You sexy beast
Chris Martin takes Deb Krier on a date she’ll certainly never forget.

Young man
We tried to tell Billy DeLong that the YMCA is downtown, but he insisted on finding his friends at the fairgrounds. He was later spotted with a scantily clad police officer doing strip searches.

A blast from the late ’90s
Chris Wade, from Newton, shows us what happens when rap metal goes bad.

The magical kind
Sandra Eliason, of Mount Pleasant, Utah, bought this T-shirt to remind her of her psychedelic trip to Des Moines. It’s sure to prompt flashbacks.

Hey baby
Wanna to go for a ride? Buttons the Clown cruises the strip looking for action.

Off with their heads
Iowa Pork Princess Jana Radke, of Aurelia, presided over the grilling of countless numbers of her subjects during her reign at the fair.

Back that ass uP
Jesus Estrada, of West Des Moines, works the Iowa Democratic Party’s booth in the Varied Industries Building.

Edward scissor hands
Chris Smith and Kate Rhodes, from Cedar Rapids, are into cutting hair. We notice they forgot to take a little off the top…

Young, hot love
Perhaps Allan Hicks and Nycole Hillis didn’t get the memo. It’s 100 freaking degrees outside with tropical humidity. Black may be the new black, but peeling those clothes off at the end of the day is going to be tough.

Score
People say you can find anything at the fair, including crack.

Homeboy
Damn it feels good to be a gansta. Chad Zurfluh’s three pairs of shorts clearly prove he is hot in the hood. Unfortunately, the look loses its power because he is white, four feet tall, 12 years old and at the Iowa State Fair.

Magic Man
No Bob Brim, I’d rather not guess what you’ve got hiding in your hat.

Thirty, Flirty and Thriving
Okay, so maybe Shelly Sanford and Larry Gardner aren’t exactly 30 anymore, but when you’re this hot no one asks questions.

Wedded Bliss
Funny guy, that Keith Warne, but where’s the wife?

Rocking the heat away
If heavy metal hasn’t rotted Cody Cronin’s brain, the heat will.

From Arizona with pigtails
Max and KT Munger from Amado, Ariz., came to Iowa for a family reunion and made a trip to the Iowa State Fair. The highlight of their trip… “we saw some fat pigs.”

Ooo-ooo, that smell
Des Moines’ Chris Miller wears a shirt that asks the question on everybody’s mind.

The shirt says it all
Ken Kuhn, from Des Moines, shows us that the shirt reflects the man.

two for one
Between the mohawk and the cold mug of booze, Roger Fleener of Des Moines has everything going his way including heat exhaustion and dehydration.

The smell of a barnyard leads to love
Scott Jons, from Walker, and Lisa Hobbie, from Paris (Iowa), are the cutest pair of cowpunchers the fair has ever seen.

What are you looking at?
Ray Mahon, from Albia, shows off his badass look: a mixture of carny chic, biker and roofer’s tan.

It’s not easy being green
It’s tough for Karl and Mary Moeller, of Kansas, to coordinate their shades of earthy green and taupe everyday, but they weren’t going to disappoint at the fair this year.

figure four leg lock
Katie Martin’s boots are made for walkin’ and wrasslin.’

american beauty
First Elvis, now Jerry Garcia, aka Don Archer, makes a ghostly appearance at the fair.

Pigs on the brain
Iowa City residents, Kayla and Jerry Lawler, let the pigs go to their head.

Don’t hate the player, hate the game
Eldon Meier of Tripoli is the oldest pimp in Iowa.

Married how many years?
Paul and Carol Huisman, of Webster City, like a lot of the same things, including blue snow cones and color coordinated
outfits.

The Recycle Man
Richard Renner, of Lawrence, Kan., came to the state fair to teach kids about the fun of recycling. We’re glad to see he recycles everything, right down to that prison jumpsuit he’s wearing.

It’s five o’clock somewhere
We’re not sure what’s in those mugs but brothers Robert and Tim Kelley, of Des Moines, assured us it wasn’t coffee.

It’s about accessories
Shannon Baldock, of Rose Hill, accessorized his funky cow T-shirt with a large brown heffer.

Saddlebags
What has Cathy Dabuisson got in her bags? This wild and crazy gal must be packin’ more than tissues and mints if she’s willing to haul them around in the 100 degree heat.

fair fan
It took Jeff Gohn hours to dry his right side.

believe what you read
Chris Sawyer believes everything he reads and why wouldn’t he donning a neon shirt and camou shorts?

Oh, this old thing?
Husband and wife musical duo Billie and James Jones knew they found the perfect job when they started performing renaissance classics: they could wear their bed sheets to work.

Milk maids
Samantha Ehrhardt, of Monona, the outgoing Dairy Princess, takes one last spin around the fair with her lady-in-waiting Jessi Hermsen, of Masonville.

My kingdom for a shirt of silver crowns
Clarence Howell, of Youngstown, Ohio, was in Des Moines to preside over a family reunion.

The big pink
Cait Scherr has good news — she’s bringing pink and black back.

Cowboys and Indians
We’re guessing Paula Sigmon is from Pocahontas.

Punk rock hairstyle in Iowa
Tim Hadsell from Tracy shows off his Mohawk. At least it’s better than a faux hawk.

Where’s the fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches
It’s official, Elvis (Ace Crye from Yuma, Ariz.) has left the Agricultural Building.

Aaaargh!
Eat your heart out Johnny Depp, you’ve got nothing’ on Captain Steve Morrow. Rope swinging and sword fights are child’s play. I’d like to see Jack Sparrow ride the Vomitron for three hours and then shot-gun a beer.

I feel pretty
Rob Meek, a vendor from Milwaukee, Wis., was tooting his own horn on the first day of the fair last Thursday.