Given the fact you are on a site devoted to the week long celebration known as Plaid Week you are probably thinking “no way can you have too much plaid!!!” Well try telling that to those visited the San Diego County Fair yesterday.

Spectators are reporting the woman pictured above was responsible for causing a breakdown on the carousel ride yesterday evening. A woman, who has been identified as Beatrice Grant, of Ramona forced her way on to ride ignoring the maximum weight guidelines. We spoke to an eyewitness who asked to remain anonymous. “It was like she was possessed. I have never seen such an intense look on a human face. It reminded me of a rabid wolverine attacking a baby alpaca.” Another onlooker had this to say “The woman charged through the line in a gust of plaid.”

Officials cited Grant’s disregard for weight guidelines as the cause for the ride’s breakdown. Unfortunately this was an antique carousel with a rare 1905 motor. Fair officials have sent away to France to get needed part but fear they will not be able to fix the ride before the fair ends.

It is always sad when plaid is at the center of such an atrocity. We feel sorry for all of those who were on the ride at the time of the breakdown. Even though it is an inanimate object it looks like the horse Grant rode suffered the most. Really, look above, that horse is in pain.