Posted by ILSL on August 30, 2007, 15:50:31, in reply to "A Birthday Gift from the Minnesota State Fair, Part 1" --Previous Message--
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I like the report on the garbage girl.
: I hadn't had much sleep
: Friday evening after a
: hot date with a heavy
: smoker, and because of
: that I didn't feel the
: same blast of adrenaline
: walking into the
: Minnesota State
: Fairgrounds as I usually
: do on that sunny
: Saturday morning. I
: wouldn't describe my
: mood as pessimistic, but
: I also wasn't expecting
: a blockbuster day.
: Little did I know how
: those modest
: expectations would work
: to my advantage. I
: dismissed last year's
: over-the-top day, where
: I shattered my previous
: record and pulled in a
: blistering 165 sightings
: over 13 hours, to be a
: fluke unlikely to ever
: be repeated,
: particularly in an era
: when smoking rates are
: in notable decline.
: August 25, 2007, would
: prove that assessment
: incorrect, as I would
: actually improve upon
: the 2006 number, scoring
: an out-of-this-world 184
: sightings over the
: course of 12 1/2 hours.
: I had several things
: going for me. It was a
: weekend day with perfect
: weather, attendance that
: was more than 15,000
: persons higher than the
: day I was there last
: year, and pop diva
: Fergie performing at the
: grandstand that evening
: and bringing in large
: numbers of the
: demographic I was
: looking for. Still, what
: a day. I would score so
: much satisfying material
: that even I'm gonna be
: hard-pressed to remember
: all of it. And no matter
: how great the quantity
: of sightings are, you
: always walk away a
: little bit disappointed
: if you don't score an
: extreme "epic"
: sighting. Yesterday
: would not disappoint on
: that front either. We're
: talking about a sighting
: worthy of my top-five
: Minnesota State Fair
: sightings of all-time,
: which is an exclusive
: lot!
:
: The safari started at
: about 9:30 a.m., when my
: parents' car was among
: the last 10 to fit in
: the public State
: Fairgrounds lot. All
: cars afterward need to
: seek private lots in
: which to park. 9:30 is
: incredibly early for
: that to happen, so I
: knew it'd be a busy day.
: After entering the
: grounds, I went at least
: 20 minutes before
: scoring that first
: sighting. That may have
: been the longest I've
: ever gone before the
: first cigarette-wielding
: hottie reared her
: head....and Sighting #1
: was very ho-hum. A short
: time later, Sightings #2
: and #3 would impress. A
: family sat at a go-cart
: track, and I could see
: plumes of smoke rising
: from a college-age
: brunette daughter and a
: blonde 18-ish girl I
: assumed was the sister.
: Sure enough....both
: girls were smoking
: amidst nonsmoking
: parents. While neither
: were bombshell beauties,
: they were both slender
: and attractive, and
: looked as they produced
: clouds of carcinogens
: that greatly exceeded
: what those go-carts on
: the track were capable
: of producing.
:
: Sighting #4 was a
: scorcher. Seems like 4
: is my lucky number
: because it has generated
: blockbuster or epic
: sightings at the Iowa
: State Fair of this year
: and last as well as the
: last two years at the
: Minnesota State Fair.
: Sitting on a bench near
: the Space Tower was a
: teenage couple featuring
: a long-haired 16-17ish
: blonde whose
: attractiveness really
: struck me as I
: approached from a
: distance. She seemed to
: be holding something
: that closely resembled a
: pack of cigarettes in
: her hand as I got
: closer. Sure enough, out
: came a cigarette from
: the pack which she would
: soon light up and start
: smoking. I was able to
: secure a bench in close
: proximity and watch the
: show. About halfway into
: the cigarette, the
: boyfriend reached out
: for it and she handed it
: to him. Naturally, I
: thought there no longer
: anything worth seeing,
: but stuck around for
: another 30 seconds just
: to make sure, and it's
: lucky that I did because
: blondie would reach into
: her purse and extract a
: second cigarette....this
: one entirely for
: herself. I observed as
: she smoked the whole
: thing (and clearly being
: noticed doing so) and
: flicking the butt far in
: front of her when
: finished. This sighting
: gave me a much needed
: burst of energy, and I
: would see this couple
: again about an hour
: later, this time not
: smoking.
:
: After a lengthy stretch
: of ho-hum sightings, the
: next one that really
: impressed was Sighting
: #11, which I scored on
: the north side of the
: fairgrounds, usually the
: least likely place to
: see smokers but
: definitely among my top
: six or seven sightings
: of the day. I see this
: golf cart-esque
: contraption (property of
: the Minnesota State
: Fair) hauling garbage
: driving down the streets
: of the fairgrounds and
: spot two young ladies in
: the driver and passenger
: seat. The two young
: employees included an
: unattractive and
: overweight redhead
: driving a ponytailed
: blonde cutie who looked
: about 18 in the
: passenger seat. Guess
: which one was sporting
: an 85-100 millimeter
: companion in her right
: hand? I walked quickly
: to follow this vehicle
: they were driving as
: blondie stopped at every
: full garbage can and
: removed the bag, tossing
: it on the heap of bags
: in the back of the
: vehicle. Who could have
: ever imagined that the
: "garbage man"
: would ever be a blonde
: cutie who personified
: the girl next door
: image? And would be
: smoking an all-white on
: top of everything
: else?!? She would dangle
: that cigarette from her
: lips every time her
: T-shirt and denim
: shorts-clad young body
: removed a garbage bag
: from the can...and my
: heart melted every time
: she did. She tossed the
: cigarette butt into one
: of the very trash bags
: she was removing before
: her garbage cart and I
: parted ways.
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