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Kentucky vs. Florida 1 

This is the first in a running theme of posts.

I was born and spent most of my life in the state of Kentucky. For the last 5 years, I’ve lived in Florida. I am a proud former eastern Kentuckian, but love the warmer weather of the state that is now my home. With that said, I am constantly reading crazy stories originating out of both states. So, I decided to post links to some recent items I find in relation to both Kentucky and Florida, along with what I find interesting with each. You can make the call of which is the more unusual, strange, or crazy story.¹

Kentucky:

Kentucky May Be A Great Place For “Roadkill Bingo”

2 of the more interesting parts:

Gosh P.R. recommended that visitors to the state play “roadkill bingo” to pass the time on long drives and said the state was littered with large numbers of dead animals on the sides of roads.

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Among other things, the site recommended that British tourists visit “Hazzard County,” which it said was the community on which the old television show “The Dukes of Hazzard” was based. It also said the original home of Kentucky Fried Chicken was in London, Ky.

For one, there is no Hazzard County, Kentucky, and TDOH was not based on the city of Hazzard, KY. KFC was founded in Corbin, not London. Well, I’m not even going to go into the “roadkill” statements.

How did this tourism site even get published?

Florida:

Man Attacked Mom For Using His Taco Sauce

Christopher Phillips got into an argument with his mother Rebecca, 55, “because Rebecca used Christopher’s salsa and taco sauce on her dinner,” according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report.

Not sure I need to elaborate on this.