Rep Retirement Lodge #170: Fair Weather

[JF_Gophers]

Did you know there are 30 State Fairs in August?

Alabama, Alaska (2), Colorado, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (Expo), Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas (Northern), Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

I tried to make the poll choices more universal, and not just about the fair(s) i've been to.

[St. Clown]

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Did you know there are 30 State Fairs in August?

Alabama, Alaska (2), Colorado, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (Expo), Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas (Northern), Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Did you know that television around here is being flooded with ads for the Great MN Get Together? There's a gian gopher wearing a hat and jacket in them. You're shocked, I know.

[Lady wore Black]

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Good Morning, Lodge!

[Ralph Baer]

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Giada won't be there?

[JF_Gophers]

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Giada won't be there?

Neither will Freddy Meyer (officially).

[mookie1995]

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This pole sucks!

Where's Freddy

[Scarlet]

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Hi Lodge. Just had some sad news and am a little teary eyed. Close friend of my parents passed away last night. He was one of a large group of people my mom and dad had been friends with since high school (or earlier). this poor guy was in a freak car accident many years ago. He was in his car waiting for someone to cross the street in front of him and was rear ended. The force of the hit caused him to shoot up and he hit his head on the sun roof, breaking his neck and had been a quadripelgic since it happened. This was a big, healthy, loving man and to see that happen to him was just awful.

I tried calling my parents as I saw the news on Facebook. I'm assuming they had heard but my aunt is flying in today and I know they had stuff to do. Had to leave a voicemail. I hate doing that. I haven't heard back from them yet. I hope they know. This is going to really affect my dad. When I was home last week my mother was saying "You know, your father just sits here. I tell him 'Why don't you go visit Frank?' and he doesn't go!" *sniff*

[bigblue_dl]

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[bigmrg74]

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Family friend passed away, Cancer.

[Dude Love]

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I don't get the State Fair. Way more excited for Renaissance Festival in a few weeks.

[JF_Gophers]

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I don't get the State Fair. Way more excited for Renaissance Festival in a few weeks.

Ren fest is pretty boring, and also not very large. I liked the puke & snot act and some of the cool fantasy drawings sold there when I was younger. Otherwise I didn't really care about the other crafts being sold, or the themed food and events.

[St. Clown]

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I don't get the State Fair. Way more excited for Renaissance Festival in a few weeks.

Hot chicks go to the MN State Fair. Women who'll date me go to the Renaissance Festival. I'd rather spy on the hot chicks.


monster, sorry for your loss.

[bigblue_dl]

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State Fair! Best time of the year!!!!!

Never been to this Renessance Festival thing you guys are talking about, I have heard about it occasionally, but I have never had any ambition to actually go. Not my kind of thing....nerds, people dressed up in stupid costumes, people play fighting...I've dealt with enough of that bull**** in my life, I went to Tech.

[bigblue_dl]

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New foods this year:

Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Shrimp On-A-Stick
Big Andy (burger topped with philly steak, sauteed onions, peppers and american and swiss cheeses)
Bourbon Wurst (homemade pork sausage seasoned with spices and Maker's Mark)
Cajun Pork Rinds
Cafe Caribe's Taco Slider Trio (grilled jerk chicken, pulled pork with bbq sauce, crunchy shrimp)
Breakfast Sausage Corndog (breakfast sausage dipped in pancake corndog batter, deep fried and served with maple syrup)
Candied Bacon Cannoli
Chipotle Chicken Salad Fajita
Chocolate Chili Ice Cream (chocolate ice cream with chili pepper spices)
Comet Corn (liquid nitrogen frozen carmel corn)
Cocoa Cheese Bites (Cheese nuggets breaded with cocoa puffs, fried and served with chocolate sauce)
Chop Dogs (Kramarczuk all-beef wiener chopped into pieces and grilled until the skin turns crusty)
Craft Beer Battered Onion Rings
Deep Fried Bread Pudding (deep fried bread pudding served with carmel sauce)
Deep Fried Olives (extra large green olives dipped in seasoned batter, deep fried and with a dipping sauce)
Flavored Corndogs (Jalapeno Cheese (jalapeno cheese-infused hot dog dipped in a spicy corndog batter), Sweet Corn (sweet corn mixed into corndog batter), Double Bacon Corndog (bacon-wrapped hot dog, dipped in bacon infused corndog batter))
English Toffee Fudge Puppy
Dough-sant (doughnut bred with a croissant)
Fried Pickles and Chocolate (Fried pickles with chocolate dipping sauce)
Funnel Cake Sundaes (funnel cake with a pile of ice cream and chocolate sauce on it)
Grilled Glazed Donut
Idaho Nachos (nachos with waffle fries instead of chips)
Hawaian Dog
Lobster Macaroni and Cheese
Mancini's Cicchetti's Cones
Porketta Pig Wings
Mini Donut Batter Crunch Ice Cream
Minnepumpkin Pie
Persian kabob Koobideh
Peanut Butter and Jelly Malts and Sundaes
Pork Belly Sliders
Pitchfork Sausage
North Woods BBQ Tacos
Philly Fries
Portobollo Bites
Wine Glazed Deep Fried Meatloaf

(I got bored, and skipped some boring ones.)

[bigblue_dl]

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In other State Fair news, the free Leinie's Bandshell will be featuring acts from, and not limited to:
Hanson (Aug. 26 and 27th, 8:30pm)
Blue Oyster Cult (Aug. 24th and 25th, 8:30pm)
Sunny Sweeny (Aug. 22nd and 23rd, 8:30pm)
The Stellas featuring Lennon and Maisy (little girls from the TV show Nashville) (Aug. 24th and 25th, 10:30am and 11:45am)
Eric Paslay (Sept. 1st and Sept. 2nd, 10:30am and 11:45am) <-going to have to go to this one, girlfriend absolutely loves a couple of his songs