The Atoz Game (Part 1)

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade

What carnivals are y’all going to that have acrobats and jugglers(crusty or not)?

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children
Tetanus shots from rusty rides

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children
Tetanus shots from rusty rides
Upset stomachs

I get queasy just remembering all the upside-down spinning motion rides…

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children
Tetanus shots from rusty rides
Upset stomachs
Vendors of Cotton Candy

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children
Tetanus shots from rusty rides
Upset stomachs
Vendors of Cotton Candy
Working hot and cold

Operating a game that treats some customers one way (take the money and give nothing) and others the opposite (give the Mayor’s pals lots of stock). Every now and then, the arrangement might be reversed (a pleasant game for Mom and Dad and the kids, a very expensive proposition for a particularly rich and dumb mark or for someone the owner doesn’t like).

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children
Tetanus shots from rusty rides
Upset stomachs
Vendors of Cotton Candy
Working hot and cold
Xtreme (Star Dancer)

It’s a carnival ride. One operator calls it the “Xtreme (Star Dancer),” so it should work for X:

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children
Tetanus shots from rusty rides
Upset stomachs
Vendors of Cotton Candy
Working hot and cold
Xtreme (Star Dancer)
Yelling kids

At the Carnival

Acrobats
Bumper Cars
Crusty jugglers
Darts (for popping balloons)
Elephant Ears
Ferris Wheel
Giant Teddy Bears
Herpes-infected carnies
Ice cream cones
Jugglers
Kiddie rides
Lemonade
Music
Neon
Oreos, fried of course!
Peanuts
Quickies
Rides
Sticky handed children
Tetanus shots from rusty rides
Upset stomachs
Vendors of Cotton Candy
Working hot and cold
Xtreme (Star Dancer)
Yelling kids
Zipper, the

Carnival ride. And I’ll pass.

Interestingly, a local friend worked in the carnival that his family owned (and if he is to be believed, he cooked the books for it too)–they did small-town fairs, and similar. He said that no matter what a player won, the carnival earned money too–that small teddy bear that you won for your girlfriend after spending $3 playing ring-toss? It cost the carnival $0.25, at most. The games were not rigged, but they were set up to bring in more money than they gave out in prizes. Check out what you can get, in bulk, from the Rhode Island Novelty Company, which supplied all the prizes to my friend’s carnival:

MOODS

Anxious

MOODS

Anxious
Brooding

MOODS

Anxious
Brooding
Cheery