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Today I am interviewing nine year old Grey Gallagher about his infamous appearance in the local Fair Factor competition last week.

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Reporter: Grey, what made you decide to compete in such a revolting competition?

Grey: “I thought it would be fun, disgusting and maybe my Dad would be able to handle it. I’ve watched Fear Factor a few times on TV so I knew I could do it.”

Reporter: So nobody was holding a gun to your head and you still wanted to do it?

Grey: “Totally Dude!”

Reporter: Was your Dad excited to compete with you?

Grey: “He was but then he got called to work at the last minute so I asked the Fair Factor people to find me a partner. They did and his name was Greg. We made a good team, Grey and Greg. Ha, ha.”

Reporter: Were you competing for prizes?

Grey: “Yes. The adult partner won $100 and the kid won an Ipod. My Mom won’t let me buy an Ipod so I thought it would be cool to win one.”

Reporter: Sorry about your mean mom. What were some of the gross things you did?

Grey: “I had to bob for golf balls in a bucket of curdled milk. The disgusting thing was that they didn’t float. It took me three days to get the curds out of my hair and ears. I had to sit in a swimming pool full of cow manure and get more dumped on me until my partner found four poker chips buried in the manure. It wasn’t gross at all until I had to wash it out of my clothes. Now that was disgusting! I ate cricket cake with live crickets but the grossest thing I ate was worm ice cream with *alum in it. My partner and I did a lot of other gross stuff too.”

Reporter: Did any of it make you throw up?

Grey: “No but my Mom about puked when she saw me doing it.”

Reporter: Your Mom sounds like a wimp.

Grey: “I know you are!”

Reporter: How did you and your partner do in the competition?

Grey: “We didn’t come in first place but we tied for second place and won $25 gift cards. I guess I’ll just have to force my Mom to let me buy my own Ipod. Or else I’ll buy her one for a present and write “To Grey” on the card. Ya, that’ll trick her!”

Reporter: So the real question is, did you have fun and are you going to do it again next year?

Grey: “Totally Dude!!!”

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*Note from Lara – I did a little reading on Alum and it can be toxic so do not try this at home. In fact, don’t try any of it at home because it’s gross and because I said so.

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[tags]kids, children, gross, disgusting, competition, fear, fair factor[/tags]
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