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little miss <insert area here> child pageants judged by creepy old men wearing fezes are an american staple
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Jan 12, 2021 18:12
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Love my favorite president
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Jan 12, 2021 18:23
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Seeing the dinos on page 11 reminds me of the dental office on right off a main road and a neighborhood corner, with a dinosaur and a toothbrush. That naturally was destroyed by a drunk driver, not too long ago. That is AMERICANA. I think it might currently be being rebuilt and is a wire frame.
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Jan 12, 2021 19:28
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The Kentucky State Fair was THE social event of the summer back in the 80s. It was usually held the week before school started so there was a good change you'd run into some kids you had not seen all summer. Lots of summer romances sparked due to this as well. I'm sure a lot has changed but remember that Kentucky's two largest exports were tobacco and coal. Philip Morris had booth where they would hand out packs to Marlboros to anyone that asked, even kids. There was also a booth that handed out lumps of coal (with some kind of lacquer on them) which seems really strange. There was a pipe lighting content where the person that kept their tobacco pipe burning the longest won. There was also a tobacco spitting contest. The most popular food item I can recall was a fired pork chop sandwich. Oh and stuff like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R60vZTZmXmY
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Jan 12, 2021 19:30
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Do the fairs have chicken pooping bets? It's where you have a chicken wander around a gridded enclosure and people can be on which grid tile it poops in first.
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Jan 12, 2021 19:35
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RC and Moon Pie posted:I have been to not one, but two [animal] pie bingos. One with a cow, one with a goat. in the 70s i went to a bunch of concerts in the harrisburg farm show arena, like dr john, ten years after, mountain, fog hat, etc etc i have gotten high and danced in cowshit
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Jan 12, 2021 19:36
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This might give away where I’m from, but my hometown used to have porcupine races during the annual city fair.
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Jan 12, 2021 19:43
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State fairs sound like they loving own tbh
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Jan 12, 2021 19:49
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Blue Moonlight posted:This might give away where I’m from, but my hometown used to have porcupine races during the annual city fair. I've seen piglets, goats, and *I think* chicken races.
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Jan 12, 2021 19:52
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Dumb Sex-Parrot posted:Do the fairs have chicken pooping bets? It's where you have a chicken wander around a gridded enclosure and people can be on which grid tile it poops in first. Yep. My high school band once rented a cow (I know, I know) and marked squares on the football field for "Cow Pie Bingo". You paid $10 a square and if the cow poo poo in your square, you won half the money. The rest went to band uniforms.
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Jan 12, 2021 19:56
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then they deep fry the cow pie and the cow judges it
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Jan 12, 2021 20:17
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Two words: Milk Bar. State fairs are great. It is my one yearly indulgence in Americana. Last time I went, I saw a horse and buggy competition with Wurlitzer organ music. I have also stood in line for a baked potato at the Big E and do not regret it.
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Jan 12, 2021 21:39
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Where else do you buy your yearly hot tub besides the Big E? loving Coronavirus I'm going to be stuck with last years model!
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Jan 13, 2021 00:02
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The Big E is pretty nice. I bought my traeger there and got 100$ off because of it There's also usually a model train club with a booth selling 50/50 raffle tickets for autism awareness. The Maine statehouse is the only place I can get salsa made by a weatherman on tv for like 30 years without going to maine also
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Jan 13, 2021 00:15
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State fairs are so gross, I love them.
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Jan 13, 2021 00:33
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:You are forgetting the other things to do at the Great Minnesota Get-Together: I want this! 
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Jan 13, 2021 01:10
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I like the Big E, but going every year is a mistake. Taking a year or three off to let yourself rediscover stands with new eyes is the way. Though, I wish the Big E had some of the insane fried food of the Midwestern fairs, I’ve always wanted to see some of those abominations in person.
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Jan 13, 2021 01:15
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Missionary Positron posted:State fairs sound like they loving own tbh Inzombiac posted:State fairs are so gross, I love them.
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Jan 13, 2021 01:31
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State fairs, and their Canadian (I'm from canada so...) equivalents really are something to see. Like you have some pretty tasty food thats also going to reduce your life by several years. You can go on rides run, assembled and maintained by meth addicts. And watch in awe as slack jawed yokels gape with even greater awe as local eccentric Billy Bob Johnson tries to set/break some dubious world record like the most Japanese cars jumped by a 1995 dodge neon with front tires set on fire using gasoline as the accelerant. While some argue that Last years jump by Jim Bob Jones in the 1996 Neon was better because even though he jumped the same number of cars, he used Diesel and lit the REAR tires on fire before the jump.
