Reasons Why Guys Who Take Their Dates to Traveling Carnivals Are Screwing Up

can you tell me why traveling carnivals make so much money? Is it the "Amazing Monko, The Fire-eating Monkey?" The super-thrilling rides? Well what then?

Guys. That's the answer in a nutshell, no arguments. Guys who are gullible and easily-led from a sensible pathway down a "Fools Road," that carries this simp to the magically-alluring night-life only found in the traveling carnival.

in believing that a circus and a traveling carnival are the same industry, for they are not. The carnival, the one by Barnum-Bailey, does have a bit more credibility than those traveling "Money-Suctions" that go from town to town taking suckers, mostly young guys with pretty girls, for all of the money and self-respect they have.

The last traveling carnival that came to my hometown had an alcoholic for a clown named, "Bosco," who hurled insensitive racial remarks right and left all night long, until an African-American girl who had been pushed too far, let him have it with her fists and mouth at the same time. Our local police arrested this jerk for public drunkness and aggravated assault. This is the type of carnival I am talking about.

for a moment, but it was worth it to alert you guys who are still dating that pretty girl you met at the Piggly Wiggly two months ago while she was with her mom shopping for groceries to feed to her family for Sunday dinner.

Yes, guys. You are the ones this piece is aimed at for no other reason that for you to keep your self-respect, hard-earned money, and the loving-respect of your pretty girlfiend. Because the majority of traveling carnivals are designed to strip you of all three things.

I have stood on the outside of the carnivals who came to my hometown many years ago and see the local guys who had worked hard all day then went home, shaved, showered, dressed in their finest and then picked up their steady girlfriends to go to the carnival. What a night.

And even I at a young age could see plainly that these guys were growing angry at losing at simple games such as "Milk Bottle Throw," and lose most of their money as their supportive girlfriends tried to put on a civil face as their boyfriends were made a fool of by slick carnival gamers. Then these same guys, when they had lost enough, began to swear at the slick hucksters and almost came to blows with them. Who could blame them?

Our rural town is just the type of small town that traveling carnival owners prey upon because we rural people have an ugly stigma of being stupid rubes who will fall for anything. So please be aware of what I am telling you. Summer is here and this is the time for traveling carnivals to blow into your town, take your money and leave.

why "you," are the basic reason that traveling carnivals are raking-in the dough.

Before I begin, let me prove my point by giving you some hard facts about "you":

• You guys are driven by ego, pride, and testosterone and these three ingredients always cloud your judgment and make you lose your common sense when your pretty girlfriend is with you.
• You want to impress your girlfriend at any cost. Right, guys?
  
• You want your girlfriend to go with a winner, but a good old boy loser.
  
• You want to prove your manhood in these allegedly-easy carnival games
  

1. Do you not know that although your girlfriend loves you, that you are always going to "go to war" with anyone who laughs at you or makes fun of you. And most carnival gamers do just that to shake you up into getting unsettled so you will make mistakes at their rigged-games.

2. Carnival-gamers are masters of manipulation of the male ego. When your and your girlfriend stroll by one of their games (that are fixed so you will lose), and you hear, "Hey, there, big boy! Come on over and win a pretty Teddy bear for the pretty lady!" First you smile and try to keep walking. Then you hear, "If I were her man, I would be here winning this bear for her and isn't she the prettiest rose in the garden." You have had it. Your temper is now mixing with your ego and you would rather lay down in front of an oncoming freight train than lose the respect of your girlfriend. Soon you are down a few bucks. Your caring girlfriend tells you it's time to leave and she really doesn't care for the bear. The crooked-gamer hears this and says, "Are you the man in this relationship or the mouse, boy?" Then you lose the rest of your money.

3. I have used the word "most," in describing crooked traveling carnivals, not "all." There are a few good carnivals out there, but do not go seeking them. Now when you enter the carnival, do not run directly to the food and chow-down. Sure you are hungry from not eating lunch at your job today at the "Oil and Lube Galaxy," but if you load up on corndogs and fried peppermint sticks, you will lose it on the rides they have in the carnival. Do you really want to vomit in front of your girlfriend? She will surely think you are a weakling.

4. Before a traveling carnival rolls into your town, did you know that your industries and job picture are all studied by the carnival owners? The carnival being in your town is not a random event, but a strategic business move. They are there for one reason: To make money. Your dough. And please do not act all manly in front of your girlfriend because it will never work. Remember, "It takes more courage to walk away from trouble than get mixed up in it."

5. Yes, you love your girlfriend with all of your heart and I do not blame you for taking her to the carnival because it is a new thing in town. I am not dissing your town, but if your town is like mine, there is not a whole lot to do, so the carnival is the best idea for you to take your girlfriend for one thing you do not need is a bored girlfriend. The carnival is one jumping place alright. Rides, food, drinking that is not seen, and illegal drugs are used by the ride operators. I read about this one carnival that was put out of business by a family whose son was injured on a ride operated by a drunk operator, so please watch yourself at the carnivals.

for going to the traveling carnival. Why? Do you see the smile on the husband's face? He is smiling because he does not have anything to prove to his supportive wife of 20 years. Yes, when they dated, he learned a hard-lesson by overdoing his bravado one night at one of these "Money Pits With Wheels," and lost a lot of money.

Then his then-girlfriend who is now his wife sat him down when they got home, dried his tears, and rebuilt his manhood by telling him that she never wanted to go to the carnival to begin with. He learned in that two-hour talk that listening to her is a wise thing and when a carnival rolls into town to excise the citizens' money, a wise thing is to go to a movie and have a better time.