The other day I took my mum shopping at the store of a family friend. Now, my mum loves to talk even more than I do. :grins: She loves to go up to complete strangers and tell them all sorts of things. And since I never know what will pop outta her mouth, I find myself often playing damage control.

There were few if any customers when mum began her story, but mid-way into it I noticed more than couple of people hovering and listening.

What was the story about? Read on…

You see, the Kentucky State Fair just got underway, and due to mum’s lingering health issues, she can no longer go to the fair. For a person who never met a true stranger and loves to talk about anything and everything, this is a severe blow.

So when she saw a news story on the telly (t.v. for those of us who are American) she had to relay the story in all it’s glory the next day.

According to mum, there is a new food vendor at the fair this year and they are selling deep fried pennis on a stick. I ask her what the heck pennis is? She replied that they said it was pennis.

Pennis, pronounced penn-is, mind you.

I ask her to pronounce it again. She does, this time rather dramatically. “PENNIS, dear. It is some foreign delicacy I’d imagine.”

“What is it made from, did they say?” Our friend asks.

“Lamb. Lamb pennis deep fried on a stick.”

OMG! Light dawns and I choke out, “You mean to tell me they are actually serving deep fried penis on a stick? OMG!”

The man behind us winces and the women all chuckle.

Later, I find out that the Ky State fair is not serving deep fried lamb penis on a stick, but instead, there was a commercial about the KY State Fair and then a few seconds later they were showing some special interest segment about the Olympics and dining out in Beijing, and apparently she got a little confused since the two ran close together. Whew! That is a relief. I’d hate to go to the Ky State Fair and see the poor lambs  in the show ring and think the winner is deep fried dinner on a stick!

So, the moral of the story is, should someone offer you deep fried pennis on a stick–just say you prefer the fresh, raw, and still attached, human version. Yikes!

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