Just Enough to, er, Wet Our Appetite…

Wed   27 Feb 2008   0:24 by Kevin McGehee 39° and cloudy in Coweta County, GA 4 comments [Our Times] [Wackadoodle]

The mayor of Chattanooga isn’t willing to part with the Tennessee River (let alone a certain distillery in Lynchburg), but he has offered a small compromise: The city of Chattanooga, facing a possible Georgia land grab as part of an effort to get access to the Tennessee River, is sending a truck load of bottled water to Atlanta. Mayor Ron Littlefield said the water will be delivered on Wednesday by his aide Matt Lea wearing a coonskin cap. The mayor has officially proclaimed Feb. 27, 2008, as “Give our Georgia Friends a Drink Day.“ The proclamation comes as a result of the Georgia Legislature passing a joint resolution that seeks to pursue reestablishing the boundary between Georgia and Tennessee. The truck load of bottled water along with the proclamation will be delivered to the Georgia Legislature Wednesday morning. » Chattanooga Sending Truck Load Of Water To Atlanta The water will be a refreshing change of pace from sweet tea, especially for those of us who are still sitting at the computer at half past midnight. H/t Dustbury.

 

Bobbert said: “The water will be a refreshing change of pace from sweet tea” What isn’t? Used to be, I was only exposed to that crap when I went to visit my brother in Atlanta, but now restaurants in Oklahoma are serving it. And they advertise “Now serving Sweet Tea!“ as if they’re proud of it, instead of ashamed. » Wed   27 Feb 2008   10:35 Kevin McGehee said: Chris has developed a habit of ordering “unsweet tea” most of those times when we dine out, and adding a small amount of Splenda or whatever they have. Unfortunately, she’s also had to develop a habit of tasting the tea before adding the sweetener—because there is a small but significant chance on any given occasion that despite her request for unsweet tea, she’ll get the sweet kind. » Wed   27 Feb 2008   10:49 Ron Simpson said: I get half unsweetened tea and half lemonade. It’s called an Arnold Palmer, but nobody here in OKC used to know what it was. Now over the past four years others have decided they like it too. Anywho… If GA gets Lynchburg and the JD distillery (I did a post about JD just today) will it still be in a dry county? I find it odd that the premier whisky operation in the US is in a dry county. » Thu   28 Feb 2008   16:38 Kevin McGehee said: I honestly couldn’t say if there are any totally dry counties left in Georgia. Here in Coweta County you can only buy package distilled spirits in the City of Grantville because neither the county nor any other city or town allows the sale of package liquor. You can buy mixed drinks at restaurants in the City of Newnan, but not on Sunday—all alcoholic beverages are banned for sale on Sunday. Other counties have different rules. There’s always somebody agitating to lift the Sunday ban in Coweta, but nobody’s found the courage yet to put it to a vote. » Thu   28 Feb 2008   19:36 You must be registered and logged in to comment.