February 28, 2007...8:50 am

Life on a stick

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Fairgoers know there is a certain logic to dining en brochette. You can keep walking as you eat, and the need for washing up can be kept to a minimum. Plus, afterward, you can poke your little brother with the pointy end, until your parents make you throw it away.

Here’s a video from the Minnesota State Fair featuring its offerings-on-a-stick - all 57 of them. To anyone grumbling about the decline of Western civilization, I have this riposte: Spaghetti and meatballs on a stick.  

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