On Sunday night I went with some friends from CCC to the DuPage County Fair. It was reassuring to know that county fairs are the same all over the country. I could have easily been in Guyton, Georgia or Montgomery, Alabama as I was in Wheaton, Illinois. The food is the same, so are the booths selling t-shirts with dragons and scantily clad women, the plethora of goats, and the inordinate amount of people wearing cowboy hats.
The main attraction at the fair that night was the SOLD OUT demolition derby. That's right, people living in the suburbs of Chicago will pack out a high school-sized stadium to watch cars smash into each other... and now I can see why. That series of slow speed accidents was memorizing, pack with suspense. Which car will survive the longest? Is the liquid leaking out of the front flammable? All this is to say, if a demolition derby comes to town, put on your cowboy hat, grab the goat and go.
The main attraction at the fair that night was the SOLD OUT demolition derby. That's right, people living in the suburbs of Chicago will pack out a high school-sized stadium to watch cars smash into each other... and now I can see why. That series of slow speed accidents was memorizing, pack with suspense. Which car will survive the longest? Is the liquid leaking out of the front flammable? All this is to say, if a demolition derby comes to town, put on your cowboy hat, grab the goat and go.
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was that your first demolition derby? i LOVE them!!!
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