Tag: State Fair T-shirt

TXT-O-LYMPIX

Luckily, our texters will be on their own two feet. Photo from Matthias Bethke. A few months ago we held our first Deep Fried blog contest for texting pros to announce the Fair’s first texting contest. We promised details, and here they are. The TXT-O-LYMPIX (love the name) kicks off tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the Folk Festival tent, which is near Gate 10 behind our offices, the Kerr Scott Building. You can register Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the entry office inside Gate 11 in the administration office. You’ll be handsomely rewarded for your thumb-nastics: First…

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Fair Fan: Stephen Evans

Stephen was one of the lucky winners of our first blog contest back in July (can you believe it’s almost October already?). You may remember his brilliant “Dn’t 4get 2 get my frYd $ & funL Kk!” text message. Well, he was handsomely rewarded for his creativity with one of our new State Fair tie-dyed T-shirts and sent us a picture to prove it! Thanks for the picture, Stephen! Now we’ll definitely be able to spot you at the Fair this year.

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What’s your favorite fair food?

In surveys taken at the Fair, people say again and again and again food is the top reason they come. And they certainly have plenty of options to choose from. Nearly 350 vendors have signed up for 2008 and a few more may be added before gates open Oct. 16. Now mind you, not every vendor is a food vendor, but there are hundreds of food booths to choose from. What the Fair’s most famous for is good old Southern deep-fried fare, the inspiration behind this blog. Seriously, is there any kind of ho-ho or chocolate candy bar that hasn’t…

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TXTing contest winners

We have to say, we were very impressed with the “text-pertise” of our Deep Fried blog readers! Congrats to all of our commenters for their awesome entries (check them out in the comments link below this blog entry!): DCShadows31dodgerfan4399hv114HollyLinseySugarWayne Our favorites from the entries: DCShadows31’s “gr8 f%d” (great food) dodgerfan4399’s “dEp frYd =’s” (deep fried Oreos…the equal sign’s space in the middle stands for the creme filling, with the two lines acting as the cookie) SugarWayne’s “frYd $” (fried dough) Holly’s “DIS wiL b my ~:oz 1st tym” (This will be my baby’s first time…tilt your head to the left…

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