MN State Fair

The MN State Fair aka The Great Minnesota Get Together and after what I saw this year and it previous years it should be called The Great Minnesota Get  Together of Uncoordinated Misfits, they need to have not only rules and regulations for the fair but maybe a dress code for the fair like the nightclubs.  Before I get into the severe dress code violation, I want to talk about other things I saw like kids on leashes.  Everybody has seen this before at the mall or a park or anywhere.  I would never in a million year put a leash on my kids or anyone for that even if that was your freaky thing.  Some of these parents crack me up.  You mean to tell me you have no control over a 3 year old kid that you need to put a leash on?  YOU NEED YOUR ASS BEAT!!!!  What ever happen to the speech that kids used to get before even getting out of the car?  I’m not the only one that got that speech.  If you can’t keep an eye on your kids at a fair, you don’t need to be there or bring them.  And how would you like having a leash on as a parent?  Wait, the way some people are these days, they might like it with their freaky butts.  Moving on, back to the dress code violations at the fair.  I’m saying this as a man that has seen enough in only one day, FANNY PACKS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!!!  If you are not in the medical field or a lifeguard at a swimming pool, you should not be allowed to wear those. I’m not saying that whoever invented fanny packs was wrong but there are too many types of bags, purses or backpacks in this day and age to put a fanny pack to rest.  There should be a rule that if you see anyone with a fanny pack on, you should have the right to karate chop that person in the throat and beat them with their own fanny pack.  It is 2011 not 1981.  Another thing that I saw was women in boots at the fair.  It is the state fair not the nightclub.  When you think of a fair, you think of a lot of walking and being hot depending on the weather.  Who are you trying to impress at a state fair?  They don’t give out awards for walking the longest distance with boots on in 90 degree weather.  And last, if you know that you are going to the fair, wouldn’t you think you would put a little more thought into what you are going to wear.  I mean if it is going to be hot, you wouldn’t wear a long sleeve shirt or if you knew it would be a little chilly, you would bring a light weight coat or sweat shirt.  But don’t come to the fair looking like you just rolled out of bed, headed to a nightclub or your color coordination is way off.  Why do people think pajama pants are fashionable in public?  What makes it sad, it is grown adults that are doing it.  They need to be dropped kicked back to sleep for that.  There’s no need to dress to impress at the fair.  It is 90 degrees outside and you want to come to the fair in a long sleeve button up and leather pants.  You deserve to pass out from heat exhaustion wearing that to the fair.  A word of advice, a tie dye shirt, plaid shorts and tan socks with black shoes does not go together.  Take your butt back home and put on some solid colors.  And make sure everything fits from the shirt down to your shoes or sandals.  I don’t think I need to repeat myself, all I’m going to say is to read some of my other blogs like BIG PEOPLE/little clothes and Big feet/little sandals or flip flops.  But I did see something new.  If your foot is oozing off the side of your sandals or flip flops like cooking dough oozing off of a table, YOU NEED YOUR ASS BEAT!!!!

There are people that dress to stand out at the fair and make a statement.  Then there are people that don’t want to make a statement but do for all the wrong reasons.  Follow me on Twtter @wlhoward_psa.  Until the next time, stay cool.