wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Jul 26, 2010 4:21pm
ZWICK 4 PREZ;432522 wrote:r u a carnie?
lol...exactly what I was thinking
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Jul 26, 2010 4:32pm
My grandparents used to own food concession trailers that went to the county fairs. As a teen I spent my summers working for them. Trust me after the first week you ate looking for anything but food that is cooked at the fair to eat.
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Jul 26, 2010 7:10pm
Is the Southside Diner still in town? I haven't been up there in a few years, but I always thought that was a decent place to eat. Not sure what their hours are though.
Cleveland Buck
Posts: 5,126
Jul 26, 2010 7:35pm
Never been to Mt. Vernon. There are only a few thousand places I can go to get something to eat late at night in Cleveland.
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Steel Valley Football
Posts: 4,548
Jul 26, 2010 8:16pm
My buddy's dad runs three food stands and an icee stand at the Ohio State Fair and the Canfield Fair only and makes enough money to live on for the rest of the year just from that. His workers are carnies, but he's far from a carnie.
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mella
Posts: 647
Jul 26, 2010 9:19pm
Why do I have this picture in my head of Joe Dirt acting all sexy for his sister?
Wasn't it Napolean that said a Carnie travels on it stomach. Long live the concession workers!
Wasn't it Napolean that said a Carnie travels on it stomach. Long live the concession workers!
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Jul 27, 2010 10:06am
queencitybuckeye;432615 wrote:Are concession workers not carnies?
No. We're better than carnies. Carnies are creepy and run games and rides. Do not talk to the carnies.
Edit: If I wanted to get fancy I'd say I'm a concessionaire. But that's stupid.
Fair food chain of importance: Owners>Food workers>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Carnies
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jul 27, 2010 10:16am
I Wear Pants;433393 wrote:No. We're better than carnies. Carnies are creepy and run games and rides. Do not talk to the carnies.
Edit: If I wanted to get fancy I'd say I'm a concessionaire. But that's stupid.
Fair food chain of importance: Owners>Food workers>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Carnies
Yeah, but you'd have a lot more "message board cool" status if you were a creepy carnie.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Jul 27, 2010 10:19am
And that's what's important.Heretic;433399 wrote:Yeah, but you'd have a lot more "message board cool" status if you were a creepy carnie.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Jul 27, 2010 10:21am
Carny or carnie is a slang term used in North America for a carnival (funfair) employee, as well as the language they employ. A "carny" is anyone who runs booth, food stand, game, or ride at a carnival.I Wear Pants;433393 wrote:No. We're better than carnies. Carnies are creepy and run games and rides. Do not talk to the carnies.
Edit: If I wanted to get fancy I'd say I'm a concessionaire. But that's stupid.
Fair food chain of importance: Owners>Food workers>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Carnies
Sounds like you are a carnie to me.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Jul 27, 2010 10:26am
Looks like the definition is not clear cut. How about if standing in the rain causes you to make your own gravy, you're a carny?
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jul 27, 2010 10:30am
thedynasty1998;433402 wrote:Carny or carnie is a slang term used in North America for a carnival (funfair) employee, as well as the language they employ. A "carny" is anyone who runs booth, food stand, game, or ride at a carnival.
Sounds like you are a carnie to me.
Well, well, well...looks like someone better be biting the head off a chicken to celebrate their new status!
ohiotiger33
Posts: 1,500
Jul 27, 2010 11:09am
Damn this thread is amazing. haha.
Apple
Posts: 2,620
Jul 27, 2010 11:39am
I definitely say he qualifies as a carnie given his employment status.
Early Cuyler
Posts: 1,097
Jul 27, 2010 12:06pm
Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Jul 28, 2010 12:07am
I have normal hands. And do not smell of cabbage.
Also, carnies are generally the skill games and the rides people. Everyone else at a fair is usually somewhat normal.
And I think being enrolled in college disqualifies one from being a carnie. But whatever.
This town still sucks. I've seen more people without teeth this week than I have in my life.
Also, carnies are generally the skill games and the rides people. Everyone else at a fair is usually somewhat normal.
And I think being enrolled in college disqualifies one from being a carnie. But whatever.
This town still sucks. I've seen more people without teeth this week than I have in my life.
nc52
Posts: 419
Jul 28, 2010 3:10am
i lol'd
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jul 28, 2010 12:59pm
I Wear Pants;434192 wrote:This town still sucks. I've seen more people without teeth this week than I have in my life.
I live in a rural area and that provides the conundrum of the country fair for me. The food = kickass! Being in direct proximity to hilljack-o-rama = fuck dat noise!