When you show up, you inevitably see someone walking around the midway with a 5 foot tall stuffed tweety bird. So you say damn, I've got to get one of those. So then you spend $70 trying to shoot the basketball in the hoop or throw darts at a balloon and all you win is a crap decoder ring.

And you realize, they only have to have a few tweety birds walking around during the evening for everyone to think they have a great shot at getting their own tweety bird. When really it's just a matter of luck. Or knowing the guy who runs the basketball game.

So you go home with your $70 decoder ring. At least it was fun.

14 Mar 05