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Monster Trucks (and Jedi...)
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saramwrap and internic picked me up and we hit the county Agricultural Fair. It was nifty enough, wandering around, looking at the local produce, art, and quilting -- and avoiding the cow pies.
It seemed to me that there were less entries this year in the animal competitions, since I'm used to all the animal barns being used, and there were several that were empty this year.
Anyway, at 8 pm, we saw what we'd really come for -- monster trucks! Well, that and a demolition derby.
The derby was rather fun, as it was a charity event in which local DJs were driving (along with two firefighters). The cars were total junkers, of course, and came apart within ten minutes of being knocked into each other. It was pretty amusing when the fire battalion captain figured out that if he drove in *reverse*, he could use his trunk as a battering ram and protect his engine -- he eliminated most of his competitors that way.
There was also a 'psycho jet quad', which was entirely too loud and made me sincerely regret forgetting my ear plugs.
Anyway, at last, what we came for creeped out of the trees. Megasaurus!
It was kind of fun, watching a robot dinosaur spit fire and eat a car. And I'm pretty sure it's one of those "only in America" kinds of entertainment.
This leads me to wonder, if we know that there are such things as pod races in the Star Wars universe, which are a combination of speed race and demolition derby... are there things analogous to monster truck shows? And would Qui-Gon Jinn go to one (he'd gone to pod races before Tatooine)? What about Obi-Wan? Just how tacky are Jedi allowed to be?
saramwrap and internic picked me up and we hit the county Agricultural Fair. It was nifty enough, wandering around, looking at the local produce, art, and quilting -- and avoiding the cow pies.It seemed to me that there were less entries this year in the animal competitions, since I'm used to all the animal barns being used, and there were several that were empty this year.
Anyway, at 8 pm, we saw what we'd really come for -- monster trucks! Well, that and a demolition derby.
The derby was rather fun, as it was a charity event in which local DJs were driving (along with two firefighters). The cars were total junkers, of course, and came apart within ten minutes of being knocked into each other. It was pretty amusing when the fire battalion captain figured out that if he drove in *reverse*, he could use his trunk as a battering ram and protect his engine -- he eliminated most of his competitors that way.
There was also a 'psycho jet quad', which was entirely too loud and made me sincerely regret forgetting my ear plugs.
Anyway, at last, what we came for creeped out of the trees. Megasaurus!
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Megasaurus unfolding |
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Megasaurus roar |
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Megasaurus flame |
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Megasaurs reach |
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Megasaur eating |
It was kind of fun, watching a robot dinosaur spit fire and eat a car. And I'm pretty sure it's one of those "only in America" kinds of entertainment.
This leads me to wonder, if we know that there are such things as pod races in the Star Wars universe, which are a combination of speed race and demolition derby... are there things analogous to monster truck shows? And would Qui-Gon Jinn go to one (he'd gone to pod races before Tatooine)? What about Obi-Wan? Just how tacky are Jedi allowed to be?
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