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State Fair Poll
In honor of the State Fair starting this week, let's do a poll:
What is your must have food at the fair?
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair?
Do you have a favorite exhibit?
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts?
Do you go on any rides?
Re: State Fair Poll
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? deep friend pickles. i'm not that adventurous.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? the barns. i love the animals!
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? i have never been to a concert at the fair. they don't often have artists that i'm interested in.
Do you go on any rides? we go on the sky ride usually because it's a nice break from walking and it gets you to the other end of the fair.
What is your must have food at the fair? Pronto Pup
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Hot Dish on a Stick. It's awful, btw.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? I like looking at the baby animals.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? Never have. Probably never will.
Do you go on any rides? One year I went on a couple. We usually do that gondola ride thing, but that's more to give our feet a break than anything else.
What is your must have food at the fair? cheese curds
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? alligator
Do you have a favorite exhibit? I don't know why, but I love the crop art in the the Ag Building.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? I saw Tim McGraw back in high school there, and I wish I was seeing him again this year!
Do you go on any rides? Sometimes
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In honor of the State Fair starting this week, let's do a poll:
What is your must have food at the fair? Cheese Curds
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Deep Fried Pickle
Do you have a favorite exhibit? What's that International marketplace thing called? I like that.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? I have been to a concert. Not going to say what, however as I'm slightly embarrassed by it now. Possibly going to catch Brandi Carlile this weekend if there's still tickets.
Do you go on any rides? Not a huge ride person. Mainly go there for good people-watching. We do that sky thing that gets you to the other side. I've been known to do the ferris wheel with the hubby.
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What is your must have food at the fair? Cheese on a stick
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? I don't try a lot of the foods out there, but I did have fried veggies last year
Do you have a favorite exhibit? Birthing Center
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? No, there has not been anyone out there that I "have" to see
Do you go on any rides? The sky ride
What is your must have food at the fair? Sweet Martha's Cookies! and a pronto pup, and roasted corn.
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? I'm not super adventurous, but I'd say the strangest thing I've eaten there is the deep fried milky way the first year they were there.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? I love the birthing barn, though most of my family gets really grossed out by it if we walk in during an actual birth. I could spend hours there.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? I saw Rascal Flatts there a few years ago.
Do you go on any rides? Nope. I save my money for the food!
What is your must have food at the fair? Food: Cheese Curds Drink: A shake directly from the Cow Barn.
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Deep Fried Pickles-- my mom's favorite
Do you have a favorite exhibit? Birthing Center
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? Yes- Color Me Badd back in 92, Styx/REO Speedwagon in 2005
Do you go on any rides? Nope.
What is your must have food at the fair? cheese on a stick
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? salmon on a stick I guess, I'm not too adventurous
Do you have a favorite exhibit? Love the arts & crafts building, people make the most amazing things.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? I have been to a couple of concerts in the past, but not often since there are usually a bunch of artists I'm not interested in. The most recent one I attended was Snow Patrol a few years back. Not planning on any concerts this year.
Do you go on any rides? Never. Fair rides scare me. I don't trust rides that get taken down and put back up in a different location every few weeks. You never know when someone will forget about some important bolt or screw that will make the ride fall apart if not installed properly :-)
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What is your must have food at the fair? Corn on the cob, turkey leg, cheese curds, french fries, and anything else that looks nummy
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Deep fried candy bar. Way too rich!!!
Do you have a favorite exhibit? I love walking through the grandstand.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? Never been to a concert at the fair.
Do you go on any rides? DH hates rides, so no. Used to as a teenager though.
What is your must have food at the fair? Pronto Pup & Sweet Martha's Cookies
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Just about everything, I am adventurous.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? We usually love the International Bazarre, or under the grandstands stuff.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? None, not really anyone I have ever wanted to pay to see.
Do you go on any rides? Sometimes, but usually not.
What is your must have food at the fair? Deep fried pickles, cheese curds, and a corn dog.
