Help, Swami!
I want to take my kids to the Lake County Fair this week, but I'm not sure what would be the best day to go. Last year, I took them to see the motocross, and we spent the whole time watching guys getting carted away in an ambulance. Can you suggest something less depressing?
Pat's Blue-Ribbon
Dear PBR:
Less depressing? Hmmm, the livestock release on Sunday is always a drag, because the 4H kids who raised the animals from the cradle have to say goodbye and send them off to a Rotary Club steer roast ...
You also might want to steer clear of the Mutton Bustin', in which human children try to ride atop a sprinting sheep. Your kids will want to do it, and A) it costs more money and B) all it ends up being is arms and legs flying around for three seconds, followed by lots of "walk-it-off" pain ...
And the commercial buildings are fun to a point, because there's lots of free candy being handed out by the duct-cleaning companies, but there's also lots of politicians handing out stickers -- and, this being an election year, some old crank is bound to start a brawl over Obama being "a Mooos-lim" ...
Tell you what -- head on over Wednesday at 4 p.m. for the judging of rabbits. That should be safe enough, and you have not seen judging until you have seen rabbits judged.
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