Atlanta, GA

Ahh - makes me miss home a little.... :o)

This is for anyone who lives in Atlanta, who has ever lived in Atlanta, has
visited Atlanta, ever plans to visit Atlanta, knows anyone who lives in
Atlanta, knows anyone who has ever visited Atlanta or anyone who has ever
heard of Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta is composed mostly of one way streets. The only way to get out of
downtown Atlanta is to turn around and start over when you reach Greenville,
South Carolina. All directions start with, "Go down Peachtree" and include
the phrase, "When you see the Waffle House." Except that in Cobb County, all
directions begin with, "Go to the Big Chicken and..." Peachtree Street has
no beginning and no end and is not to be confused with Peachtree Circle,
Peachtree Place, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Road, Peachtree Parkway,
Peachtree Run, Peachtree Trace, Peachtree Ave, Peachtree Commons Peachtree
Battle, Peachtree Corners, New Peachtree, Old Peachtree, West Peachtree,
Peachtree-Dunwoody, Peachtree-Chamblee, or Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

Atlantans only know their way to work and their way home. If you ask anyone
for directions they will always send you down Peachtree.

Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola. That's all we drink here, so don't ask for
any other soft drink unless it's made by Coca-Cola. And even then it's still
"Coke." A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop...it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"


The 8:00 AM rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30 AM. The 5:00 PM rush hour is
from 3:00 to 7:30 PM. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday afternoon, and
lasts through 2:00 AM Saturday.

"Sir" and "Ma'am" are used by the person speaking to you if there's a remote
possibility that you're at least 30 minutes older than they are.

The fall of a raindrop makes everyone forget all traffic rules. If a single
snowflake falls, the city is paralyzed for three days, and it's on all the
TV channels and radio stations as a news flash every 15 minutes for a month.
All the grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water,
toilet paper, and beer. If there is a remote chance of snow, and if it does
snow, people will be on the corner selling "I survived the blizzard"
tee-shirts, not to mention the fact that all schools will close at the
slightest possible chance of snow.

The pollen count is off the national scale for unhealthy, which starts at
120. Atlanta is usually in the 2,000 to 4,000 range. All roads, vehicles,
houses - everything - is yellow from March 28th to July 15th. If you have
any allergies, you will die. But other than that, it's a great place to
live!

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Georgia.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Georgia, plus a couple
no one's ever seen before.


It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.


The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but need
6 pages for local gossip and sports.

You know whether another Georgian is from north Georgia, south Georgia or
middle Georgia as soon as they open their mouth (Albany = All benny)

Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're
2.