Here in the cave of wonder, No. 92

[sovay]

I will not be online for the rest of the day, because I will be in West Springfield with derspatchel, rushthatspeaks, and gaudior at the Eastern States Exposition, otherwise known as the Big E. I've never been; I haven't even been to a state fair in years. I have hopes of it being epic. I still plan to sleep in the car.

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[sovay]

My kids have all performed there, though, and I hear they have elephants.

At least one! It was near the petting zoo. There were also fancy chickens, show ducks, and Mardi Gras floats. That last surprised us.

Also, at least in the past, a sculpture made out of butter.

There was a butter sculpture. It depicted a cow and a girl with a pitcher of milk at a homebuilt booth like a cartoon lemonade stand or Lucy's psychiatry business in Peanuts, written across the top board: Cash Cow. The sign claimed the word butter was from the Greek for "cow cheese," but both rushthatspeaks and I were skeptical. (The OED is, too.) I do not believe it was the most impressive butter sculpture Rush had ever seen, but they grew up in Ohio; they have standards. I'm not sure I'd ever seen one before.

Wave at Belchertown as you go by

We did! I wondered if we'd see you there! Next year we'll plan it!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

but they grew up in Ohio; they have standards

:D

I like a discerning butter-sculpture critic.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I do not believe it was the most impressive butter sculpture Rush had ever seen, but they grew up in Ohio; they have standards.

I've always thought that Ohio was the centre of butter sculpture as well, but I have to admit I've not made a study of the subject.

By any chance might they remember the Butter Jack Hanna?

I remember it chiefly by the fact that after the State Fair it was let melt in the Columbus Zoo, which was at the time under his rule.

I'm not sure when it was. I might be enough older than rushthatspeaks they'd have been too young to remember it.

PS--The sculpture you've described sounds pretty good. Obviously I've not seen the execution of it as a sculpture, but I don't recollect anything as unexpected as a cow and a girl at a cartoon-type milk stand.