The Great State Fair of Oklahoma 2011

[Easy180]

Too many Texans around at the Texas fair...Kinda ruins the whole thing

[BBatesokc]

Too many Texans around at the Texas fair...Kinda ruins the whole thing

That's why you go during OU/TX weekend, a bit more Okies in the crowd. Amazing though, no matter what state you're in, "fair people" are all the same.

[Maynard]

That's why you go during OU/TX weekend, a bit more Okies in the crowd. Amazing though, no matter what state you're in, "fair people" are all the same.

With a sucker born every minute!


=P

[jn1780]

I passed a convoy of trucks carrying rides during my drive to texas. So their already getting ready for the Texas State Fair.

[Achilleslastand]

Does anyone remember about 20 or so yrs ago when they had a couple of characters dressed up in Saddam Hussien garb and you got to shoot paintballs at them while they tried to avoid getting shot?
I got in a good amount of head shots before i had to move on and find something to eat.
Long before PC set in as this would never be allowed in this day and age.

[Maynard]

[BBatesokc]

Does anyone remember about 20 or so yrs ago when they had a couple of characters dressed up in Saddam Hussien garb and you got to shoot paintballs at them while they tried to avoid getting shot?
I got in a good amount of head shots before i had to move on and find something to eat.
Long before PC set in as this would never be allowed in this day and age.

I vaguely remember them. I also remember when they had 'real' freak shows (mostly real depressing).

[Maynard]

I vaguely remember them. I also remember when they had 'real' freak shows (mostly real depressing).

What about the chicken that could play "tic-tac-toe"?

[Achilleslastand]

I vaguely remember them. I also remember when they had 'real' freak shows (mostly real depressing).

I recall the lady that was supposedly decapitated in an auto accident and the head was still alive{supposedly lol}
I also recall seeing the lady that before your eyes morphed into a gorilla then busted out of the cage making all the customers run for their life.

[BBatesokc]

How about "Maneating Chicken"?

Actually I remember the real freak shows that were mostly disfigured animals people. Most were just in pictures or stuffed recreations. A few were alive. They were very un-PC.

[Thunder]

Brian, do you think I qualify to be in a freak show?

[MadMonk]

I went to the fair this weekend. I bought a package of beef jerky from one of the made-in-Oklahoma booths. Later, I set down the plastic sack it was in and left it for 15-20 seconds and when I came back it was gone. *sigh* Then we decided to go get some fair food and I barely had time to digest my $7 chicken-on-a-stick and $5 lemonade when I saw two ghetto-fabulous girls get into a shouting match over a dollar bill one of them found on the ground. That pretty-much sums up the fair.

[Thunder]

I went to the fair this weekend. I bought a package of beef jerky from one of the made-in-Oklahoma booths. Later, I set down the plastic sack it was in and left it for 15-20 seconds and when I came back it was gone. *sigh* Then we decided to go get some fair food and I barely had time to digest my $7 chicken-on-a-stick and $5 lemonade when I saw two ghetto-fabulous girls get into a shouting match over a dollar bill one of them found on the ground. That pretty-much sums up the fair.

I am deeply saddened of your loss, MadMonk.

To the thief reading this post, there will be hell to pay! Curses on you for all eternity!

[Achilleslastand]

I went to the fair this weekend. I bought a package of beef jerky from one of the made-in-Oklahoma booths. Later, I set down the plastic sack it was in and left it for 15-20 seconds and when I came back it was gone. *sigh* Then we decided to go get some fair food and I barely had time to digest my $7 chicken-on-a-stick and $5 lemonade when I saw two ghetto-fabulous girls get into a shouting match over a dollar bill one of them found on the ground. That pretty-much sums up the fair.

Hey......a dollar bill will buy a lot of grape kool aid.

[RadicalModerate]

Hey......a dollar bill will buy a lot of grape kool aid.

If Don Imus said that they probably would ban him from the fair.

[Just the facts]

I went to the fair this weekend. I bought a package of beef jerky from one of the made-in-Oklahoma booths. Later, I set down the plastic sack it was in and left it for 15-20 seconds and when I came back it was gone.

You probably lost that bad of jerky to a bird.

[MadMonk]

You probably lost that bad of jerky to a bird.

I didn't mention that I had set it down in the passenger seat of one of the cars I was looking over (I think it was the Hyundai Genesis). There is the remote possibility that a particularly dextrous bird flew in, swooped down, opened the passenger door and nabbed the bag-o-jerky, but I doubt it.

[oneforone]

I am just wondering when they are going to announce the demolition of the space needle. It's pretty much hidden behind the scenes and dark at night. I noticed none of the news outlets mentioned anything on it this year. They have had a year to fix it or replace it. I am thinking they are hoping people will not miss it after two fairs went without it. After all that space would make a good parking lot for horse trailers or if nothing else a big pit for the horsemen to use as a spittoon.

Then again they may never mention it and we will just wake up one morning and it will be gone.

[ljbab728]

I am just wondering when they are going to announce the demolition of the space needle. It's pretty much hidden behind the scenes and dark at night. I noticed none of the news outlets mentioned anything on it this year. They have had a year to fix it or replace it. I am thinking they are hoping people will not miss it after two fairs went without it. After all that space would make a good parking lot for horse trailers or if nothing else a big pit for the horsemen to use as a spittoon.

Then again they may never mention it and we will just wake up one morning and it will be gone.

Actually KFOR had a news segment about the space needle. They interviewed someone with the fair who said that it was so old they had problems getting parts to fix it and there are evidently no current plans to do so.

[securityinfo]

can someone tell me the name of the vendor selling the salad dressing in one of the buildings? i meant to pick some up and neglected to do so.

[BBatesokc]

Finally took in the fair on the last day (Sunday). Opinions will vary but, overall I found it to just be "okay."

Likes:
1. Great weather.
2. Non-rowdy crowd (only there during the day).
3. Grounds seemed really clean.
4. Large/frequent police presence.
5. Isles were nice an wide in the food/midway areas.
6. Midway carni's were not overly annoying.
7. Good excuse to get out of the house and walk around.
8. Lots of free and convenient parking.
9. Saw a couple of newer/nicer rides than I've seen in the past.

Dislikes
1. Found the overall cost to be high for what you got. Can't imagine taking a hungry family with kids. My costs were right at $45 (tickets and food for two).
2. Too many smokers. We moved several times while trying to eat near the space needle. Way too many people with cigarettes and even two guys with cigars.
3. They looked to have spread the fair out more due to fewer vendors. Just didn't look like nearly as many vendors as years past.
4. Vendors inside the building were just plain boring in my opinion. Same stuff year after year (but, I have the same opinion of the Arts Festival).

Will most likely be visiting the Texas fair in the coming weeks. Curious to make a more conscious comparison.

Wife and I thought the same thing as we left..... Should have just gone to a nice restaurant instead and then gone for a walk.

[oneforone]

Wife and I thought the same thing as we left..... Should have just gone to a nice restaurant instead and then gone for a walk.

My wife and I were thinking the same thing. The food was not all that great this year and overpriced. The only thing worth the time was the cinnamon rolls. We can get cinnamon rolls anywhere. We will likely save our money next year and spend a weekend in Dallas for the Texas State Fair.