# Crazy ass shit you saw at the fair when the fair was THE FAIR! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736 "2018-10-10T01:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/61 "2018-10-12T18:21:48Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This might be the funniest thing I’ll read today. 😃 We thought it was pretty funny when it happened to my brother. To be fair, they did give him a different bowl with a live fish. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/62 "2018-10-12T19:08:16Z")
a bigger than life size model of Michael Jackson made out of butter. Ruined the butter and it just seemed to be a bizarre thing to do. MidSouth fair, I loved going to it until it moved and became a ghost of its former self. Now we have 3 fairs within a few weeks of each other and they are all boring. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/63 "2018-10-12T19:54:30Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Does anyplace other than a fair even MAKE cotton candy?? Disneyland. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/64 "2018-10-12T22:55:25Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I remember hearing about a side show with Siamese elephants joined at the trunk. There was a monkey and an asshole too. Eunice? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/65 "2018-10-12T23:33:18Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > > > Does anyplace other than a fair even MAKE cotton candy?? > > I’ve seen it in small bags at the store. Way overpriced for what it is. It’s overpriced at the fair, too. They charge two or three bucks for what amounts to a couple of teaspoons of sugar on a stick. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/66 "2018-10-12T23:39:46Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > '64 World’s Fair. A line of slender poles similar to flag poles. On the top was a wheel similar to a steering wheel. The performers would climb the poles and get them to swaying, and swap poles. At the end they would slide down face first. Not particularly crazy assed, just memorable to me. I’ve seen variations of this. It IS crazy-assed. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/67 "2018-10-13T01:52:51Z")
This is the most entertaining thread I’ve read on the Dope in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/68 "2018-10-13T20:39:59Z")
I once took my girls to the Free Fair, only admission is free but nm, there was a featured freak, little linda from Haiti. A black woman with extreme dwarfism, very small maybe primordial. We had just two tickets left, so I sent my two girls into the tent alone! They reported little linda was reclining on a small bed, eating popcorn and watching a tiny tv looking very bored. This year my kid went back, college poor, so she made wristbands of many colors, and after scoping it out, they wristbanded themselves and went on rides. They parked for free too, using the old ruse, “I’m only here to pick up my friend”. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/69 "2018-10-14T00:00:00Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > A lot of those infomercial personalities started out with in-person product demonstrations. I guess that explains Vince (of ShamWow fame) in particular. We didn’t have decent TV at home until I was in junior high, so I missed a lot of the classic infomercials, except for AMAZING DISCOVERIES. ---
**Author:** ![vperry1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vperry1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vperry1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736/70 "2018-10-15T06:58:35Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > (I do remember one sideshow with ‘lobster boy’, a young man with only two large digits on each hand). That guy lost his shit! > **[Lobster Boy: The Circus Act Turned Murderer](https://allthatsinteresting.com/lobster-boy)** > > This rare condition spelled a handicap for many, but to Grady Stiles, it provided a lethal opportunity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ass-shit-you-saw-at-the-fair-when-the-fair-was-the-fair/822736.md?page=3)