Tallahassee Trivia!

[cityboy05]

Did you know the creator of Famous Amos cookies was from Tallahassee?

[csmurphy8885]

Thanks for the compliment BIC... now lets play "words that ryhme with...."

[csmurphy8885]

Sign at Capital

Edited July 30, 2005 by csmurphy8885

[csmurphy8885]

This is Old School Pimp

Library of Congress American Memories Archive

The lyrics are timeless. Fantastic.

[Florida]

I'd like to hear that song... Bing Crosby has a song called "Tallahassee: Southland At Its Best"

[EngineerNole]

Try this then...

Britton Hill in Walton County is Florida's highest point, and the lowest highest point of any of the 50 states.

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I thought Mt. Dora was Florida's highest point.

[ironchapman]

I thought Mt. Dora was Florida's highest point.

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According to the Rand McNally atlas, Britton Hill is the highest point.

[bic]

The highest point is Britton Hill in Walton County at 345'. Here are a couple of pictures of it:

The monument.

The view.

The declaration.

For more info, click here or here.

Edited August 2, 2005 by bic

[Florida]

^there's good proof.

[csmurphy8885]

"Tallahassee man with a 40ft Mullet" just walked across the stage of Connan O'Brian. To none other than sweet home alabama. Do we desserve this?

[cityboy05]

[i got some trivia! Faye Dunaway(WIRE HANGERS!) was born in Bascom, Florida located in Jackson county. Matter of Fact she graduated from Leon High school class of 1958 located in beautiful Tallahassee, Florida.

Photos of Dunaway

I want to say the pic on the left is Dunaway's senior picture. I really don't know what movie the 2nd pic is from, perhaps Bonnie and Clyde. The 3rd pic is how Ms.Dunaway currently looks now.

Edited August 13, 2005 by cityboy05

[Florida]

"Tallahassee man with a 40ft Mullet" just walked across the stage of Connan O'Brian.  To none other than sweet home alabama.  Do we desserve this?

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No... they could have played "Tallahassee Lassie" or something else...

[Florida]

[i got some trivia! Faye Dunaway(WIRE HANGERS!) was born in Bascom, Florida located in Jackson county. Matter of Fact she graduated from Leon High school class of 1958 located in beautiful Tallahassee, Florida.

Photos of Dunaway

I want to say the pic on the left is Dunaway's senior picture. I really don't know what movie the 2nd pic is from, perhaps Bonnie and Clyde. The 3rd pic is how Ms.Dunaway currently looks now.

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WOW! I didn't know that! I like her movies.

[ironchapman]

"Tallahassee man with a 40ft Mullet" just walked across the stage of Connan O'Brian.  To none other than sweet home alabama.  Do we desserve this?

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No... they could have played "Tallahassee Lassie" or something else...

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Ouch....

[Florida]

Whats the outch for... do you like Sweet Home Alabama Iron?

[ironchapman]

Whats the outch for... do you like Sweet Home Alabama Iron?

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Stereotyping that everyone from the Deep South is a hick with a mullet.

Actually, I meant it somewhat sarcastically.

Do you mean the song or movie "Sweet Home Alabama"?

[Florida]

^The song...

The way you put it... it sounds funny... Hick with a mullet... I wonder if it (the mullet) was wrapped in our news paper.

[ironchapman]

^The song...

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Love it...

[Florida]

Hmm... I've never really cared for it... maybe I should listen to it again.

[csmurphy8885]

He had on cuttoff denem shorts and dragged the mullet all the way across the stage. The crowd went nuts, but not in a way that makes ma proud at all. My mom used to sing the tallahassee lassie line from Aerosmith (what else would rhyme with sassafrassee), never heard the origninal.

[Florida]

Your mom used to sing with Aerosmith.

[csmurphy8885]

only in the car....lol. She is cool like that.

[Florida]

Oh I see... well that explains alot... have you ever heard Bing Crosby's Tallahassee Song...

"When you see land, Kinda green and grassy... beneath the moon, bright beyond compare

When you hear Blue Jay's Chirpin the High and Sassy... or catch a sniff of southern cookin hangin' on the evenin' air

When you see folks, all polite and classy, and every smile, bids you stay and rest...

... Get off that Train... you're in Tallahassee!!! The south land at its best!"

[csmurphy8885]

Tallahassee needs to utilize these free mentions in some form of city marketing or something. They are perfect descriptions that have not changed over the years. what a fantastic statement for the city in general.

[ironchapman]

^that's a nice pic of the Tallahassee skyline you have in your sig.