When we arrived in Minnesota, we asked around to see what there was to do here on the upcoming Labor Day weekend. "There's the state fair", said the woman behind the counter. "You can get anything on a stick. They even have candy bars fried on a stick."
Uh, thanks but no thanks. We figured she was exaggerating, but we decided not to take a chance anyway.
That may have been a wise decision. It's apparently a local joke about being able to get literally anything on a stick at the fair. There was a newspaper story about two women that planned to eat one of everything available, starting with ice cream for breakfast. There was a Lake Wobegon radio broadcast live from the fair. Within a just few minutes of listening, there was a joke about arugalu on a stick and another one about toast on a stick. There was a news report on the radio letting people know that, although the food at the fair isn't healthy for you, it probably won't kill you. Today, the last day of the fair, most of the food was half-price (in case you want to stock up for the winter.)
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