Aug 21

Thanks for the Stem Cells, Now Go Away

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Every year, local free indy paper Nashville Scene holds a contest called “You Are So Nashville If…,” inviting creative readers to fill in the blank. Gems from this year’s contest include:

• Your recording contract lasted longer than your marriage.
• You wonder what the Northern Baptist Convention is like.
• If he had his way, the headliner at your Fourth of July celebration would have half of the crowd deported.
• You didn’t know Nashville had a hockey team until the lockout.
• Your weatherman spends 45 minutes of prime airtime describing a five-minute storm.
• Your new guilty pleasure is circling the new Hustler Hollywood in your car because the Musica statue just isn’t doing it for you anymore.
• You wish Jack 96.3 would just shut up.
• You’re still wondering how to buy stock in E-Cycle.
• You’ve been dropped from TennCare, gas prices are too high, you can’t pay your rent, but you can still afford to buy a state senator.

But what was voted second place was actually the best:

• You used to like Bill Frist