Report from the County Fair

Thank God, the Montgomery County Fair never changes. Still hokey as hell, as you can see from the Toilet Decorating Contest. It still has pig races, "Old Timers" demonstrating old farming equipment, and all sorts of competitions from another era - big vegetables, flower arrangements, quilts, even smocking (like any kid would be caught dead wearing a frilly smocked dress these days.) And lots of clean-cut 4H kids caring for and showing off their animals. Not to mention rides and really unhealthy food. What's not to love?

Well, there's the Monster Truck Show - as ear-blasting as you'd imagine. And the huge flattering portraits of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and the creepy presence of Fox "News" (and this in a really blue county.) Oh, and after the pig competition, some lucky bidder has the winning pig delivered to his door straight from the slaughterhouse. Now I didn't grow up on a farm so I'm totally ignorant here but what's it like for kids to raise animals and care for them so lovingly (it seems) and send them off to baconland?

And what's happening with 4H, anyway? It's been touting how up-to-date it is, which is a good thing considering the decline of farming in this area. So we read that it has photography clubs and aerospace clubs - okay, sounds good - and computer clubs.  Whoa --  do kids need a program that encourages them to sit in front of computers? I'd like to think they're at least doing something physically active, since we're finally noticing all the fat kids around nowadays.

Final thoughts. Don't ya love bunnies? Wish you could look at them without remembering the horrible bunny-skinning woman in the Michael Moore movie, "Roger and Me"? I know I do.

And if you're ever want to add a toilet focal point to your garden, how about this beauty for inspiration?

 

Comments

[Susan]

From my original site, Lisa and Angie say they're visiting at Mistress Mary's suggestion and enjoying the visit. Zoey loves the "flower pot." Pam, an old friend, remembers Takoma Gardener going to a Halloween party as Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction," an altogether different rabbit-in-movie reference.