# Any Indiana Dopers - Wanna Go To The Fair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401 "2003-08-01T17:16:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/1 "2003-08-01T17:16:58Z")
Well, that’s pretty self-explanatory. Anybody wanna go with us? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/2 "2003-08-01T22:45:08Z")
No, but just curious, is this a state fair or a county fair? ---
**Author:** ![Winkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Winkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winkie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/3 "2003-08-02T00:35:42Z")
This is the state fair - and “A Prairie Home Companion” is going to be there - I’m still trying to decide if I want to splurge on the tickets! When are you going? I’m working a couple of shifts on the beverage-container recycling crew, but I can never get enough fair food! Funnel cakes and lemon shake-ups - YUM! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/4 "2003-08-04T13:38:25Z")
**Winkie** , we haven’t decided yet. Possibly this Sunday (the 10th). ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/5 "2003-08-04T16:10:24Z")
Ah, the Indiana State Fair. I used to go every year. Now that I’ve moved 2500 miles away it’d be a bit hard for me to go. Take a stroll through the show barns and check out the massive Belgians (horses, not people) and buy a little rock candy for me, will yah? 🙂 [sub][Charlotte’s Web]“A fair is a veritable smorgasboard, smorgasboard, smorgasboard, after the gates have shut…each night, when the lights go out it can be found, on the ground, all around, oh! what a ratly feast…”[/sub][/Charlotte’s Web] ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/6 "2003-08-04T18:26:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruffian \* > \*\*Ah, the Indiana State Fair. I used to go every year. > > Now that I’ve moved 2500 miles away it’d be a bit hard for me to go. Take a stroll through the show barns and check out the massive Belgians (horses, not people) and buy a little rock candy for me, will yah? 🙂 > \*\* Will do, will do! I’d be glad to send you some rock candy, if you’d like. Do you have a favorite color/flavor? I’ve been every year since my mom was pregnant with me (no joke!) ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/7 "2003-08-04T18:39:04Z")
I’m an Illinois doper; must you tempt me so, with funnel cakes and such? It would only be, what, like 4 hours to drive. . . ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/8 "2003-08-04T18:40:14Z")
I’m an Illinois doper; must you tempt me so, with funnel cakes and such? It would only be, what, like 4 hours to drive. . . Mmm. . . funnel cakes. . . ---
**Author:** ![ewakko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@ewakko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ewakko)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/9 "2003-08-04T18:47:41Z")
I was thinking about going this weekend myself. I took the train down last year. I love stopping traffic in Castelton. [Homer]MMMMmmm, deep fried snickers…[/Homer] Do you still check out the animals at all? I did once ten years ago, and never want in a barn again. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/10 "2003-08-04T18:51:56Z")
I go for the animals, the food, the Home and Family Arts building, and Pioneer Village. I’m not into the midway anymore, except for a ride or two on occasion. We’re in Broad Ripple, so the train would be pretty pointless for us. **Laura** , shall I mention elephant ears, grilled corn, dipped in melted butter, steak sandwiches from the Cattlemens’ tent, turkey legs, Pineapple Whips from the Dole booth shaped like a pineapple, saltwater taffy … If you really wanna come and would need a place to crash Sunday night, we’ve got a spare room. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/11 "2003-08-04T19:56:11Z")
Ack!!! :: drooling commences :: Sadly the only way I could justify all the eating the fair would inspire is if I walked both ways. Nay, jogged. ---
**Author:** ![Winkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Winkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winkie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/12 "2003-08-06T11:28:51Z")
It looks like I’m not going to get my yearly dose of funnel-cake-and-lemon-shake-up. WinkieHubby had kidney tranplant surgery on Sunday- YAY! I have informed him that he is messing with the fair, but he shows no remorse at all. Some people … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/13 "2003-08-06T14:13:48Z")
For the record, the new item this year in the “what can we drop into the vat of boiling oil that’s been in 18 states this summer” category is…\…Twinkies. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/14 "2003-08-06T17:00:10Z")
Yeah, I’ve heard about the Twinkies. I’ve also heard to ignore the calorie counter in the Star this morning! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-indiana-dopers-wanna-go-to-the-fair/192401/15 "2003-08-06T18:39:07Z")
[Oh good lord in heaven.](http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/1/063337-2691-009.html)