mommy, why are the giraffe's eyes glowing?
The Satanic Petting Zoo is a popular destination and features a variety of possessed, but safely sedated, animals.
August 31, 2006
feeding frenzy
Night falls and the crowd goes wild as the thin veneer of civilization dissolves before their ravening lust for saturated fats.
The stand at left apparently sells tiny Christmas trees fried in butter.
gee, I guess the sky really was falling.
The ritual immolation of the chickens.
got any with cheese?
The most popular food booth, after the corn pavillion, may be the handmade doughnut one. It's not unusual to see visitors waddle away bearing three or four dozen in plastic boxes.
Across the way is the stand selling funnel cakes, a deep-fried confection I suspect was named though a misspelling of "funeral."
not a manatee in sight
One of the nice things about the festival is that almost all the booths are run by charitable organizations or school support groups, e.g., the band boosters. Alcohol sales and personal pets are not allowed, which cuts down on the drunken ferret problem that so often plagues these events.
meanwhile
The Millersport Sweet Corn Festival has arrived.
This takes place, as you may have guessed, in the American Sector of Millersport.
In the background is the famed watertower in town from which we (on a good day) derive our wireless internet access.