After Iowa: Flip This, 'Dead Clown,' and Dr. Dirty Pants

The 2016 Iowa Caucuses did not disappoint, providing a whole new race on the Republican side and a photo finish for the Democrats.

But beneath the polls, precincts and pandering were other moments that stood out for being funny, odd or a little of both.

Here are six things you may have missed.

• SEE ALSO: Iowa Caucus Results: Cruz Wins GOP, Trump Stumbles, Clinton Edges Sanders

Coin flips

After millions of dollars and countless hours spent on the campaign trail in Iowa, delegates at six precincts were awarded by … a flip of a coin. Seriously.

But they didn’t have much effect on the overall outcome. According to the Des Moines Register:

The delegates that were decided by coin flips were delegates to the party’s county conventions, of which there are thousands selected across the state from 1,681 separate precincts. They were not the statewide delegate equivalents that are reported in the final results.

The retired neurosurgeon decided to go back to Florida after the biggest night of the campaign so far.

The reason? “To go home and get a fresh set of clothes,” his campaign spokesman said.

Ted Cruz, fighting for evangelicals who were also attracted to Carson, pounced, saying in an email to supporters that “Carson is taking time off from the campaign trail” and to “Please inform any Carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for Ted Cruz.”

Carson called the move “dirty.” (Not unlike his clothes, apparently.)

The Cruz camp apologized Tuesday afternoon.

Trump is the thing he hates most — a loser

“Unless I win, I would consider this a big, fat, beautiful—and, by the way, a very expensive—waste of time,” Donald Trump told reporters days before caucusing in Iowa began.

But Trump had to face something Monday night that runs counter to everything he has campaigned on during his GOP run: losing.

Immediately, people started sharing a 2013 tweet in which Trump shared the quote: “No one remembers who came in second.”

The New York Daily News was not so subtle on Tuesday’s cover, which you can see above.

And the memes. Oh, the memes.

Trump finally goes Trump

But anyone expecting fireworks in his post-Iowa speech Monday night was disappointed, as the seemingly humble Trump congratulated Cruz and gushed over how much he loved Iowa.

By Tuesday morning, Trump was back to his usual self on Twitter. If only he had had more media coverage, maybe he would have had a fighting chance.

Ted won’t stop talking

Cruz got on stage after toppling Trump, proclaiming, “God bless the great state of Iowa.” Then he kept talking… and talking and talking and talking.

Politico’s video of his speech clocks in at a whopping 32 minutes, 35 seconds. CNN cut away from Cruz to show Clinton, while Fox stayed on Cruz. By the time Clinton had wrapped up, Cruz was still going strong.

#stickerkid gets his 15 minutes

Good speech here from Clinton, really inspiring stuff— wait a second. [zooms in]

Mashable caught up with Peter Clinkscales, now known on twitter as #stickerkid. He’s a Drake University student who wanted to make a mark on the election.

His original plan — to bring two saxophones to the event — was deemed a “security risk,” he told Mashable.

This was funnier anyway: