Fair Fact List...
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Alison's newest blog mentions going to the fair and one of the top Fact List facts. The very top Fact List fact was thought of by The Mom, it is:
If Alison is home, she has to answer the phone when it rings
There is a long story about this one... to be discussed later...
So, you go to the fair and you want to go on a ride. These things zip around, snap you back and forth at rib and back snapping speeds, take you in the air and sneer at and mock the laws of physics and gravity. All the while, they are groaning, rattling and shaking in a way that means that every third bolt is missing and the only thing keeping it from launching its riders into distance places in the county is centrifugal force and several layers of corn dog grease.
But not only do people go on them, they cheerfully put their kids on them. If they paused to think, they would realize that the ride was put together and is being run by someone who you usually wouldn't let park your car. (I'm sure that there are proficient and capable people that work at these fairs but I just haven't seen one yet.)
So, the Fact List fact for fairs is:
Don't ride on anything that goes in a circle or leaves the ground
I like this Fact List fact (happy smile).
The Dad
posted by The Dad @ 7:31 AM
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5 Comments:
i took a ride in a hot air ballon once and i think that should be an exception to the rule...er fact.
One of my favorite fair facts is that it is one of the many Piepmeier Family exeptions to our, otherwise strict, junk food policies.
If the fair was in town (this include the Putnam County or the TTU Fun Frolic) we were guaranteed, at least, 1 tasty fair treat. I usually got the Elephant Ear. It was good, but more importantly, it was BIG (especially if you remember how tiny I was when I was 5). I still pick sweets in the same manner today. I want it to be tastey, but I want it to be around more than 20 secs.
I would agonize over what to get. Should I go for cotton candy, which was incredibly insubstantial but LARGE, or the elephant ear, which was not quite sweet enough for me? One time I got a candy apple, and that was a total rip off. Under that candy was an APPLE! That's not a treat! I think I always got a funnel cake at Opryland.
Candy apples are totally a rip off! It should come with a cup of caramel or sprinkes that you get to dip your slobbery apple in after you've eaten the outside layer!
Mmm, slobbery apple dip...
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