Labor Day, Minnesota

Step 0.5: we drink

Figures.

Step 1.5: We continue to drink.

Plus we have House on the Rock, State Fair, Valley Fair, & You Otter Stop Inn. Somebody put together a PowerPoint presentation, or at least a spreadsheet for Christ's sake.

Step 2: You review Leonard Part 6

Next Friday: Psyched by the 4D Witch.

Plus a massive "John Justen and Fluffy Bear will Drink it, with Special Guests".

Labor Day Weekend Edition.

Is this an open invitation or a description of Armageddon?

Or both?

Yes. Plus, you might die.

Well, if it helps me procrastinate, dying could be a welcome option.

http://www.billiejean.be/Mijn_Collectie/I

i want to go to the state fair some day, but i think it's gonna be a couple of years before that day

we weren't inviting you anyway!

guis, i'll be in northfield, minnesota on the 26th of july. what does, that day?

i mean august 26

WAHT

Well, we obviously need to expand our planning.

Northfield. I think I've heard of that place.

Why are you going to be in Northfield?

NOT YOU SARA.

I hate it when John pre-empts my lamest jokes.

NOTE TO REMY BEAN: I LIVE IN NORTHFIELD

is it true, what they say about the hot dog on a stick?

good god

please do not even mention labor day yet

plz k thx

Deep fried Oreos and fat hogs. Thirty species of chicken, buckets of chocolate-chip cookies, and ice-cold whole milk. Butter sculptures of dairy princesses, puke-stained carnival rides, and sweat-stained, wide-assed slow-moving motherfuckers in puffy-paint American flag t-shirts. Goddamned walleye on a stick with cheese curds and horse shit everywhere. The aroma, it is rich. The crowd, it is ripe. I will bring 1 (one) flask and many sanitary wipes. You people bring the noise.

paper rectangular signs that say 'SEND HELP' in many different neon colors
clever posters from the american lung association
newscasters wearing less makeup
radio stations with free reign to aurally assault you with gas-station-quality music

ok srsly guys this could be EPIC

You had me at "deep fried Oreos."

Who will survive...and what will be left of them?

You guys are forgetting the awesome/disgusting palace of WTF that is the Miracle Of Birth Pavilion.

THIS MAN SPEAKS THE TRUTH.

"Oh, look, babee aminals! Oh look, afterbirth!"

MAGICAL.

How is it possible that I've never seen this?

I'd never seen the Butter Princess heads until 1998! (This is what happens when you spend the entirety of your time at the Fair on the midway.)

Ha ha, M4rk K13ff3r's ex-sister in law had one of those Butter Princess heads. Apparently they kept it in the freezer and brought it out for the wedding!

That is so wrong.

I was so disappointed when they got divorced, because now I can't ask, "so, how's the Butter Head?" anymore.

(my minister friend from northfield is getting married. i have the evening of the 26th free, and want to meet some non-teetotaling folks)

I see! Maybe it is time for the RUEB FAP. (Or other FAP at some other Northfield bar.)

GO UP TO HASTINGS

BIERSTUBE FAP

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO

Seed art, grilled corn, and 4H livestock. Budwiser Clydesdales, political candidates in flannels with their sleeves rolled up, and rodeo. Rickety gondola lift to nowhere, elephant ears, and Randy Shaver in pleated khaki shorts. Real bear. Not 3.2 beer. For the first time in many years, real beer.

oh man! i totally forgot about the 'political candidates in flannels with their sleeves rolled up' part... unfortunately, practically nothing is free anymore at any political party's stand/building

i hope rudy boswich's (sp?) milk stand is still there

and the HUGE YELLOW SLIDE, with microphones... "i regret nothiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnggg!!!"

Is the 26th a Sunday? Also, do you need to stay in Northfield, or can you escape to the cities (given transportation is made available to you)?

xpost to Remy

butter...princess...heads?

Okay, thank you, someone had the same reaction I did.

private msg to dan:

stephan1e d1llon lives in mpls now btw so if i come to this she will come too!

