It takes a little while for fair folks to warm up on a chilly Monday morning. As the sausage guys prepare for the lunch crowd, the guess-your-weight people bark into the emptiness, and for the most part, the rides aren't too busy.

This morning, not long after 10, Seth Norwall's henna tattoo booth was one of the few Midway attractions gathering much of a crowd.

As Emily Kenyon and Kisha Maness of Ramseur got matching tattoos on their necks, a small group of aprehensive onlookers gathered to watch. The girls, both 17, came to the fair as part of Eastern Randolph High School's FFA day. (That's Future Farmers of America).

After handing over $8 and sitting still for about three minutes, Kisha proudly showed off her temporary tattoo. According to the translation provided inside the tattoo booth, the symbol on the girls' necks means "friendship."

In Chinese?

"As far as I know," said Kisha, smiling.

For her sake, let's hope that Norwall majored in Chinese.