Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

In 2000 I was at the Wichita Falls Texas boating expo downtown at the event center with my then fiance Mom Dad and brother's, they had carnival rides and games in the parking lot. My wife and I were walking to the door to get tickets when this lady in a booth yelled come try your luck at the Dime Toss for this $1,000 Crystal punch bowl set, now I'm not really into that kind of stuff but my mom my lady friend with me certainly would, so I pluck out 10 dimes out of my pocket tossed three dimes toward the goal which was a shot glass in the center of the bottom of the punch bowl sitting on top of a board with all the other Crystal cups glasses shot glasses and goblets surrounding the punch bowl when I toss the three dime over into the punch bowl one hit the target. The lady look dumbfounded not expecting somebody to win the prize so soon, the lady inside the booth started looking for reasons to disqualify me but luckily the city manager wasn't too far from the booth and she said absolutely not he won it, give him his prize! That thing come in handy for 25 years of Christmas parties punch and eggnog.

Jarheadfishnfool Loc: Woodlake/Tulare ,Ca.

Loved those Carnivals PB ! Won many a Goldfish over the years 😅😊👍

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

My Dad went to a “smoker” at a church for a fund raiser back in the 70s. They offered a putting game in which you sink a putt, you win a bottle of wine or booze. He came home with a case of booze and 2 cases of wine. I hope the church accepted the items as donations 😂

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

When I was a kid, probably about the 5th grade, it was fall of the year and there was always a carnival and fair in Gainesville, TX the county seat.
I was wandering around and a carnival barker asked me to play a game where a large ball, big as a basket ball would roll down and stop on one of about 4 places. If you had put your quarter on the winning spot, they gave you a prize. I think it was one dollar! Well, I think I was selected to win and attract others who hoped to win as well! Any way, I won about 5 dollars for being a shill for this game. Just Sayin...RJS

audigger53 Loc: Severn, MD

In 1966, my ship pulled into Bandole France. We were there during Bastille Day. There was a carnival there in the town. One of the "Tests of Skill" was a shooting gallery. 5 shots for 1 Franc for to just shoot or 5 shots for 5 Francs and you could chose a bottle of wine if you shot 5 for 5 of the clay pipes.
Tried it for 1 Franc and found that the sights were good on the .22 rifle.
For an hour I and another guy were shooting the Clay Pipe Bowls for the wine for shipmates and even the town people. LOL When not shooting for the wine, for 1 Franc we would shoot the stems of the clay pipes after shooting the bowls off when not shooting for the wine. 1 Franc at that time was about a quarter US.
When I went over 2 days later the guy had shut down. The distance was only about 10 feet to the targets.
Our shipmates wanted the the big bottles of white wine and the Town people wanted the smaller bottles of red wine. I guess that the French people didn't know how to shoot rifles that good. LOL