My experience with the Fairground Con

SteamWake · 11-14-10, 10:26 AM

Why do they call them Fairs anyhow.

Not much there seems fair to me

AdeptCharge · 11-14-10, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Not much there seems fair to me

Yes, you are correct. fair? misleading! As I observed the stall sign, Toffee Apples £1.50 I decided to purchase one, as I bit into it, there appeared to be a piece of fruit, that was an apple, to use fruit in its Non-Botanical term (as of course an apple contains the fruit, but the fleshy part is but a swollen recepticle) sheathed within the toffee. I concluded therefore that the notice has been couched using misleading elipsis. I was lead to believe that the word toffee was used in an adjectival sense, that is to say describing the constitution of the product. Ie an apple shaped toffee.

krashkart · 11-14-10, 05:59 PM

I'll take an apple-shaped toffee over a toffee-shaped apple any day.

Which brings me to the matter of Peeps. Are they a chicken-shaped marshmallow, or a marshmallow-shaped chicken?

Either way, Peeps taste nothing like chicken.

Gargamel · 11-14-10, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

I'll take an apple-shaped toffee over a toffee-shaped apple any day.

Which brings me to the matter of Peeps. Are they a chicken-shaped marshmallow, or a marshmallow-shaped chicken?

Either way, Peeps taste nothing like chicken.

That's cause they're ducks.

krashkart · 11-14-10, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

That's cause they're ducks.

My memory is slipping, apparently.

Spike88 · 11-14-10, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

That's cause they're ducks.

According to the misses, and the wiki, they're chicks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps

krashkart · 11-14-10, 09:00 PM

Still doesn't explain why anyone would pay $150 for a tofu apple, let alone why said apple-shaped marshmallow doesn't taste like toffee.

Gargamel · 11-15-10, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Spike88

According to the misses, and the wiki, they're chicks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps

Don't care.

Theyre ducks to me now.

Sledgehammer427 · 11-16-10, 01:42 AM

AdeptCharge, I am actually kinda lost as to why your posts are so dense, and yet say next to nothing. Like, all of them are that way. Every time I get on this site I imagine myself sitting at a table with this group of guys having a discussion. Try to put yourself in that spot and I hope you would see how strange this looks to the rest of us. Judging by your tone, it seems to me like you are typing as though you are looking down your nose at the rest of us. The internet is no place to be talking in such a manner, as you must assume that you are among equals. You can simply say "a reflection in a fun house mirror" instead of "a virtual image which is distorted due to the object, you that is, being reflected by a convoluted non-planar surface,(direct quote)" and we wouldn't think of you as any dumber than the rest of us. Using large words and writing paragraphs where most of us would use no more than a couple sentences isn't fooling anybody, and it's giving me the feeling you are hiding behind them. I will not guess at the reason.

That being said, if you are really as bright as you are trying to act through your vocabulary, there are other ways to show it than by doing this.

I will not reply to your responses to this post, I have been following your posts, AC, and I will make like Sailor Steve and just stay quiet from now on, having said what I wanted to say and nothing more.

@Gargamel, chicks, ducks, they are all just as fun to eat or explode in a microwave. I never cooked one over a fire, but I'm a sucker for s'mores.

AdeptCharge · 11-14-10, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

I'll take an apple-shaped toffee over a toffee-shaped apple any day.

Which brings me to the matter of Peeps. Are they a chicken-shaped marshmallow, or a marshmallow-shaped chicken?

Either way, Peeps taste nothing like chicken.

I am not familiar with the term peeps, therefore cannot specify. What I can specify correctly on was my next encounter, The Hall Of Mirrors.

I was insulted and threatened inside, and another waste of money.

TLAM Strike · 11-14-10, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by AdeptCharge

I am not familiar with the term peeps, therefore cannot specify.

Someone who doesn't know about peeps? Where have you been living? In a cave? North Korea? A cave in North Korea?

AdeptCharge · 11-14-10, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Someone who doesn't know about peeps? Where have you been living? In a cave? North Korea? A cave in North Korea?

You are correct, I do not know about said product, however my locality is not of importance. You have expressed a double negative, the result of course being that a positive has been created and therefore the intent of the question becomes unclear. If as I expect the sentence was designed not specifically as a direct question, but more over as a statement then I would advise proper question.

Sailor Steve · 11-14-10, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AdeptCharge

I was insulted and threatened inside, and another waste of money.

Umm, that scary guy was just your reflection...

AdeptCharge · 11-15-10, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Umm, that scary guy was just your reflection...

Using, "scary guy" I assume you mean frightening male. I made no mention, I do not understand.

Furthermore I fail to comprehend how reflection could/can be classed as scary within locus of fairground. Let me explain : I entered into what was described as the Hall Of Mirrors. Once inside I observed precisely Eight mirrors hung to a cheap wooden walled interior, and roughly guessed the dimensions of the mirrors and length of walkway. I was not alone, there were two people of the male gender, 1 child 1 adult. As I looked into the first mirror, the child (boy) at 3rd mirror said to the adult (man) 4th mirror "look daddy, I'm taller than you!" This caught my interest. A-hem ....

Sailor Steve · 11-15-10, 10:53 AM

'Twas a joke, which apparently went right over your head. Now that I'm beginning to understand the nature of your posting, I'll refrain from further attempts.

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Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	AdeptCharge, I am actually kinda lost as to why your posts are so dense, and yet say next to nothing. Like, all of them are that way. Every time I get on this site I imagine myself sitting at a table with this group of guys having a discussion. Try to put yourself in that spot and I hope you would see how strange this looks to the rest of us. Judging by your tone, it seems to me like you are typing as though you are looking down your nose at the rest of us. The internet is no place to be talking in such a manner, as you must assume that you are among equals. You can simply say "a reflection in a fun house mirror" instead of "a virtual image which is distorted due to the object, you that is, being reflected by a convoluted non-planar surface,(direct quote)" and we wouldn't think of you as any dumber than the rest of us. Using large words and writing paragraphs where most of us would use no more than a couple sentences isn't fooling anybody, and it's giving me the feeling you are hiding behind them. I will not guess at the reason. That being said, if you are really as bright as you are trying to act through your vocabulary, there are other ways to show it than by doing this. I will not reply to your responses to this post, I have been following your posts, AC, and I will make like Sailor Steve and just stay quiet from now on, having said what I wanted to say and nothing more. @Gargamel, chicks, ducks, they are all just as fun to eat or explode in a microwave. I never cooked one over a fire, but I'm a sucker for s'mores. __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	'Twas a joke, which apparently went right over your head. Now that I'm beginning to understand the nature of your posting, I'll refrain from further attempts. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	I'll take an apple-shaped toffee over a toffee-shaped apple any day. Which brings me to the matter of Peeps. Are they a chicken-shaped marshmallow, or a marshmallow-shaped chicken? Either way, Peeps taste nothing like chicken.

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Still doesn't explain why anyone would pay $150 for a tofu apple, let alone why said apple-shaped marshmallow doesn't taste like toffee.