Elizabeth Demar journalism freshman

Freshmen talk about working at Spring Fling and dealing with carnies

WILDCAT: Well what's your favorite part about going to fairs like Spring Fling?

DEMAR: Well, people have a good time laughing at me.

WILDCAT: Let's not forget the carnies!

DEMAR: We kind of were carnies.

WILDCAT: Hey now! Could you join their union? It's like a secret trust or something. You've got to go in their meetings with a tooth missing. They're all, "You one of us now!" So you guys were running the rides and stuff?

DEMAR: Well, no.

WILDCAT: Checking out guys' asses and checking them out.

DEMAR: No!

FARNSWORTH: Nope, none of that.

WILDCAT: So what was your take on being a carnie?

DEMAR: It was fun. There was 20 people in our booth, which was like 6 by 4.

WILDCAT: So it was like, Saved by the Bell meets a southern family from Mississippi?

FARNSWORTH: Uh, I guess?

WILDCAT: Now did either of you chew tobacco or anything?

DEMAR AND FARNSWORTH: No.

WILDCAT: Come on! I chew tobacco every now and then, you can admit it too now! Well did you have to wear like, wifebeaters and trucker hats?

DEMAR: No, we had T-shirts.

WILDCAT: Well did you at least have to deal with real carnies?

FARNSWORTH: I did. We were running the darts thing and we had to heckle people walking by.

WILDCAT: Confounded woman, you were one of those people! I was at the Pima County Fair today and this one guy was screaming, "Hey, what are you a cheap date?" to me and my girlfriend. I was all "No, I'm pregnant."