At the Texas state fair.

Been here for four hours, eight more to go.

If anyone else is here I'll be the guy barely hobbling around with two busted knees.

Doing what?

do they have deep fried everything on a stick?

In reply to Sine_Qua_Non:

Walking around in agony.

In reply to novaderrik:

Yes, they even have fried Coke, though I'm not sure it's on a stick.

Nick_Comstock wrote: In reply to Sine_Qua_Non: Walking around in agony.

And you are there because?

In reply to Sine_Qua_Non:

SWMBO said so.

funnel cakes ftw

Not there this weekend. Probably next.

Ha! I get free passes at work and I still dont go. Last time i went i ate so much fried "food" i was pooping like a goose for days afterward.

Besides Good Guys is Oct 5-7 and i am looking for some stuff. I will probably do that instead of the fair this year.

novaderrik wrote: do they have deep fried everything on a stick?

On all the state fair lists, it's between us and texas every time. Texas usually wins on sheer girth. We just don't have the population to compete, but dammit, we're still better than they are.

In reply to mndsm:

Shut your blasphemous mouth

We have fried ice cream, fried lemonade, fried crawdad boil, and fried snickers. Ergo The Lord has chosen Texas as the promised land...

Ojala wrote: In reply to mndsm: Shut your blasphemous mouth We have fried ice cream, fried lemonade, fried crawdad boil, and fried snickers. Ergo The Lord has chosen Texas as the promised land...

The only one I cannot confirm we have from personal experience is fried crawdad boil. That's a low country thing- most minnesotans would be frightened by it. I would not disagree that Texas would be a better place to LIVE (I dislike winter muchly) but I'm pretty sure MN's state fair is better. I can get deep fried tater tot hotdish on a stick. /contest.

it's probably the same vendors selling the same fried stuff on the same sticks at both fairs... but MN wins because it's not 110 degrees in the shade while the fair is going on- it's only 95 with 135% humidity..

and no one outside of the MN/Dakotas/WI/Iowa area has any clue about the heavenly concoction known as tater tot hotdish- so far, we've done a pretty good job of keeping that one to ourselves. can't say that i've ever tried it fried on a stick, tho...

There is a college football game going on in the cotton bowl right now, which is in the fair grounds. And it's only in the mid 80's.

so MN wins, since we don't have to deal with the college football crowd..

Nick_Comstock wrote: In reply to Sine_Qua_Non: SWMBO said so.

For 12 hours, nope. I would have dropped her off and left.

novaderrik wrote: so MN wins, since we don't have to deal with the college football crowd..

We don't even have the REGULAR football crowd, just the eatin' crowd.

What the berkeley could she find to do for 12 hours at the State Fair? Unless she's a vendor...

Been a long time since I've been to one... Do they still have the auto exhibit? If so, that might relieve your suffering for an hour.

I'm sitting in my booth at the New England State fair right now. I sell coin banks that I invented for kids. www.bigbellybanks.net. It's 14 hours a day for 17 straight days. This is my 21st year doing it. I've sold them at the MN state fair in the past. Love the money but the days are long.

and I'm never moving to texas.

http://mynorthwest.com/992/2613304/Banned-Seattle-author-defends-Art-of-Racing-in-the-Rain?google_editors_picks=true

mndsm wrote: On all the state fair lists, it's between us and texas every time. Texas usually wins on sheer girth. We just don't have the population to compete, but dammit, we're still better than they are.

Rated by attendance, Minnesota is #2 and Texas is #1, but that doesn't take into account the Minnesota fair runs for ten days and the Texas fair runs for three weeks.

She has to be anyplace as soon as they open. You know, to beat the crowd. We got there before the games and most of the rides opened.

I believe the best time to get to the fair is a couple hours before dusk then stay until the close the place. That's exciting to a young boy. Getting to stay up and be out later than usual, and the fair atmosphere at night is something special.

Anyway, we only made it nine hours. The boy had a blast. And it may be three weeks before I can walk normal again.

I swear I'm going to be in a scooter before I'm 40.

novaderrik wrote: it's probably the same vendors selling the same fried stuff on the same sticks at both fairs... but MN wins because it's not 110 degrees in the shade while the fair is going on- it's only 95 with 135% humidity.. and no one outside of the MN/Dakotas/WI/Iowa area has any clue about the heavenly concoction known as tater tot hotdish- so far, we've done a pretty good job of keeping that one to ourselves. can't say that i've ever tried it fried on a stick, tho...

Not true neither me nor my wife are from MN but she makes tater tot casserole. I had to look it up to know what you were talking about because I haven't heard it called that.

Didn't they debut a Colorado "Sport" model there? Might be of minimal interest if you've got nothing else to do.