Observations about the NC State Fair..

So I went to the NCState Fair last weekend and it was quite the country experience. I saw a pig race which was just adorable. They raced for cheeto puffs. I also saw the World's Smallest Woman. I had to pay $1.00 to go behind a wall and look at her. It was like she was in a zoo and I felt a bit bad that she was reduced to a spectacle. All the little children were staring and she was just waving at them. I tried to think of something meaningful to talk to her about to make her feel more like a person and to make me feel less exploitative. But all I could think of was "Are you really the smallest woman?" She said yes. I gave her another $1.00 and she thanked me and waved goodbye. Turns out she really isn't the world's smallest woman but at 29 inches she is pretty tiny.

I also saw Porky, the World's Largest Pig at 1,100 lbs. That was only 50 cents. He was indeed a large pig, and had testicles the size of my head. It was a bit disturbing really. He was so big that he just sort of lay there. There was also a large pumpkin at 740 lbs.

The most gratifying part of the fair is when I played a fair game and actually won. It was one of those "guess your age within 2 years" places. Since I haven't aged visually since I was 16, I figured I had a good chance of winning a stuffed gorilla. The kid who guessed my age was probably about 17 himself. He guessed I was 19, which means that he thought it was plausible that I was 17 years old. It's a bit sad, but at least I got a cute hot-pink and yellow stuffed gorilla out of it.