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July 27 - August 7, 2011
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Ohio State Fair 2011 - July 27 through August 7
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Bump! The Fair starts today! :D Hooray!
http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-list-10-reasons-to-go-to-the-ohio-state-fair-this-year
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Anne
King Lincoln
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here are the rest of the discounts available.
http://www.ohiostatefair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=53Pepsi day this year for the last day of the fair and it has to be a specially marked bottle/can. $3 admission
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OhioFestivals
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I'll be there August 6th...will someone please post if they see Deep Fried Kool-Aid, Deep Fried Butter or something super funky?
I want to make every bite count!
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OhioFestivals
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Just found out that there is deep-fried kool-aid, a donut burger and many other great things. Even an Ohio State Fair app with food menus. I am going to be so happy!
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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AmyJ
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My son and I went last night to eat as much fair food as possible. We searched for the deep-fried kool aid, but couldn't find it. I asked one of the guys working a deep-fried candybar/pb&j/buckeye/etc. booth about it and he said it's just funnel cake batter with a little kool aid flavoring mixed in.
Our tally for the night for 2 people was:
- 2 corndogs
- deep fried pickles
- deep fried oreos
- deep fried s'mores (definitely the best of the bunch)
- giant sweet iced tea
- giant iceeWe were miserable by the end, but it made for a pretty fun night.
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patient_zero
Falafel District
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lifeontwowheels said:
How do you deep fry Kool-aid?Mixed into the flour, bro.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/14/fried-kool-aid-hit-fair-chicken-charlie-says/
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jillg
Westgate
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I was thinking about the county fair in my home town in Indiana, and every year the most popular game was the "mouse game". It's like roulette, but with a live mouse that runs into a numbered hole on a spinning wheel. If your quarter is on that number, you win a prize. I've asked people around here if they've ever heard of it, and I've never met anyone who knows about it. Anyone on CU heard of it? Just curious.
BTW - as an adult, I now realize that it's pretty cruel to repeatedly spin a mouse around in a box, let it loose under bright lights and heavy crowd noise, and force it to run around (dizzy) until it finds a hole to hide in. But as a kid I thought it was a great game.Posted 10 months ago # -
DavidF
Elysium Fields
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tourist19 said:
Oooohhhh, I want pictures.1. I'm lousy at taking pics.
2. A middle aged dude taking pics of a bunch of under dressed 14 year olds, might have brought some Chris Hanson type attention to me.Trust me though, it was pretty entertaining. Especially the ones who were obviously in heels for the first time and wobbling around like drunken sailors in the 100 degree heat. Oh, and special shout out for the woman in the ripped latex pants that were so tight she was moving like an especially ripe zombie.
Edit: Oh, and somebody stop by the Mattress Firm tent tomorrow and buy a freakin mattress from me! If I spend another 14 hour day in that heat without selling anything, I may lose it and start eating Krispy Kreme burgers. ;)
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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DavidF said:
Edit: Oh, and somebody stop by the Mattress Firm tent tomorrow and buy a freakin mattress from me! If I spend another 14 hour day in that heat without selling anything, I may lose it and start eating Krispy Kreme burgers. ;)Do a lot of people go to the fair looking for mattresses? ;)
They're not deep-fried are they?
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