The hills have eyes? Well the mid Texas plains have big, misshapen heads

This weekend was parents weekend in my new little town, and the population quadrupled. Being that I work for a big retail establishment (we are number #1 in loitering) , I was in the joyous position of selling book to some very interesting people, many of them actually circus people, or so I was lead to believe by the emptiness in their eyes, and their misshapen heads. Parents all, of those young future alligator boys and elephant riders to come. I am of course focusing on the bad, I'm sure there where many nice normal people crossing my check out counter, but good lord, when I was in college I do not remember that many freaks at my parent weekends. I don't even think my parents came to my parent weekends. So I have to wonder if it is the fault of these families, that my new little town comes with such a big reputation for foolishness that goes back so far it has become traditional? Does this town, this school, attract these strange pinheads because of its reputation, or did they cause it, or a little bit of both. Honestly since I've been here, everyone has been really kind (even the kids working at the Sonic drive through are polite, though clearly stoned, hence working at Sonic drive through) , I've come across very few cases that would lead me to believe that all the jokes about this place are anything but a cruel trick by the "enemy at large". But parents weekend has me rethinking everything. Imagine a football team made up entirely of the progeny of circus strongmen. Wow, what power, but at the price of being able to follow all the simplest of commands.