POISONOUS
Turns out snakes can be be venomous, not poisonous, and boas aren't either.
TRANQUIL
ROASTED
SPELL
CHICKEN
In the sideshow the "man eating chicken" show is just a dude eating wings
DROOLING
EXHAUSTED
The ropes that connect the canvas on the circus tent. The most exhausted I've ever been, setting up and tearing down the show
STAR
Sword swallower Mimi Garneau, wearing brooches now owned by my dear friend Lori Blackmar
FLOWING
WHALE
GUARDED
Some circus horses joined the mounted police at the Louisiana State Faire
WEAK + ANGULAR
SWOLLEN
SCORCHED
BREAKABLE
(actual PSA icon on some extreme carnival rides)
DRAIN
EXPENSIVE
Apple dumpling at the Minnesota State Fair
MUDDY
The very muddy Washington Parish Fair in Louisiana has its own epic flag
CHOP
PRICKLY
STRETCH
THUNDER
As in the Thunderbolt roller coaster in Kennywood, Pittsburgh
DOUBLE
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, conjoined twins, in their home in Dayton, Ohio
JOLT and SLICE