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Photos: Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show at the Alaska State Fair

PALMER -- Stop me if you've heard this one before.

Two lumberjacks walk into the SBS Wood Lot at the Alaska State Fair, where one beats the other at a contest involving a chain saw. The defeated man protests that his opponent is a cheater.

"These things run on alcohol, right?"

Right.

"Well, Bobby drank all my fuel last night."

Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show is ideal fair fare. The jokes aren't blue enough to make anyone blush, the action is plentiful and the breaks between demonstrations of lumberjack skills are educational and entertaining.

Read more: Lumberjack act a fair favorite, year after year

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