presided over by the slightly chucky (oops I missed out the l) Big Tex
For those who live locally to me in England it is a cross between Hull Fair which is the old Nottingham Goose Fair minus geese
and Hull Show which is like the great Yorkshire Show but with domestic livestock which in these "chav" ridden days extends from dogs, guinea pigs and rabbits to anacondas and tarantulas. (There is a punch up just waiting to happen there when all the white mice competitors disappear and all the snake competitors have a whacking great digestive smile on their face.)
Anyway, you know the car is King in the US and the TSF is a great opportunity to display it's muscle. This year they introduced two new models, the first being the dinghycar.
followed by the carblaster.
We have to own up and say though that we did sit in a shiny shiny Mazda more horse power than at Kempton races thingy, it was very nice and amazingly we didn't get pestered (maybe word had got round from our last car buying experience that we only had $9000 max to spend).
Apart from the jaunty US Marines band
with the "minciest" marching style you have ever seen; the day was spent roaming from one corn dog stall to another plucking up the courage to try one, being momentarily swayed by the gastronomic chalenge of a chop on a stick.....until we gave up and finished almost eating here until we realised typically it was America's way of proving that Hook a Duck is for Patsies.
We rounded off the day going to see those chops who had been saved from a skewer up the jacksie by volunteering to race against each other.
But we were too late.... the pigs had despite popular conviction flown and because I have realised that the photo is too distant this is the Pig racing arena.
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