I'm A Winner!!!

[Laurel]

No, not the Nobel Prize. Not the Pulitzer either.


Nope, not the Webbie either.


Today at the fair, I, all by myself, threw a ring over the end of a Coke bottle and won a Tweety bird nearly as tall as me. True story!

So all you who claim that the ring toss is fixed, it ain't! It can be beat!

 

[unusuallyconfused]

CONGRATS, Laurel, I never ever win anything at those games, and yes my rationalization is that the games are fixed.

I think, however, you are the 1st person I know, albeit only by name, that has won that game.

 

[p_p_man]

And I've been trying...

...thirty years to do that...

Congrats...

 

[MysteryJKR]

congrats!

but it is fixed! it has to be dawgonit! well least im gonna keep believin it till i have your luck.

 

[Mischka]

Wow, a life size Tweetie Bird. Tre cool. Where are you going to put it? Playground for the kitties?

 

[JenJ]

Congrats never won anything at that game mind you but one Pooh just about as big as me at a dart game

 

[Laurel]

I never win either. I was shocked when I watched the ring bounce around the bottles and land squarely around the neck of one in the corner. Manu pointed it out to me, then the barker came over and picked up the ring and inspected it for a full minute - like maybe I'd slipped in one of those Magic Winning Rings when he wasn't looking - before he asked which doll I wanted. Then the lady on the megaphone started yelling "Winner! Winner! We have a winner!" And people are all staring, and I'm thinking, "why can't this be, say, the $550,000 jackpot at the Luxor instead of a mutant Tweety?" but oh well. Winning's winning, damnit.

 

[Texan]

Laurel...... you must of cheated......

did you wait till the guy had his back turned and reach over to put the thing on.....?

Well, I'm glad someone finally won something at a fair. As a dad of four, I've spent a friggin fortune on those rigged games.

 

[Ksss]

Congratulations on your win Laurel...winning one of those fair games exceeds any other big prize!

 

[Laurel]

Yeah, no kidding! I got lucky and won early enough that I didn't spend much on them, but a twenty can disappear in the blink of an eye! It's as bad as Vegas!

I got a little doggy too, but he was a consolation prize at one of the "even if you lose, we give you some cheesy toy" booths.

 

[Todd]

I don't know what the particualt set up was that you were at but when i worked the fairs the table was 25 bottles by 25 bottles that spun in a cricle and you tossed the ring hoping to get it on the ionly thing was out of all those bottles only 15 were smallenough necks to get the ring over.

 

[CoolCucumber]

At Hershey Park, I was banned from Whack a Mole one day, because I kept winning, I think I won about 14 times in a row, and then they wouldn't let me play anymore...

-CoolCucumber

 

[Never]

Wow - I didn't think it was possible.
Laurel, I'm taking you to Vegas.

 

[*bratcat*]

Oh, well I might have to disagree there!

 

[Mensa]

I'm the moderator of Munchkinland!

Congrats never won anything at that game mind you but one Pooh just about as big as me at a dart game

Originally posted by Laurel
Today at the fair, I, all by myself, threw a ring over the end of a Coke bottle and won a Tweety bird nearly as tall as me. True story!

So, just how tall are you two?

 

[Never]

I'm telling you Laurel's tall....
Why are you all looking at me?

I am not short! I am not short! I am bigger than a Tweety Bird!

 

[Laurel]

Re: I'm the moderator of Munchkinland!

So, just how tall are you two?

Same as Never...we're both about a Tweety and a third.

 

[Never]

*Can't ..fight the .. urge*

We represent the Lollipop Guild,
The Lollipop Guild,
and in the name of the Lollipop Guuuuillld...!

 

[Mensa]

Re: Re: I'm the moderator of Munchkinland!

Same as Never...we're both about a Tweety and a third.

Does this mean we have to start talking down to you?

Just asking.

 

[cymbidia]

The Del Mar Fair?

Did you go there for the races and stay for the fair or the other way round?

And, importantly, did you have any of that incredibly good, made-on-the-spot salt water taffy?

I'm going to be in SD visiting my family the first week in August...

 

[Never]

Make is stop.. I've lost control..

We welcome you to Munchkinland,

Tra la la la la
La la la, la la la,
Tra la la la la la la.

From now on you'll be history.

You'll be hiss, you'll be hiss,

you'll be history.

And we will glorify your name.

You will be a bust, be a bust, be a bust

In the Hall of Fame!

Tra la la la la
La la la, la la la,
Tra la la la la la la.

Tra la la la la
La la la, la la la,
Tra la la la la la la.

Tra la la la la
La la la, la la la,
Tra la la la la laaaa....!

 

[Laurel]

Does this mean we have to start talking down to you?

That would depend on your height, dear Mensa. You fess up and so will I.

Did you go there for the races and stay for the fair or the other way round?

And, importantly, did you have any of that incredibly good, made-on-the-spot salt water taffy?

Went for the Fair, didn't hit the races. Didn't get any taffy because I passed it late in the day, but I did eat those freshmade potato crisps, garlic-battered artichoke hearts, and not one but TWO cream puffs. Needless to say, I'm pretty sick to my stomach.

Rode some rides, too. Not the real fast ones. I'm just not adventurous enough to strap myself into a creaky machine that was assembled by carnies in 15 minutes.

 

[Laurel]

We represent

The Lollipop Guild

The Lollipop Guild

The Lollipop Guild

And in the name of The Lollipop Guild

We'd like to welcome you to

Munchkin Land!

 

[Mensa]

That would depend on your height, dear Mensa. You fess up and so will I.





Rode some rides, too. Not the real fast ones. I'm just not adventurous enough to strap myself into a creaky machine that was assembled by carnies in 15 minutes.

Now you're getting personal!! Fine, but just this once. 6'3"

So. Laurel, you don't like living fast and dangerous, eh?

 

[Ksss]

LOL I think I am shorter than Laurel...

Took my grandson to his first carnival a few weeks ago...EKKKKKKK he wanted to go on all the rides which turn you upside down and every which way...I'm glad they have height restrictions!!!

Five of us spent about $10 each to win him this Pokemon stuffed animal...sad, we could have probably gotten it in the store for much less than we paid out to the carnies.