Comments on: Carl’s Carnies

By: Dr. Wagner

Dr. Wagner — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:09:07 +0000

I’ve decided that the guessing folks are simply there to collect money. The prizes bought in bulk would amount to about 25¢ to 50¢ each and they charge $3.00 per guess. Even if they were the worst guesser of all time and gave everyone a prize, they would still more than cover the cost of the prizes. I imagine that for pure profit percetage it’s right up there with the human headed spider and the giant rat.

By: daniel johnson

daniel johnson — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:23:59 +0000

i love the guesser. such a strange figbure in the fair to me. do they really develope an uncanny ability to guess? do they think they are a good guesser or just happy to fill the void of guesser in order to collect more money than the prizes are worth?

i like the flow of the picture the arch created from his face through the prizes on the right.

i hate the fair…at the same time it gives me a sense of discontentment with stationary life and makes me want to join the circus…to be a carnie…to be the one that everyone talks shit about but it doesn’t matter cause i’m gonna have a good time, get what i can out of your city, and be on to the next while you are still stuck with the myriad dramas you have collected in your sedimentary living style.

By: Dr. Wagner

Dr. Wagner — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:58:42 +0000

I like Satrship 2000. I bet that had more zing to it, oh, about 7 or 8 years ago.

By: Roy Adkins

Roy Adkins — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:03:01 +0000

The lift works, but I got there right as the fair opened, so many “rides” were empty.

Rockstar/Next Generation Carnie informed me that he works as a model in L.A. After seeing his teeth I concluded he was refering to Lower Alabama.

By: Hud

Hud — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:54:13 +0000

CARNIES!

Does the ski-lift work? It looks hella empty.
I like the young carnie with the shades. He’s the next generation of carnies, he’s a rockstar.

I never went to the Ms State fair. I’ve only been to the Fl state fair once (its in Tampa, so I have no recent excuse but Tampa is 5-6 hours from Tallahassee and 4-5 hours from Miami, Tampa’s cool and all but nothing in this state is close to anything else). I went to the Tx State fair once, the same year I went to the Texas-Oklahoma game (talk about a state where nothing is close to anything else).

I’m seriously bummed that you asked permission. I bet the carnies that said no are uber-sketchy looking. On the other hand, not having your camera broken is probably better.

By: Roy Adkins

Roy Adkins — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:58:20 +0000

I think the ski lift thing has been there a long while, I’ll check with my father-in-law . . . he was talking about when they paved it the other day.

I took them between 11 and 12:30, wonderful clear skies.

Wanna buy one?

By: gclark

gclark — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:53:01 +0000

hey, that “crazy mouse coaster photos” picture is damn fine, too. i like the composition of it.

about what time of day did you take these?

By: gclark

gclark — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:50:07 +0000

that picture of the “fool the guesser” carnie is perfect.

i like that ski-lift looking thing they have going over the concession trailers. they didn’t have that last time i went to the ms state fair (er, 11 yrs ago).