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    captain_spleenPatrick Allan
    9/16/16 8:02pm

    Just don’t be like the guy in New Hampshire who blew $3000 at a carnival trying to win an XBox, and only won a stuffed banana with dreadlocks.

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      nursercaptain_spleen
      9/17/16 2:16pm

      The surprising part of your story isn’t about it being $3000, or it was a stuffed Banana with dreadlocks but...it wasn’t in Florida!

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      AndrosZnurser
      9/17/16 2:24pm

      New Hampshire is basically North Florida.

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    bitterstrangefruitPatrick Allan
    9/16/16 7:24pm
    Illustration for article titled

    Want to win at carnival games? Just ask this guy how he does it.

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    Brad KuhnPatrick Allan
    9/16/16 10:17pm

    They don’t mention the best tip for ring toss. Throw them all at once! I’ve never seen it once mentioned on the rule board that you’re only allowed one at a time. Throwing the entire bucket at once isn’t much fun but if you’re going for a win it’s probably your best bet.

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    Done With This SitePatrick Allan
    9/17/16 8:38am

    The only way to win is not to play.

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      Obfuscatio: philosopher at largeDone With This Site
      9/18/16 1:47am

      Thank you, Joshua.

      How about a nice game of chess?

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      dowlsterDone With This Site
      9/18/16 1:08pm

      Yeah, but “Global Thermonuclear War” isn’t exactly a big draw at the carnival.

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    SineのminePatrick Allan
    9/18/16 6:04am

    The coolest I have ever felt in my life was the county fair a few years back. I actually had the money to go, and my young niece wanted to. I almost didnt play any of the games because of how stupidly expensive they are, but I ended up yoloing it and deciding to spend a little bit to try and win her a stuffed animal.

    Went for the milk bottles and very first ball I threw perfectly to knock them over. Won a massive stuffed tiger for her and she was stoked. And I of course got to feel like a major league pitcher for being accurate enough to chuck a ball 20 feet or whatever accurately. I of course whiffed entirely on the second ball and only knocked over two on my final ball, but IT DIDN’T MATTER, I WAS STILL AMAZING.

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    digitalsandwich78Patrick Allan
    9/16/16 9:05pm

    Just buy the prize item on eBay/Amazon.

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    Rayken WPatrick Allan
    9/17/16 12:43am

    Slip the carnie a twenty, he’ll distract the customers, and give you the goods loudly proclaiming that you won.

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    Andrew DaisukePatrick Allan
    9/16/16 8:01pm
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    [dissaproving glare]

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    CommenticusPatrick Allan
    9/18/16 9:46pm

    I worked at a theme park midway one summer. Some people would just lose it, especially at one “basketball” game where the hoops were low and there was a (functionless) “air duct” low in front. Everytime, I would hand the ball across, point to the air duct, and say “be careful not to hit this.” 8/10 times the person would attempt a free throw, hit the duct, and then tell me “hey, that was in the way, you need to let me do it over.” “That is why I told you to ‘watch out.’” I hated that job, but liked the people I worked with. And the midway always had the best after hours parties, so that got me through the summer.

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