Fairly Amusing

Meg and I went to the Texas State Fair on Tuesday after work. The whole photo set is available on Megan's FLICKR, but I pulled five choice shots to expound upon.


The State Fair is the place for borderline (and not so borderline) copyright infringement. Behold, ladies and gents: INDIAGO JONES! Pretty thinly veiled, no? Not pictured in this shot is the left side of the signage featuring "Indiago" riding an elephant being led by a very Data (short A sound, not as in Brent Spiner) looking young man.


This is actually the main reason we went to the fair. I shit you not, and yes, you can believe your eyes. This is a Magnum PI ride with a gigantic dancing Coke can in the center. I'm fascinated with how Selleck's head is so alienesque and inverse-egg-shaped. As an added bonus, it was quite a fun ride.


I was almost tempted to pay for this "computer" to sample my handwriting. There were two of them in different locations. The whole "couples" package (ARE YOU COMPATIBLE????) was only $10, but I just couldn't part with a sawbuck for it.


The "Rock and Roll Jukebox Funhouse" was adorned with many beautiful airbrushed portraits of "Rock Stars". My second favorite was this MASSIVE Prince portrait. This fucker was well fifteen feet tall. I felt utterly dwarfed in it's presence.


And of course, you cannot, cannot have a Wall of Rock Gods without the almighty himself, EVH. (Did you know he's Dutch and Indonesian? I didn't. He was born in the Netherlands and moved to the US when he was seven. Weird, huh?) I really like that the artist has mistaken the Stryper colours for Eddie's traditional red, black and white.

It was five hours and fifty dollars well spent. The day is gone, but our memories (and hopefully the Magnum PI ride) will last a life time. Check out all the rest of the day over at Megan's FLICKR.
- posted by Mason @ 10:39 PM