Fair Food

Tonight we went to the Utah State Fair. I ate until I thought they'd have to roll me out when they packed up the Zipper on closing day. What is it about the fair that makes it okay to: Eat a corndog every time you pass the corndog stall; pay $1 to see the WORLD'S LARGEST STEER; eat another corndog; pet a pig; eat a corndog with your piggy hand; marvel at spraypaint art and KLEENZIT Wonder Serum car polish and face-lift in one; get a corndog; shop for a hot tub; then have a corndog-flavored funnel cake-on-a-stick??? I love the fair. It gives you permission to be thrilled about oversized vegetables. It is okay to buy a 5-pack of bandanas if you are at the fair. And somehow, even goats smell sweeter when their aroma floats into the corndog-scented air.