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Sep. 4th, 2009 10:11 amMinnesota's largest...boar.
Sep. 4th, 2009
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Sep. 4th, 2009 11:08 amTeriyaki ostrich on a stick. From the Asian food booth run by the Lutherans, lol.
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Sep. 4th, 2009 01:40 pmI am less wall-bouncy today, and can probably be coherent about the fair more so than yesterday. :D
We got up relatively early this morning. I slept well but had very weird dreams. Yesterday I LOLed myself stupid over one particular souvenir for sale, which was a unicorn with a PRIDE RAINBOW HORN. Those familiar with![[info]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ask_captainjack's fanfiction about Three Gay Unicorns will be especially amused when I eventually post photos. Anyway, I blame the gay unicorns for the dream I had about being responsible for the ENTIRE gay pride program at the Minnesota State Fair. And all I had were my wits and a bunch of inflatable Pride unicorns!
Anyway, we had breakfast at the hotel restaurant where our waiter was one of the Princess Kay finalists at the fair this year, and then took off for the fair early enough that it was just opening as we got there.
I'm glad I convinced the fam to go to the Miracle of Birth barn, because it was MUCH COOLER than they thought it would be, and Mum got to see the baby chicks hatching, which she loves to see. Also, I don't know who among you have seen piglets, but they look so...so...look, I don't want to say this, but they look THROWABLE. They're like tiny furry footballs. I would never throw a piglet! But they look like if you did they'd be totally aerodynamic.
We then saw, as you have no doubt seen, Minnesota's biggest boar, 1300 pounds of pure pig, who Lucky assures me is a stud boar and not a food pig. Because if it's between being bacon and lots of sex....
We did a lot of wandering today, but as the photos have shown we did get a CONE OF COOKIES from Sweet Martha's and some teriyaki ostrich on a stick (tangy but dry). I also snuck away from the 'rents for a moment to buzz the pro choice booth, tell them they were doing a fantastic job, and score some condoms (ALSO ON STICKS). I got handwriting analysis from a hilarious old-fashioned machine with DOT MATRIX printing and then we got MORE FOOD ON STICKS: A pronto pup corndog and a fudge puppy, which is a belgian waffle dunked in chocolate and topped with whipped cream. STICKS VS CONES is currently close, at 4-3. I'm not counting the condoms because you can't eat them.
Otherwise we mostly just mooched around -- we looked at the vendors and the home improvement building, sat and listened to a bit of Garrison Keillor at the MPR booth, rolled our eyes at the incredibly slow walkers.
AND THEN WE WENT ON THE RIVER RIDE, and got very wet butts from the rapids.
It was the best day ever.
AND NOW YOU GUYS OMG WE ARE ORDERING PAPA JOHNS PIZZA. You do not know how I yearn for Papa John's. PAPA JOHN'S. I'm not proud.
BRB DELICIOUS PIZZA OM NOM NOM.
We got up relatively early this morning. I slept well but had very weird dreams. Yesterday I LOLed myself stupid over one particular souvenir for sale, which was a unicorn with a PRIDE RAINBOW HORN. Those familiar with
ask_captainjack's fanfiction about Three Gay Unicorns will be especially amused when I eventually post photos. Anyway, I blame the gay unicorns for the dream I had about being responsible for the ENTIRE gay pride program at the Minnesota State Fair. And all I had were my wits and a bunch of inflatable Pride unicorns! Anyway, we had breakfast at the hotel restaurant where our waiter was one of the Princess Kay finalists at the fair this year, and then took off for the fair early enough that it was just opening as we got there.
I'm glad I convinced the fam to go to the Miracle of Birth barn, because it was MUCH COOLER than they thought it would be, and Mum got to see the baby chicks hatching, which she loves to see. Also, I don't know who among you have seen piglets, but they look so...so...look, I don't want to say this, but they look THROWABLE. They're like tiny furry footballs. I would never throw a piglet! But they look like if you did they'd be totally aerodynamic.
We then saw, as you have no doubt seen, Minnesota's biggest boar, 1300 pounds of pure pig, who Lucky assures me is a stud boar and not a food pig. Because if it's between being bacon and lots of sex....
