Old-fashioned fun
By Fleur
@Fleura (34955)
United Kingdom
November 19, 2021 4:51am CST
When I was a child my parents sometimes took me for a day out at the seaside, and sometimes we would visit the funfair. There they would let me have a ride on the carousel (which we called the merry-go-round).
They would never countenance any of the more vigorous rides, but that was OK because I loved the merry-go-round anyway and especially because of the painted horses (I was a horse freak too).
Once I was grown up I did try a couple of roller-coasters and other energetic rides, but wasn’t really keen. The last time I went on a big fairground ‘Waltzer’ I was strapped into a pod beside a much larger person and as we spun around I couldn't breathe and really thought I was going to be squashed to death!
I tried candy floss as an adult too (another thing my parents always refused to buy me) and it was horrible!
So now I have my own daughters and a little while ago we went to the local fair. I offered to pay for them to go on a couple of rides and buy some treats but after looking around they both opted for the merry-go-round, so we all had a ride for a bit of old-fashioned fun!
And neither of them like candy-floss either.
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@DaddyEvil (174319)
• United States
19 Nov 21
Pretty and I both like cotton candy but we rarely buy it... (You can buy it in small tubs now and I buy it once in a great while. Most of the time most of it goes to waste since neither of us eat much at a time and the rest turns into a rock.)
We used to spend a lot of time at amusement parks but we don't go to them anymore. She doesn't like being far from home and I won't go by myself.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
19 Nov 21
I think that it only tastes good in that sort of setting. When it is at a fair or amusement park, there is a certain magic to it. When removed from that setting, though, it's just a tub of spun sugar with color added.
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@DaddyEvil (174319)
• United States
19 Nov 21
@wilsongoddard Yes, I agree. At the amusement park you have to eat it quickly so you can continue going on rides or doing other activities. At home it's just not that tasty or interesting.
I bought a four cup package of different flavored cotton candy (2 oz cups) on the 4th of July. We ate a couple of mouthfuls of each and I ended up throwing the rest away.
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@Fleura (34955)
• United Kingdom
19 Nov 21
@wilsongoddard There is some of that aspect to it I'm sure. Like when you bring a certain drink home that you really enjoyed when on holiday. Turns out it isn't at all the same when you're back home!
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
19 Nov 21
That sounds like a lot of fun. I've never been much of one for the wilder rides at amusement parks or fairs. I don't like the "wildness" of the ride and, even as a child, I (rightly) questioned the safety of some them.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
19 Nov 21
You took me back to my memories too specially the Merry go round. Candy floss is something I would not mind eating even now. Roller coaster rides are not for me - have never attempted.
@Juliaacv (56227)
• Canada
19 Nov 21
I've never been one for the wild rides either.
My parents did not like to take us to the annual fair that would come to the town near us.
They used to say that it was dirty, maybe that is why I do not like food typically sold at fairs, cotton candy, candied apples, or anything on a stick that has been deep fried.
We visited a beautiful park in another part of our province that had a huge merry-go-round just off of the beach. it was a permanent fixture, although they have redone that area and it is gone now, but then it was free to ride.
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