At the State Fair of Texas, we saw this attraction:
Come see the Tiny Tim, The World’s Smallest Horse!From the wilds of the Arizona desert.He’s not a baby, he’s a FUUUUULLY grown horse, but smaller than a dog.He is so small you will want to pick him up and take him home with you.But don’t do that! We want evvvvveryone here to see Tiny Tim, the world’s smallest horse.
Obviously we had to pay two tickets a piece to go see Tiny Tim!
I mean, he is the World’s Smallest Horse!
Right here at the State Fair of Texas!
He came all the way from the wilds of the Arizona desert!
Who knows when we would have another chance like this!
*exclamation point overload intentional*
So, the boys and I shelled out a total of 8 tickets to climb the stairs to see Tiny Tim…
We climbed the stairs, peered over the fence, looked WAY down into the World’s Tiniest Horse PIT, and then just stared.
Mouths open.
In shock.
Frozen in time.
Looking up.
Looking back down.
Mentally measuring Tiny Tim.
Looking again.
Then reluctantly leaving to walk down the stairs…
…where I collapsed into a heap of laughter so intense that my husband grabbed two tickets and headed up the stairs to see what all the giggling was about.
Here is a summary of our reactions:
Rhett(3) – Did the horse die?
Ryan(8) – That horse is way down there.
Holly(old enough to know better) – *can’t stop laughing to put a sentence together*
Blog-Stedman(older than Holly for the record) – I think it is a pony.
Reid(6) – That isn’t the World’s Smallest Horse, that is the World’s LARGEST horse!
Seriously, the Smallest Horse in the World is HUGE.
Smaller than a dog? My parents had a Great Pyranese that is dwarfed by the World’s Smallest Horse.
Pick it up and take it home with you? Maybe if you were the World’s Strongest Man.
Oh!
World’s Strongest Man?
Wonder how many tickets it is to see him…
Wait, so, what??? I don’t get it. Was the horse like regular-sized but down deep in that display stand? And, why didn’t you take a picture of it? And what’s up with that video????
I had the volume down so I couldn’t hear anything.
Now you’ve gone and done it…I’ll never shell out two tickets to see the worlds smallest horse if I ever get to Texas to see the state fair…or where ever you were…
Totally suckered you in, huh? You’re not the only ones. We got suckered into “The Thing,” which just so happens to be IN the wilds of the Arizona desert. Pfft. Stupid Arizona rip-off artists.
Watch out for those Midway freak shows. One time, I saw “Man Eating Chicken.” I imagined a 6-foot tall rooster that could rip a man apart. Actually, it was a guy sitting in a chair, gnawing on a box of chicken wings.
Smaller than a dog? My parents had a Great Pyranese that is dwarfed by the World’s Smallest Horse.
Pick it up and take it home with you? Maybe if you were the World’s Strongest Man.
Oh!
World’s Strongest Man?
Wonder how many tickets it is to see him…
Wait, so, what??? I don’t get it. Was the horse like regular-sized but down deep in that display stand? And, why didn’t you take a picture of it? And what’s up with that video????
I had the volume down so I couldn’t hear anything.
Wasn’t there a movie or a book with the world’s smallest giant and the world’s largest midget? Turns out they were the same average sized man…
Poor guys they got ripped off and momma and blog stedman of their hard earned money.
What’s the world coming to when you can’t even trust carney folk?
Now you’ve gone and done it…I’ll never shell out two tickets to see the worlds smallest horse if I ever get to Texas to see the state fair…or where ever you were…
Last year, it was the world’s largest alligator. Wonder how often they rotate them?
Gosh I wish you took a picture of that horse.
Totally suckered you in, huh? You’re not the only ones. We got suckered into “The Thing,” which just so happens to be IN the wilds of the Arizona desert. Pfft. Stupid Arizona rip-off artists.
Not quite the world’s biggest SCAM, but truly a rip. Thanks for your public service in raising awareness of the fair’s iniquus equus.
Watch out for those Midway freak shows. One time, I saw “Man Eating Chicken.” I imagined a 6-foot tall rooster that could rip a man apart. Actually, it was a guy sitting in a chair, gnawing on a box of chicken wings.