FaithManor Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I just came from a two hr. stint on barn security at the 4-H exhibits barn. We had the sheriff's posse out twice!!!!!!! :glare: Whackadoodle #1 tried to make off with one of the children's short-stories. Seriously! I'm not making this up. It's too bizarre for me to even think of. I'm just not that creative. He F'bombed his way through a tirade about he'd _ing do what he _ing pleased and he was _ing taking that _ing story home to his _ing kids. (Doesn't bear thinking about what home is like for kids with a moron like that for a parent figure.) While he lost what was left of his pea sized mind on the other lady working the barn, I called down to the switch board and had them send one of my favorite deputies ASAP. He nearly got his rear handed to him on a silver platter. BUT, and you are just going to have your eyeballs pop out when you read this.....while we were dealing with that kerfuffle, apparently thinking we were too distracted two guys pulled up to the barn with a pick-up truck and tried to steal one of the oak chests that won an honor's ribbon! Now when I say chest, I mean literally an oak trunk...so large that it can't be carried by a single male because it's too broad. It takes two people no matter how strong to carry that thing out. WHILE THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WAS CUFFING THE DANG STORY THIEF!!!!! AS IF NO ONE WOULD NOTICE! Law enforcement loaded up that riff-raff as well. We now have to have the barn watched from 8:00 a.m. when the doors to the facility are opened, until 11:00 p.m. which is half an hour after fair closes and the deputies go around making sure that everyone left inside are 4-H or fairboard members. I would really like to see these people sentenced to some ditch digging in this 100 degree weather. I called dh and he suggested that we hook them to plows and have them break sod! :D Forget jail, it just doesn't seem to make that much of an impression. I wonder what the county DA will think when this crosses his desk. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 What the what? :lol::lol: Forget the ditches! Our fair goes a full week. Send them up here to the pig exhibit!! That place is RIPE after a week of pigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 The heat got to 'em!! :) Glad everyone was at least safe!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, whoever wrote that story deserves to get some sort of ribbon--Most stolen story or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Good GRIEF!! I don't know which is more bizarre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 You are correct... my mind is blown. That's just... :001_huh: and :cursing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmomma Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I'm sorry...what??? Where do you live??? That's crazy. 1 story is crazy enough, but 2 stories that's just hard to even believe. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Wow, the things I have seen over the years that couldn't be made up certainly don't top these. They may be just as good, but they are not one bit better:lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 What the what? :lol::lol: Forget the ditches! Our fair goes a full week. Send them up here to the pig exhibit!! That place is RIPE after a week of pigs. Well, yes...mucking out after pigs using say a tea cup and a measuring spoon, might just be the ticket. If they would give me a gun, I'd volunteer to babysit the slimes while they work! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 I'm sorry...what??? Where do you live??? That's crazy. 1 story is crazy enough, but 2 stories that's just hard to even believe. :lol: I know!!!! That's just it. Idiot number one just astounded me, but when dear lady turned around to see that oak chest going around the corner, I think there was this moment of total shock and awe...just complete bewilderment before she could pick her jaw up and get the deputy's attention. I just cannot imagine who wakes up in the morning and thinks, "Today, I'm going to go down to the county fair and steal some 4-H exhibits." WHO DOES THIS???? It staggers my imagination that's for sure. :banghead: Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmosis Mom Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Sorry, but this is too hilarious!!! The first ding-dong sounded weird, but the thieves with the truck sound like something out of a comedy show. Can't wait for tomorrow's synopsis, ahaha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Whoa! People are so weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I may have watched too many crime dramas, but I think story thief was sent to create a diversion and the real target was that oak chest. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 I may have watched too many crime dramas, but I think story thief was sent to create a diversion and the real target was that oak chest. :tongue_smilie: Very astute! I didn't even think of that. But, that makes sense because I just could not imagine why this guy was making such a scene over a short story. You'd think he would have dropped it and high-tailed it out of the barn. I guess none of them thought A. anyone would be watching and B. if someone was, that they they would call the law. Can I just say that I have barn duty again tomorrow for about four hrs. and I'm really not looking forward to it? Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmomma Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I know!!!! That's just it. Idiot number one just astounded me, but when dear lady turned around to see that oak chest going around the corner, I think there was this moment of total shock and awe...just complete bewilderment before she could pick her jaw up and get the deputy's attention. I just cannot imagine who wakes up in the morning and thinks, "Today, I'm going to go down to the county fair and steal some 4-H exhibits." WHO DOES THIS???? It staggers my imagination that's for sure. :banghead: Faith I honestly don't know. :lol: Well, I guess it does make for some funny stories, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 the county fair brings out the loonies here too. And my kids wonder why I won't let them roam unattended at the fairgrounds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Sorry, but this is too hilarious!!! The first ding-dong sounded weird, but the thieves with the truck sound like something out of a comedy show. Can't wait for tomorrow's synopsis, ahaha!! Perhaps the first guy was supposed to distract attention for the second thieves to get the real object? They figured everyone would think him crazy and he'd be let go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I never knew 4h was good training for law enforcement. Good grief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Our fair is only 3 days. It's in 2 weeks. It never occurred to me that people would behave like this. Stealing kids' projects. What kind of person can look themselves in the mirror and think this is OK. Weird, weird, weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Where do these people come from?? We had a lady come in one of our retail stores and tell my oldest a very racist joke. When he told her he didn't think that was funny, she starting screaming and cursing him all the way out the door. The other customers just stood there in shock. He also had two elderly women get in a fistfight over who was next in line. They were actually hitting each other, and he had to break it up. They both had to be in their 60's. The whole world has gone crazy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorilou Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Funnel Cake defense? The sugar overload made them crazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanchGirl Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Perhaps the first guy was supposed to distract attention for the second thieves to get the real object? They figured everyone would think him crazy and he'd be let go. that was my thought too -- these kooks must be working together. Too much of a coincidence that it happened at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I may have watched too many crime dramas, but I think story thief was sent to create a diversion and the real target was that oak chest. :tongue_smilie: I was thinking, too, of a Smokey and the Bandit type situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hmmm...Maybe I shouldn't let DD7 enter her lego creation, then (there's a category for it in the children's crafts part of our fair). She'd be heartbroken if it were to sprout legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I've never figured out how a county fair can be both a great place for families and yet also bring out the weirdest of the weird. Several years ago I entered cakes in the fair and won prizes. The prizes were things like a crystal bowl, apron, etc. And there was prize money also. The day I went to pick up the check for the prize money, they other prizes had been stolen. They left the envelope with the check but took the goofy kitchen towels, packets of yeast, wooden spoons, etc. What kind of nut steals a trophy with someone else's name on it??????? Oh, wait. The guy in the opening post was trying to steal a story. Nevermind. Your weirdo is worse than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Oh my word! People certainly have a lot of nerve! Un-freakin-believable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeetime Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I may have watched too many crime dramas, but I think story thief was sent to create a diversion and the real target was that oak chest. :tongue_smilie: :iagree::iagree: That was my first thought, too! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Our fair entries are put up behind barriers to slow people somewhat. Some are tied down. And while there is a back door, that is where they usually have large cattle gates just for air flow. If you want to enter, or exit, you have to go thru one of 2 narrow doors and there are people posted on each side. And the food is now kept behind large screens to keep those wanting free food out of reach. But really, our fair lasts a week. Even in Spetember it is 90+ outside and the pies, etc will often mold. Who is stupid enough to eat moldy foods??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I had no idea stealing fair entries and prizes was so common (well, I had no idea it happened at all). It didn't occur to me until I read someone suggest it, but I bet they were working together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 That is beyond bizarre! At least some kid has bragging rights now. "My story was SO GOOD some nut job tried to steal if from the County Fair!" And the trunk, how heartbreaking would that have been. The time that must have gone into making it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 :001_huh::blink::eek: Unbelievable! Guess they need a riff raff check at the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 At least some kid has bragging rights now. "My story was SO GOOD some nut job tried to steal if from the County Fair!" So true. Won't that make a brilliant college application essay someday? Not surprised by the moldy food theft. At a local science fair a kid had his display, jars of jelly beans, stolen from his table. The project was clearly marked as testing the Five Second Rule, so the jelly beans had been subjected to all manner of bacteria and untold crud, but that did not deter the thieves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 So true. Won't that make a brilliant college application essay someday? Not surprised by the moldy food theft. At a local science fair a kid had his display, jars of jelly beans, stolen from his table. The project was clearly marked as testing the Five Second Rule, so the jelly beans had been subjected to all manner of bacteria and untold crud, but that did not deter the thieves. Well, apparently someone believed in the 5 sec rule :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, apparently someone believed in the 5 sec rule :lol: Or sabotage from a competitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I may have watched too many crime dramas, but I think story thief was sent to create a diversion and the real target was that oak chest. That's what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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