July 18, 2009

Butter sculpture vote: Majority vote down Jackson inclusion

Well, folks, we tried.

After a week of voting, the results of the Iowa State Fair online poll are in. With a margin of 65.24% “no” to 34.76% “yes,” fairgoers have voted down the inclusion of Michael Jackson in the moonwalk butter sculpture planned for the 2009 Iowa State Fair.

More than 100,000 votes were cast in the unscientific online poll conducted from July 9 to July 16.

In addition to the butter Jersey cow, a separate sculpture will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk on July 20, 1969. In honor of Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind,” this year’s sculpture will include an astronaut, an American flag and a buttery rendition of the surface of the moon. The butter sculptures will be on display in a 40-degree cooler in the Fair’s Agriculture Building.

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  1. Phil Bebbington on July 18th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    I’m gutted!

    To think, I wandered the highways and byways of Iowa, for what? I think I need to return to the Northside Cafe and get their slant on this news.

  2. Cece on July 18th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    I knew that was not going to fly, or smear, or whatever. Phil, that photo is exactly right, small town Iowa. Some places really don’t change.

  3. Phil Bebbington on July 18th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    Cece – it was one of those very rare occasions that I didn’t have a camera with me. I think the iphone did a splendid job and seems to have captured the mood of the place perfectly.

  4. Danny on July 19th, 2009 at 8:38 am

    Shouldn’t Amstrong’s moon walk be commemorated in a cheese sculpture rather than butter?

  5. Cindy Scroggins on July 19th, 2009 at 9:45 am

    This is no doubt Tracy’s fault. God damn it, why can’t people just do what’s right??

  6. Sheila Ryan on July 19th, 2009 at 10:12 am

    I wonder whether any butter sculptors follow clusterflock. Maybe we could commission our own butter sculpture.

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