Comments on: Fun Facts About the 50 States: Tennessee

By: Harvey

Harvey — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:18:14 +0000

@11 – Got your “Battle of Athens” right here:

http://www.imao.us/index.php/2012/04/why-the-second-amendment-matters-the-battle-of-athens/

By: 25

25 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:30:18 +0000

What? Nothing about the Battle of Athens, TN, 1946 {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)} – which showed that sometimes guns alone aren’t enough.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:29:58 +0000

@5 – Yeah, for some reason, North Carolinians think the “w” in those three words is silent.

By: FredKey

FredKey — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:32:35 +0000

I have visited the amazing replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, or as the natives call it, "'At 'ere Greeky thing."

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:19:26 +0000

I’ve been deep in the Tennessee woods and I’m here to report that many original, prohibition-era stills are still there, undiscovered by the Feds.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:18:16 +0000

How do you spell “bourbon” in Tennessee? “W-H-I-S-K-E-Y.”

How do you spell “whiskey” in Kentucky? “B-O-U-R-B-O-N.”

By: burt

burt — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:09:13 +0000

What? no mention of the “Tennessee Bird Walk”. Reminds me of an old riddle.

Why do birds fly south in winter?

They are exempt from the humiliating TSA pat-downs.

By: CCO

CCO — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:22:35 +0000

You forget to mention that people in North Carolina pick on people in Tennessee for pronouncing hog, fog, and dog alike.

By: Oppo

Oppo — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:36:50 +0000

“How many toes you got?”
“Tennessee.”

By: Oppo

Oppo — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:35:06 +0000

It’s OK to pick on banjoes.

By: jw

jw — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:04:59 +0000

tennessee sour mash and oak ridge, tennessee. when taken together, nuking the moon may follow

By: Iowa Jim

Iowa Jim — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:37:13 +0000

This week, we’ll be getting our asses whupped for making banjo jokes

Ooh! Banjo jokes!

Q. Why do bluegrass banjo pickers leave their fingerpicks on the dashboards of their pickup trucks?
A. It qualifies them to park in handicapped spaces.

Q. How do the workers setting up the stage at a bluegrass festival get the stage level?
A. They have a banjo picker stand on it; when he drools out of both sides of his mouth, the stage is level.

Q. What is perfect pitch with respect to a banjo?
A. Pitching it into the toilet without hitting the toilet’s rim.

Q. What’s the difference between a bluegrass guitar and a bluegrass banjo?
A. The guitar burns longer.

Yes, I play bluegrass guitar and banjo.