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Jan 13, 2021 02:09
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As I said before I hadn’t ever been to a state fair until I was about 29. It blew my mind. I try to go every year now, except this last one with COVID and all. They still had it though For those out of the country, there is always a giant sculpture made out of butter. Here’s an example I found from google from the Iowa state fair in 2016  Life size butter Star Trek
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Jan 13, 2021 02:16
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Dear Watson posted:As I said before I hadn’t ever been to a state fair until I was about 29. It blew my mind. I try to go every year now, except this last one with COVID and all. They still had it though Well Captain Kirk IS from Iowa....
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Jan 13, 2021 02:18
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wesleywillis posted:Well Captain Kirk IS from Iowa.... he only works in space
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Jan 13, 2021 02:19
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Iowa state fair used to be crazy too because of the caucuses, so every presidential hopeful would put in some appearances Too bad they hosed all that up
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Inzombiac posted:State fairs are so gross, I love them. State fairs are good summary of what's gross and amazing at the same time like a funnel cake. https://twitter.com/JohnBeifuss/status/1124498113522278401
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Jan 13, 2021 03:35
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someone named their kid Leviathan??! 
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Jan 13, 2021 04:11
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Someone with the last name Spears, no less. That even beats "Crystal Spear" as far as my favorite spear-based-full-name combination
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Jan 13, 2021 05:05
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Maybe they thought that's what Levi was short for.
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Dumb Sex-Parrot posted:someone named their kid Leviathan??! The Lord of the Whorl approves 
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Jan 13, 2021 05:23
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leviathan is a unironically sick loving name
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Jan 13, 2021 05:25
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Slumpy posted:leviathan is a unironically sick loving name Leviathan for an athletic dude? Probably gonna be the coolest person around. Leviathan on a fat guy? Oh no. I feel sorry for even this imaginary person. I would love to see the statistics on how people named things like Leviathan, Hercules, Adonis, or similar turn out. Oh hold on, right, .jpg, a couple from my personal collection  
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Jan 13, 2021 05:36
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Missionary Positron posted:State fairs sound like they loving own tbh Fairs in general are a lot of fun. Rickety, dangerous, gluttonous fun
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Jan 13, 2021 07:18
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hope she's doing ok now ❤️
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Jan 13, 2021 08:11
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McGavin posted:Yeah. They're young onions that are harvested before the bulb begins to swell. The real mindfuck is that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan are all the same plant, selectively bred to look different. White button, crimini, and portabella mushrooms are all the same thing, just different stages of growth. Outrail posted:How many people inject lead pellets into their puckins to cheat the weigh in? I'm pretty legit sure that they x-ray them.
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Jan 13, 2021 08:45
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sliami posted:hope she's doing ok now ❤️ The link still works, so you can see for yourself.
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Jan 13, 2021 08:51
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McGavin posted:The link still works, so you can see for yourself. wait myspace still... exists? Dear god why. Like do people still use it? Who? Again why? So many question!
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Jan 13, 2021 09:23
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No state fair compares to what the Calgary Stampede is like. Especially as a local. A city of over a million people just dressing up like cowboys and drunk gently caress each other all day every day for a week and a half. People come from all over the world to revel in the redneck debauchery. STI infection rates skyrocket. Viral videos of daylight public threesomes go viral on the internet. It generates millions in tourist revenue. People can't wait to apply for temporary jobs at the grounds and wear it like a badge of honour. Kids enroll in band class specifically to work towards joining the Stage Band. It creates rolling power outages sometimes if the grid can't keep up. Our city center gets overrun by tourists driving the wrong way down streets. Light rail trains blare their horns constantly at traffic driving on their designated streets. The entire city gets covered in huge window paintings of cowboys, hail bails on every street corner, the smell of horse poo poo hangs over our skyscrapers for a month. It's wild up here, y'all.
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Picnic Princess posted:No state fair compares to what the Calgary Stampede is like. Especially as a local. A city of over a million people just dressing up like cowboys and drunk gently caress each other all day every day for a week and a half. People come from all over the world to revel in the redneck debauchery. STI infection rates skyrocket. Viral videos of daylight public threesomes go viral on the internet. It generates millions in tourist revenue. People can't wait to apply for temporary jobs at the grounds and wear it like a badge of honour. Kids enroll in band class specifically to work towards joining the Stage Band. It creates rolling power outages sometimes if the grid can't keep up. Our city center gets overrun by tourists driving the wrong way down streets. Light rail trains blare their horns constantly at traffic driving on their designated streets. The entire city gets covered in huge window paintings of cowboys, hail bails on every street corner, the smell of horse poo poo hangs over our skyscrapers for a month. It's wild up here, y'all. Calgary is an underrated city. I love the atmosphere up there year-round. If it wasn't for the harsh weather it would be a great place to move to. For now, it is a great fun to visit until this global warming thing picks up.
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they shouldnt have changed the devonian gardens
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