Days of swine and roses

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

By Galloping Grandma

It’s county fair time again and I got a note from my friend, Gertrude the giant momma pig, about the Corn Cob County Fair. Maybe I really didn’t get a note from her, but how do you know?

All the 4-H clubs have been busy. Leroy Loots has brought his project on swine parasites. His demonstration is titled: Why trichinosis? and he has a big jar of intestinal worms to show. The fashion revue is featuring a prom dress made out of duct tape. But it will have to be taped to the model, as it won’t stay up otherwise.
The piece dé resistance of the fair is the 150-pound cupcake made by the FFA mothers.

It has lots of yellow cake, ten pounds of fudge filling and sticky yellow frosting. After a few days on display, it’s beginning to emit a few odd odors and some strange sounds. They plan on throwing it into the hog pen for the hogs to eat, but frankly, they don’t want it either.

Gertrude is at the fair as she wants to be chosen Fattest Hog. She could win a trip to the state fair and a replica will be carved of her in butter.

Alas, not all went well. Leroy couldn’t remember his speech and cried when his mother wouldn’t let him keep his jar of worms; the girl who modeled the prom dress out of duct tape had to have it ripped off. Gertrude’s cousin, Roy, won fattest hog because he weighs 2,000 pounds and his “equipment”, the size of two basketballs, really drew a crowd. Gertrude said he was the hit of the fair. JHW
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