Minnesota State Fair

Have you ever heard Garrison Keillor speak about “Minnesota Nice?” This ain’t it. The Minnesota State Fair is the one thing we get arrogant about. It is the biggest in area, has the most exhibits, the most food booths and the highest attendance of any state fair in the U.S. It gives us the opportunity to say things like, “Don’t tell us about your South Dakota St. Fair or your Iowa Sate Fair or your St. Louis VP Days or anything else. It only shows that you have never been to the Minnesota State Fair or you would know how much your own little state fair sucks.” It helps us overcome the inferiority complex put upon us from being the home of the Minnesota Vikings, the Minnesota Twins, the Minnesota Timberwolves, Jesse Ventura, Hubert Humphrey, and former governor Arne Carlson’s ex-wife Barbara.

So anyway, we went to the state fair. Here is some photographic proof of how great it is. First of all they have HUGE kids–kids that are bigger than locomotives:

And they have good looking people–people whose faces you would see in magazines(you can click on these pictures and they get bigger. That is part of the magic of the Minnesota Sate Fair):

And if you aren’t convinced yet, here are some pictures from the sky ride just to show you how much better our state fair is than yours:

Now to all of you who live in places like Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota, Missouri, etc, I am sorry for ruining your state fair experience by showing how sucky your state fair is. You could always come to Minnesota. We will treat you well. We are, after all, Minnesota Nice.

~ by Bill Hugo on August 29, 2007.