page 670 – just what I wanted!
…because if there’s one thing we LOVE to do here at Far Out There, it’s delaying things to a later date!
The Jesus Freaks probably offered to help set up the frying stuff in exchange for permission to use the space beforehand, though they’d probably offer to help out anyway. Random unsolicited good deeds are kind of in their job description, after all. (though that doesn’t explain Ichabod getting in on the manual labor, unless he just really likes frying things)
Not much else to say, since I’m bashing this out yesterday before heading out to tiltExpo, but there’s still a New Voting Incentive!
(Historical Notes: I would love, love, LOVE some stand at some state fair to actually call itself a “Fried Objects”)
@ Historical Notes: Never going to happen. That’s how those people make a living, and advertising as “Fried Objects” would get LESS people buying than normal. It’s basically an attempt to create a meme that people would find funny but never go to. I suspect even if you saw it, you would only giggle at the name, and then walk on, even if you’re hungry and it’s the only place without a line.
As a regular, every day eating establishment, absolutely. But stuff like fair food THRIVES on horrible, disgusting novelty. There’s plenty of people who DELIBERATELY seek out the worst sounding food at the fair, just for the lulz. Granted, they never get AGAIN, but if it’s a seasonal establishment to begin with, they don’t need to worry about repeat customers.
That depends on what you mean by “seasonal”. I was talking from the standpoint of professional travelling carnival stall owners, you know, the people who travel around and run 80% of the stalls and 100% of the rides at fairs. What you’re saying sounds like a person who, in hopes of a quick buck, managed to buy a booth at a fair simply to run their terribly named Fair Food Stall that may or may not be selling purposefully terrible food alongside the traditional Dagwood/Corn Dogs, Chips/Fries, and other deep fried meats and other foods.
There is a middle ground, though: the novelty stands run as a side-hustle by the “respectable” ones, springing up just long enough to cash in on some novelty idea, while the other, normal stands pay the bills with stuff that other, normal people eat.