Fairs and fair play
There is a county fair going on here right now.
Essentially live stock are put on show, cows – both diary and beef types – chicken, sheep, goats, a llama, pigs, horses etc etc
The kiddies bring their rabbits for show as well. The winners apparently go on to the state fair due in Minneapolis/St Paul due at the end of August. (The piggies are the cutest among the lot – seriously).
There are tractors and combines on display. Of course, there is also the crafts, think wolly knittings, that people make and those are up for judging too. And there are flower competitions and erhm, veggie competitions.
Its all very, erh, rural. Oh, and you really really have to watch where u stepping into, hurhur. Yes, cow, sheep, etc etc splat everywhere.
But there are rides. Ferris Wheel and what we know as a Viking ride. And there are food stands offering up delicacies like cheese curds (extremely salty, springy cheese, dipped in batter or breadcrumbs and fried), corn dogs, hot dogs, funnel cake (think of it as a long string of dough that is shapped into an amorphous pretzel – like Murukku – and then smothered in powered sugar) , schnitzel – essentially everything that is fatty, sweet, salty and bad for your cholesterol levels is there. Can be fun but boy, do these guys overcharge, everything costs five bucks p/serving.
And of course, this brings me to the other part of the post, fair play, which apparently was not in play when Gene took his driving licence.
According to Gene, he was entrapped because the tester told me to “turn on 10th” and he didn’t know where 10th Street was and so he turned and, according to him, turned into the middle line meant for cars waiting to turn into other streets. (complicated I know, but since I cannot verify the veracity of this tale, you’ll just have to live with this story)
Big no no because, well, I suppose you could have crashed into one of the waiting cars.
The long and short of it. Gene flunked and will have to go back to do that test again.
Gene flunking driving test. Think about it. That’s just surreal man, esp since he’s done all the defensive driving courses etc etc.
