Fairground attraction....funnily enough I was thinking of bacon.....

Today was just another gorgeous, hot day on the West coast of America, staying just south of San Francisco with some very good friends and chilling out....

...but I had to go out after 5 days of laziness here.  Well I did go out on the weekend to be fair and met some new friends and had a very late night where I ended up eating pasta out of a saucepan on a kitchen counter....total class.  Apparently I didn't even use a fork...shocking innit??

Today I went to the San Mateo county fair, total Americana...bloody loved it! There's fair ground rides, really unhealthy food, art, shopping,quilting, flower displays, live music and most importantly......wait for it....piglet racing.  Total consumerism spending and overeating, god bless America!

I have to admit I am more than a bit of a wuss on carnival rides. I just know that some drunken American has put that ride together whilst munching on a chilli dog and some all important screw will be working its way loose and just happen to pop out the instant I get on that particular carriage of the ride and I will die some slow, painful agonising death in a carnage of twisted metal. (this is no offense to Americans either I think this in every fair ground in every country I visit)

Not that I really have analysed or overthought this or anything.  I never used to have this fear of impending death, I think it must be an age thing, like sexual stamina and not needing loads of sleep.  It's strange how those two things come to mind ;)

So I just did another fair ground stuff, like eat the most massive burrito I have ever laid my hands on (still farting as I type)and watch the piglet races (my first).  There was some very interesting characters there I met a hulk hogan look alike and his mate bones (pic below)  I'm thinking his nick-name is due to his slender, atheletic build or it could just be his last name?

Got talking to two American women who said to me you can't leave the fair until you have had something deep fried...like an Oreo.  They deep fry Oreo's!!!! She said they are just soooo good to which I replied "that's weird they sound so bad".  That caused major offence so I moved on....seriously though, just because you have a deep fryer doesn't mean you have to stick everything in it.

Tomorrow I'll go somewhere slightly healthier and safer....on my cholestoral level and not be just another lazy pig. :)