L.A. and its country bumpkins

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It seems the Los Angeles County Fair wants to have it both ways. A hilarious ad campaign last year from Ideaology poked fun at Angelinos and their cluelessness about country life, with kids wondering about the animal origins of cashmere wool and telling their teachers that cows are good for making lattes and iced caramel macchiatos. A radio jingle airing again this year, to the tune of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” promises, “All the breasts on the chickens are real” and “No countin’ carbs or thinkin’ thin/We call our diet the Fat-kins.”

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