Here's one headline from a news email I receive:
Lieberman Going with Graham to Georgia
So I think, "Huh? Is this something to do with one of them being McCain's running mate? Why would Lieberman and Graham be going to Georgia? Is something political happening in Atlanta and I've missed it, like I've missed so much else lately?"
But no, yet again I have been tricked by the Georgia/Georgia headlines. You're just supposed to know which Georgia it is. The media -- or the stylebook people -- really need to do something about this or when Russia really invades Atlanta we're not going to realize what danger we're in.
Russia invaded Georgia again? And we do nothing, because what we need to know is how's the football team doing. Russia couldn't have invaded our Georgia. Our Georgia could whoop them, because....
A little farther down this same news email is this headline:
Georgia Ranked #1
Then why are they having all this trouble with Russia? Why don't they just kick their butts?
Obviously, the media need our help in distinguishing which Georgia is which. So here are some suggestions:
Our Georgia Their Georgia
Hot Georgia Cold Georgia
Peach Georgia Vodka Georgia
East Coast Georgia Eastern Bloc Georgia
Gun-Toting Georgia Gun-Riddled Georgia
Georgia The Other Georgia
Please submit your suggestions or I'll post the ones that were even worse than these.


Our Georgia - On our minds, thanks to Ray Charles.
Their Georgia - On Russian minds. However, if they're planning an invasion on Our Georgia then I guess ours on their minds too.
Cheers.
Posted by: Bear | August 20, 2008 at 12:08 AM
It's confusing. I hope that the guy in the White House figures it out.
As for Russia, well:
Stalin appeared to Putin in a dream and said, "comrade, kill all the democrats and paint the inside of the Kremlin blue!"
"Why blue?", asked Putin.
Replied Stalin, "I knew that you wouldn't have a problem with the first part."
Posted by: Transylvanianhorseman | August 21, 2008 at 03:53 PM