Comments on: #520 - Aim

By: Squeegy

Squeegy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:35:56 +0000

I can win any claw game, and my Dad once won me a giant stuffed tiger at a carnival.

By: Qmarx

Qmarx — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:27:32 +0000

Actually, the games are intentionally set up to use non-standard or very inaccurate tools. Olympic class shooters can’t win those carnival shooting games, Olympic class basketball players can’t consistently throw those balls through the hoops. It’s virtually all luck.

By: Oreo

Oreo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:05:25 +0000

I went to a carnival a few weeks back, and played pretty much all the prize-every-time games. I won, among other things, an obscene amount of Superman collectible stickers, a pin that has handcuffs and the words “USE ME” in huge red letters (Yeah, I don’t know either.) and a pair of kitty ears and a feather boa. Much fun.

By: Josher

Josher — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:49:34 +0000

I remember a cartoon show in a rural community that would not have been out of place in the Music Man. One episode had the upstanding oldest son become obsessed with a carnival game (which Biff is playing) and spent all of his money on it. Of course, the man who ran the game had a peg that slipped into the bottom of one the milk bottles whenever somebody played. The kid should have brought a second one to surprise the guy, or develop telekinetic powers.

By: Sir Bob

Sir Bob — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:44:37 +0000

I was at Six Flags: Great Adventure and played ring toss- you get a bucket of rings for 5 bucks. On the third toss I managed to ring it. As it turns out, this was a game where just one win gets you the biggest prize available (as opposed to what the usually do where you need to win like, thirty times). So I won a giant stuffed dog, which was totally awesome. What was totally un-awesome was carrying it around with me for the remaining four hours of the trip.

By: FWTrump

FWTrump — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:14:38 +0000

The only carnival game that I tend to feel I am garanteed to win, is the one where the guy has to guess my age. I swear, even with a beard, most people think I am at least three to four years younger than I really am. And it always gets coupled with the comment, “You are really going to enjoy having such a youthful look when you are far older.” I guess I really playing that game in the hope that there would be someone who can finally guess correctly about me, but in the end…. A cheap stuffed animal as compensation…

By: Chezetoats

Chezetoats — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:12:13 +0000

I want that softball!

By: Zaffa

Zaffa — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:21:45 +0000

I was playing a basketball game once- You know the one where there’s the big long net?
Anyways, I threw the ball, it ricocheted off of the rim and hit the stallkeeper in the face. Needless to say, I wasn’t allowed to try again.
And first post I’ve made here FTW.

By: the Scarf

the Scarf — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:41:19 +0000

I was just at the Rose Festival in Portland the other day! The trick on those bottle ones is to aim right between the ones on the bottom row. If they go, everything else goes!

otherwise, I’m terrible at them…

By: Viola Fan

Viola Fan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:37:35 +0000

Hah, funny coincidence, I actually won a teddy bear at one of those games today It was whack-a-mole and I won against my friends… My first time winning at these!

Though I’m sure I would’ve won that big stuffed Shadow the hedgehog if I had Biff’s ball for another of those games…