Snorg-worthy Dairy Princess with butter sculpture:
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2003/08/25_newsroom_buttersculpture/images/jessica_large.jpg

My computer appears not to be loading that in an instance of keeping my sanity.

Now, if it was a goose...

wow i'm really really tired.

Did you have to fix the holes yourself? Also, are you still at work? Because if you're home you're BETTER OFF THAN ME RIGHT NOW.

Dan, go home.

John, I'm glad that you didn't get eaten by Zombie J4s0n McMurr4y. Get some rest.

Wait, ZJM eats everything.

THAT'S NOT JOHN

i just read the crush archetypes thread because i thought it would be funny, embarrassing for some, and thus distract me from my day.

so so so so wrong. :(

when the worst ilx thread poll happens, someone remind me of that one. it has everything.

or do i mean everyone?

god it has marc loi even

oooh, John hates it, it must be interesting

*rubs hands together madly*

(actually looking for anything to do to avoid typing out my assignment since I can't actually read my own handwriting)

you will be sorry

I won't be, though.

Well, it could have been worse.

there's still time

St3v3 G0ldb3rg hasn't posted yet.

I resisted that fukn thread all day yesterday. JJ confirms I was right to do so. Today my resolve will not weaken. I AM IORN MANG.

Well, if you want to read what Tuomas, Louis, and Kenan think about not only the objects of their desire, but also single-sex schools and the value of womens studies/cultural studies programs with a bunch of other nutjobs weighing in every so often, it's the thread for you!

I will only possibly read that thread when I can be swilling whiskey and listening to Hyphy Hitz (ie not at work).

Hey, I'm not saying it didn't go totally off into krazy land, I'm just saying it wasn't horrible.

Just remember, everything I read is still compared to that g.d. organic chemistry book that I hated. It's a pretty low standard.

OH I FORGOT TO MENTION TEH BIG HOOS.

STILL MORE INTERESTING THAN CARBON AND ITS MANY BONDS, JOHN

Carbon has four bonds, in case you were wondering.

^^^^ BASICALLY ALL I REMEMBER, THIS IS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE

Oh fuck it, i'm on lunch break and I'm bored and I need a long thread to read.

LAY DOWN SOME COVER, I'M GOIN' IN.

Leroy_jenkins.wav

guys why are fireworks going off??

Was it some bizarre celebration of Columbus Day? Or Canadian Thanksgiving? Or the fact that the humidity dropped enough so that we don't have to swim through the air anymore?

Just a few guesses.

columbus day?

Yeah, it seemed like an odd reason to have fireworks to me, too.

But I'm in Northfield, and I don't know the ways of you City Folk. ;)

guys there's a band called Emerson, Lake & Lyndale

!!!!!

why do i get the feeling that they will not be as good as their name implies ;_;

Not until you join them as lead warbler.

(hidden MN secret - I am in the process of creating "band". It is not named after streets in MN)

awesome!

Cool! I need more famous friends.

Get to work.

Blind Shake tonight?

...or this Clapperclaw festival thing in NE?

anyone up for either?

provide updates pls john

can i ineffectually try to call for another FAP tonite?

daddy needs a drink

I can give you John's number if you want. He'll probably skip out on drinks to fly to Boston to stab me, tho.

haha i have his number!

I know I post far more on the Chicago thread despite living in Mpls, but I'm having people meet up at the Bulldog in Uptown for my birthday if anyone is lookin' for a crowd to join...

YAY STABBINGS AVOIDED

It's a CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!

dan have you watched any of the yahtzee croshaw game reviews on The Escapist

I WILL DRINK TONIGHT. BECAUSE I WILL DRINK ANY NIGHT.

not noticing this thread bumping is probably due to my starting the new HSTNGS/MN/WTEVR thread on the Idiot Thread Repository, huh?

gff, call me, or I'll call you. I work until 6 and my phone will be off until then. ROXOR.

also i could prob do bulldog if thats the thing to be done. or whatever, really. i'll emale FB and mook to see what they're up to as well.

NOTE: General Holiday Season 2007 Minnesota get-together/booze-em-up planning thread for the non-ITR/HSTNGSTHRD perusing crowd