Posted by Mark on August 13, 2006, 14:03:21 So there you have it….my first deeply satisfying experience at the Iowa State Fair. I always pay a steep price for these intense state fair smoking safaris the next day and particularly the evenings of, and this time was no exception. I probably put on more than 25 miles on my feet and take in a full day's worth of direct sun exposure, resulting in a feverish feeling that lingers for hours. When I get home and head to bed, my pillow becomes like a heating bad absorbing the heat from my face at the same time as I suffer from a sort of "sensory overload", seeing images of generic females smokers inserting cigarettes into their mouths every time I close my eyes. I've been doing these all-day pressure-cooker sightings adventures for about five years now, and it's crazy how I feel the exact same symptoms at the end of the day every time. In only two short weeks, I'll be doing this same routine again at the Minnesota State Fair, but I gotta say that my adopted home state's fair set the bar incredibly high for my home state's fair to match. Either way, expect a full review from me at this time in two weeks.
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Having succeeded in ending the evening with a flourish, it was time for me to take the lengthy trek from the east side of the fairgrounds to the southwest corner where my shuttle bus awaited. The late evening is the best time for sightings, and last night was no exception, yielding an additional eight sightings before I got the gate. Two of them were particularly satisfying, including one behind the grandstand, where a horde of college-age guys and girls were approaching me. Briefly scanning the attractive crowd, I didn't hold out much hope that any of this unlikely bunch was a smoker. But lo and behold, just as she's passing me, this stunning blond in the group inserts a Marlboro Light in her lips and fires up. Intrigued, I briefly reverse course and follow, looking admirably at the very old-fashioned long skirt she was wearing and how the image contrasted with the freshly-lit cigarette only inches away from it. Out of all of the seven or eight individuals in the group, this girl struck me as the least likely to be addicted to nicotine. Yet there she was...the only one in the group feeding her insatiable dependency on cigarettes before my very eyes.
Lastly, I was walking side-by-side with a pair of couples, one young and one middle-aged, likely the parents of either the younger guy or the girl. I wasn't paying very close attention, but out of the corner of my eyes, see the girl inserting a smoldering cigarette into her mouth. I was stunned at first, as she looked so petite from my angle that I didn't think she could have been any older than 14. When I finally got a look at her face, however, it was clear that was probably more like 19. Nonetheless, it was a lovely parting shot to see this adorably petite chick smoking in the presence of either her parents or her in-laws.
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