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Wild rice brat, which was actually quite good. Oh, and the deep fried candy bar the first year they had them, which was way way too sweet and too rich.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? I like the International Bazaar, the fine arts building, and the eco experience building.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? No.
Do you go on any rides? Sometimes the gandola sky ride, the Ye Olde Mill, and the space needle.
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What is your must have food at the fair? Sweet Martha's Cookies
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Spaghetti & meatball on a stick
Do you have a favorite exhibit? not really...we go see just about everything except the animals
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? Yup. I saw The Wallflowers back in like '96 and Rascal Flatts in '06. We're going to Carrie Underwood next Tuesday.
Do you go on any rides? The only rides I've been on are the Skyride and the Giant Slide.
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What is your must have food at the fair? deep fried pickles!! yummy!
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? hmm. i dont know?
Do you have a favorite exhibit? not really
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? going to Kiss!
Do you go on any rides? nope
What is your must have food at the fair? cheese curds, malt, carmel apple
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? I don't like to try anything weird.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? animal barns
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? I've been to one that I can remember back in high school.
Do you go on any rides? nope. We go and eat our way through-no wasting time on rides!
What is your must have food at the fair? Deep fried pickles, Cheese curds, Corn Dogs, Kettle Corn from heritage square, Blue Skyy Ice cream/ or Bidgemans Ice cream.
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Hmmm....I dont know? we're pretty adventurous.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? I like the animal barns, the baked goods, and the innovation building
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? No, we do like to go to the final round of the talent show at the grand stand though!
Do you go on any rides? No, i dont really trust them. Growing up we always did the sky ride, the big slide, the needle, and the haunted house.In honor of the State Fair starting this week, let's do a poll:
What is your must have food at the fair?
Pronto Pup!
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair?
I have no idea.
Do you have a favorite exhibit?
Miracle Birth Center
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts?
Have not been, I wanted to go to Tim McGraw, but the tickets were sold out.
Do you go on any rides?
Not really, I have years ago though.
What is your must have food at the fair?
I HAVE to have a pronto pup and a caramel apple.
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair?
I don't eat a ton while I'm there....but maybe the nitro ice cream?
Do you have a favorite exhibit?
I love going to see the 4-H kids with their animals, I like the poultry barn (we had chickens when I was young), the horticulture building, and, of course, my own stuff in the baking contests.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts?
Nu Shooz way back in like 1987. Who else remembers her?
Do you go on any rides?
Always the Sky Ride and the Space Needle. My sister will force me on midway rides sometimes. I'm not afraid of them, but they just aren't the attraction for me. She, however, has braved the Ejection Seat.
I can't wait for the fair!!!!
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Must have food: cheese curds, pronto pup
Strangest: pigs cheeks- totally delish and not strange at all!!
Exhibit: 4-H building (brings back lots of fond memories as I was a non-animal 4-Her)
Concerts: when I was a kid my parents would haul us to the Beach Boys, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and a blues concert with Buddy Guy.
Rides: it's been years- the only ride I've done is the skyride and haunted mansion.
What is your must have food at the fair? The cookies and sweet corn.
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? The deep fried snickers bar. WAY too much sweet in that thing.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? I like the animals.
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? DH wants to see the Prarie Home Companion. We'll see...
Do you go on any rides? Nope
I totally missed the poll yesterday because I was at the fair setting up a few of our exhibits for work. So.... here's my responses!
What is your must have food at the fair? Fried green tomatos, Milkshake, cheese curds, giant turkey sandwich
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? Probably the deep fried candy bar or alligator on a stick.
Do you have a favorite exhibit? The livestock barns
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? In the past I've been to Switchfoot and Brooks and Dunn. Probably not anything this year.
Do you go on any rides? Maybe the Space Needle or the cable cars.
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What is your must have food at the fair? Pronto Pup
What is the strangest thing you have eaten at the fair? alligator
Do you have a favorite exhibit? Miracle of Birth barn
Have you been to or are you going to any concerts? Years ago...I've seen Weird Al Yankovic with the Monkees and Tim McGraw
Do you go on any rides? usually just with my kids now, but I do enjoy the rides
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