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A couple more pics from the fair

Girl in pink jacket eating corn dog at the GA National Fair
Girl in pink jacket eating corn dog at the GA National Fair
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Cotton Candy and Caramel Apples
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GA National Fair Midway - Game of Oops
Georgia National Fair Midway, Game of Oops
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Basketball toss at the fair
H.o.p. surveying the basketball toss at the fair

H.o.p. mentioned a couple of times before going to the fair that he wanted to do one of the ball toss games. At the fair he mentioned it once and I didn’t even give him a chance, replying, “It’s all rigged, it’s all rigged.”

His first time at the fair…I feel like I should have let him play the game and regret that I didn’t. Even though it’s all rigged. Seriously, what’s the point in going to a fair if not to be bilked. It’s not like it isn’t the rule in everyday life either…like at the elections…so I shouldn’t be so hard on the fair.

Despite explanations, H.o.p. doesn’t get what it means for something to be rigged. He doesn’t get it. “But I have very good luck,” he insists.

I’m also one of those people who doesn’t trust fair food and so I didn’t eat anything until the end of the day when I was starving and went for a funnel cake, having never had one. Looking at all the brightly colored food emporiums in the pictures makes me wish I had eaten something…like a philly steak sandwich or a kielbasa. A kielbasa is sounding really good.

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5 responses to “A couple more pics from the fair”

  1. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    Wow! I haven’t been to the fair in years. The strongest memory I have is of one of those “rigged” things. There was a place where they had tiny cages, each one with a lone parakeet inside. On top of the cage was a saucer. If you could toss a quarter into a saucer and it didn’t bounce out, you could win a parakeet. I tried so hard to win a parakeet. I wanted to rescue one. They looked so sad in their tiny cages. And besides I already had pet parakeets so I would have been happy with another one. I’m not sure how many quarters I tossed, maybe two or three dollars worth. And as you can imagine my quarters missed entirely or landed in the saucers and bounced out. I wanted to so much to win one and felt so disappointed. I was actually pretty good at pitching and that sort of things so I had thought I stood a good chance. But as you said, it is pretty rigged. But it seemed like it was so important to win and I felt so sad that I didn’t.

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  2. Idyllopus Avatar
    Idyllopus

    Hadn’t been to a county fair type carnival since I was a young teen, and had never been to anything this large. Have been wondering what the difference is between the State Fair and the Georgia National Fair.

    I didn’t see parakeets. They did have fish one could win (which I imagine wouldn’t last very long once one got them home). I can well imagine the sense of urgency you felt to save the parakeet, and can imagine myself having done the same except as a child I never played any of the games because of their being rigged. Seems like it would be difficult to keep parakeets (and fish) alive in conditions like that and that they’d only want to keep them for a certain length of time before letting someone win them.

    It was a nice time. H.o.p.’s eyes were glowing with wonder. But boy is it expensive! If you have kids who live carnival rides, you’re going to be shelling out a lot of money as every ride seemed at least $3. Not to mention food and entry fees.

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  3. Idyllopus Avatar
    Idyllopus

    Uh duh, the Georgia National Fair has competitors from all over th south.

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  4. Kate S. Avatar
    Kate S.

    MMMMmmmm…. caramel apples, cotton candy, snow cones, sausages! I’m getting a sugar rush. Must be time for lunch. Yep. It is.

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  5. Idyllopus Avatar
    Idyllopus

    I’m still hungry for a good kielbasa.

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