYING??? Are these kids happy about it? What in the WORLD???
What 'zactly is an elephant ear, btw?
And as for BTJ, remember that I said he's in sales? Yeah, he's good at convincing me to keep him around. In more than just a couple of ways. Heh.
I find it surprising you didn't give those younglings a lesson or two about what big girls really do on the Ferris Wheel.
I'm not much a fan of fairs. $7 beers, awful smells, you have to watch where you step everywhere and Phish or Dave Matthews aren't even in concert!
Did you at least take Chino on the Tilt-A-Hurl?
Cruiser - go to indianafarmgirl.blogspot.com and read her second to last post. She has a picture and just about sums it up. Maybe this is a north/south thing? (ok and I can't blame for keeping a *ahem* convincing *cough cough* kind of guy around. *BIG WINK* ;)
Portland - Sorry I'm not into terrifying children.
Sgt. I sort of hate the tilt-a-whirl. Maybe it's not fair for me not to take him on it though. He should have the chance to form his own opinion and not just be subjected to my favorites. We're going to a diff. fair next month so maybe we'll give it a whirl. (har har)
Yummmmmmm. Looks like a funnel cake just smooshed. Nummy. I'm on my way.....
I've had elephant ears before, but I'm partial to the funnel cakes. Funnel cakes are more fun to eat! Oohh.. I'm looking forward to the fair this weekend and introducing the girls to funnel cake!! I'll be sure to drag the bathroom sink with me to wash their hands in, though! Fair bathrooms suck! And with 3 little ones... their hands touch EVERYTHING! ACK Yuck ewwww **shudder**!!
They LOOK more fun to eat. Can I get it with cinnamon and sugar?
EEEEaaalll! Good luck with the handi-wipes!! *geek alert* - I love the replacement packs for the baby wipes boxes cuz they're bendy and can go in my purse easily.
Other non-American here! And yes, we have fairs too. But minus the animals. Just merry-go-rounds, ferris wheels, wild rides with carts that twist and turn and bump in all directions, kiddie rides...
I don't like the fair in our town very much, because the paths in between the rides are very narrow, and it always feels like everyone decided to come out to the fair all at once. I like bigger fairgrounds though, where there is lots of space to just walk around and stare at other people.
Our food classics:
-cotton candy (barbapapa)
-fruit on a stick submerged in melted chocolate or some kind of extremely sweet syrup that hardens around the fruit
-nougat (can't describe that, google it)
-waffles
-something called 'oliebollen' or 'smoutebollen'. It's basically a kind of deep fried dough balls. You pour a spoonful of liquid batter into hot oil, fry, and that's it.
-the same as above with fruit in it
-snails (yes, yuck)
And of course hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, ...
Our fair is this week... and I'm dreading to take our boy, but you know, anything for the kid!
@Elephant Ears: We call them 'whale's tails' here. I thought it was worldwide, but maybe it's just the City of Mystery and surrounding area. Clue: Below the 49th, yet not swimming. Not on the West Coast either.
Ah, I love fairs too... the smell of vomit, the sound of hawkers trying to tell you their plastic skeleton hand is Very Scary indeed... Actuallly I do love fairs - who doesn't? I went on the zipper with a friend who was scared of heights once. Fun.
Bel - Waffles and snails? Are snails really chewy? I always imagined they would be. Are they really expensive? We only get snails here in like really fancy resturaunts. Yes snail = fancy. Goofy right? Oooooo your fruit on a stick with chocolate sounds YUMMMMMY. Have some fun with the boy ok and you have to let him have cotton candy! :)
Alan, ahhh so you remember our little game yes? Verdy goood verrrdy ggoooot. ;)
Sparx, Is that the one with the two bullet capsule things that go up around and upside down in a big circle? (ours are always green for some reason) That one? Eeek if she was afraid of heights I'm imagining you perhaps suffered some hearing loss. Fun as hell right?
When we walked through the horse barn I told sweet naive tortilla that the horses with braides in their hair belong to black people.
He just stared at me for a bit and didn't say anything so if we ever take a kid to the fair I might want to clear that one up.........
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *snort* this is the best few sentences in this comment. how come I have never thought of that. btw I am a converted reader from WaiterRant, LOVE your Blog you little HOR!!!!
Hi Patty! Thank You so much! Nobody mentioned that line and I was so proud of it! You've made my day. :) Thanks for commenting, I hope you'll come back.
I love playing the games. Specially the one where you squirt water into a clowns mouth and have to fill the balloon up. :)
I also loved the fried dough... yummmmmm.
Patti - MMmmmmmmmmm frrrriiiiieeeedddddd Mmmmmmmmmm.
Sorry, having a Homer moment. mmmm....
LOL.. you nut
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