We did a lot of wandering today, but as the photos have shown we did get a CONE OF COOKIES from Sweet Martha's and some teriyaki ostrich on a stick (tangy but dry). I also snuck away from the 'rents for a moment to buzz the pro choice booth, tell them they were doing a fantastic job, and score some condoms (ALSO ON STICKS). I got handwriting analysis from a hilarious old-fashioned machine with DOT MATRIX printing and then we got MORE FOOD ON STICKS: A pronto pup corndog and a fudge puppy, which is a belgian waffle dunked in chocolate and topped with whipped cream. STICKS VS CONES is currently close, at 4-3. I'm not counting the condoms because you can't eat them.
Otherwise we mostly just mooched around -- we looked at the vendors and the home improvement building, sat and listened to a bit of Garrison Keillor at the MPR booth, rolled our eyes at the incredibly slow walkers.
AND THEN WE WENT ON THE RIVER RIDE, and got very wet butts from the rapids.
It was the best day ever.
AND NOW YOU GUYS OMG WE ARE ORDERING PAPA JOHNS PIZZA. You do not know how I yearn for Papa John's. PAPA JOHN'S. I'm not proud.
BRB DELICIOUS PIZZA OM NOM NOM.
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Sep. 4th, 2009 03:07 pmI gave my parents the sticks to cones scores and they pointed out that it was WOEFULLY INACCURATE.
Sticks:
2 frydogs
1 cotton candy/candyfloss
1 ostrich teriyaki
1 pronto pup
1 fudge puppy
Cones:
2 ice cream cones
2 cones of roasted almonds
For a grand total score of six-four in favour of the sticks. (This is family-collective, not all this food was eaten by myself.)
There was HEATED DEBATE over whether cotton candy/candyfloss counts as stick or cone food. It is technically a cone of paper, but the sugar is spun around the cone. So if you fall on the Cone side of the spun sugar debate, the score is TIED.
ETA: I forgot the cone of cookies. Final score is Six-Five, Sticks-Cones.
Sticks:
2 frydogs
1 cotton candy/candyfloss
1 ostrich teriyaki
1 pronto pup
1 fudge puppy
Cones:
2 ice cream cones
2 cones of roasted almonds
For a grand total score of six-four in favour of the sticks. (This is family-collective, not all this food was eaten by myself.)
There was HEATED DEBATE over whether cotton candy/candyfloss counts as stick or cone food. It is technically a cone of paper, but the sugar is spun around the cone. So if you fall on the Cone side of the spun sugar debate, the score is TIED.
ETA: I forgot the cone of cookies. Final score is Six-Five, Sticks-Cones.
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Sep. 4th, 2009 03:32 pmBy popular request: condom on a stick, accompanied by complimentary shopping list pad courtesy of the pork farmers association.
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Sep. 4th, 2009 04:24 pmI FORGOT THE CONE OF COOKIES.
The score is now 6-5 sticks-cones. I hear there is fried fruit on a stick. I am tempted.
amand_r (NOTE _R) has ordered those at DragonCon and the state fair to get plastered, and I would heartily comply except it's hard to sneak beer into my hotel room past my parents, mainly because where would I buy it in the first place?
In some ways I am very much still seventeen. That's ok, keeps me youthful.
All of this just means that you DragonCon folks need to have a beer for me. And don't listen to what anyone says, I am not the guy in the Boba Fett costume. But you should buy him a drink, because that costume can't be comfortable.
Three hours to Prairie Home Companion! GET YOUR LUTHERAN ON.
The score is now 6-5 sticks-cones. I hear there is fried fruit on a stick. I am tempted.
amand_r (NOTE _R) has ordered those at DragonCon and the state fair to get plastered, and I would heartily comply except it's hard to sneak beer into my hotel room past my parents, mainly because where would I buy it in the first place? In some ways I am very much still seventeen. That's ok, keeps me youthful.
All of this just means that you DragonCon folks need to have a beer for me. And don't listen to what anyone says, I am not the guy in the Boba Fett costume. But you should buy him a drink, because that costume can't be comfortable.
Three hours to Prairie Home Companion! GET YOUR LUTHERAN ON.
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Sep. 4th, 2009 10:55 pmThat was brilliant! Even if he didn't read my shout out to you guys. I can shout out to you anytime :D
More in the morning...
More in the morning...