On May 15, 12:13*am, "Polly Esther" > wrote:
> "Christopher M." > wrote in message
>
> ...> "z z" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> How long has it been for you? I went to the circus last week and for $5
> >> I relished eating cotton candy on a paper cone. Haven't had it for
> >> 40yrs. It was as delicious as I remember.
>
> > I think, deep down, everybody loves the circus.
>
> >> I received a fair share of dirty looks from parents who wouldnt spend
> >> that much money whose children saw me relishing mine and began to whine.
> >> $5 is awfully steep-sheesh it was $16 just to walk thru the gate. (I had
> >> the opportunity to get up close and personal with a tiger in his
> >> restrictive tiny cage 6feet away from me trying to get out of his cage
> >> silently...wow!)
>
> The idea sounds great to me. *I usually do something unexpected at
> Christmas. Is there possibly a cotton candy device that really works at
> home? *Polly

Polly, you can rent a cotton candy machine at party stores. We rented
one for a church fair once and it worked well. Well, until we noticed
spun sugar stuck all over the white wall of the Sunday School
classroom. Luckily it washed off fairly easily.

Denise in NH