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Good Fair Karma, Part 2

8/8/2016

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...Continued from yesterday:
    
I never did return the the midway  for a funnel cake.
This nearly was mine.
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      Instead Tom and I put visions of funnel cakes out of our heads and headed for the sheep barn,
...where we saw
the sweet, sociable sheep,

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...the Ku Klux Lambs, as we call the sheep who are covered to be kept clean for their upcoming judging,
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...and the farm families who were preparing the sheep for their competitions,
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....or just caring for them.
    Next we visited the poultry barn
...to see the ducks,
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...and chicks,
...and turkeys.
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    Then we swung by the arts and crafts building,
​      Now, I can understand judging one quilt over another,
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...or one photograph or piece of art over another,
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...or one food sculpture over  another,
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...or one miniature composition over another,
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...or one pie or cupcake over another,
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...or one amazing cake over another,
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..would you believe this is a cake, too?
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...or one piece of Brillo art over another,
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  ...but I've always wondered: how do  they  judge one jar of honey over another?
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...or one zucchini over  another?
...or one cabbage over another?
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    I guess one just has to have a really good eye for that sort of thing.
    After we'd finished touring the arts and crafts building we decided to seek out lunch from among the standard myriad  food offerings.
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   We settled for our usual Fair lunch from one of the places that offers as close to grilled options as one will find at the Fair,
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     Tom opted for a smoked turkey leg and a side of coleslaw,
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...that is to say, I'm assuming the leg was smoked - even though it had been sitting on a grill - as the meat was pink like ham and in fact tasted like ham.
     So be forewarned if you ever buy a so-called "grilled" turkey leg at the Fair.
    I had a "sloppy pig", which was a pulled pork and coleslaw sandwich - delicious and quite sloppy - with a side of not bad potato salad.
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     After lunch, though still feeling fortified to resist the funnel cakes, 
...we did, however, give in to a generous scoop of ice cream,
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...from the Ohio Food Pavillion.
    
      We spent the rest of the day visiting the agricultural exhibits,
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...and the commercial buildings,
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​...where I chatted with the friendly salesgals at  the Creative Energy sunglasses table,
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...and bought a pair myself,
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   ...and was given a coin by a preacher at a prayer station.
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      After 6 hours of strolling the Fair grounds we were ready to call it a day,
...so we walked back to the midway,
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...and exited through the secret portal by which we'd entered,
...to the exclusive parking lot where we easily found our car among the few parked there,
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​...while on the other side of the fence the crowd  made their way to and from the public parking lot shuttle.
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    Who can know the ways of Karma?
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