INFOGRAPHIC: How Are We Spending Our Atlanta Labor Day?

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Atlanta Rejoices as Power 96-1 Brings More Shitty Top 40

We just can't get enough of those shitty pop songs. PHOTO: Zoidy

ATLANTA–Radio listeners are ecstatic this morning at the news that yet more shitty top 40 radio will be sprayed out over the city like some kind of gross fog. Sick to death of driving to and from work and singing along with such artists as Metallica and AC/DC, listeners will now be waging war with [...]

Bouncy House Kills 4

Okay, which one of you kids did a poo in here? Seriously. PHOTO: Ell Brown

ATLANTIC STATION–What was supposed to be a fun day in Atlantic Station today ends in tragedy as the city’s largest in town shopping and entertainment district hosted an event to celebrate the return of the school year in its central park. What should have been a joyous occasion ended when the Uncle Gropey’s Funtime Moonwalk [...]

Gas Stations Selflessly Raise Prices to Appease Angry Weather God

Uranus passive-aggresively ignores Gaia, who was being kind of a bitch just then. PHOTO: Bibi Saint-Pol

ATLANTA–With Isaac hovering offshore, Atlanta gas stations are raising prices in hopes of appeasing Uranus, the angry weather god responsible for rain, hail and high winds. Though meteorologists agree that paying more for gasoline has no bearing whatsoever on the severity of a storm, filling station owners insist that the price hikes are necessary. “We [...]

Disastrous Results for Atlanta Falcons’ Free Pet Falcon Day

Players keep a watchful eye out for deadly swooping birds of prey. PHOTO: Keith Allison

VINE CITY–At the Georgia Dome on Friday, the Atlanta Falcons’ “Pet Falcon Day” promotional event reaped disastrous consequences for attendees. Fourteen fans were killed and hundreds more injured in what University of Georgia media professor, Caleb Norbit, called “the dumbest marketing decision in the history of forever.” The first 500 attendees received free, live falcons, [...]

Sherriff With Slightly Less Felonies Concedes Election

Hey how many felonies do you have? Twenty? Get with it, pardner! PHOTO: Melvin Schlubman

CLAYTON CTY–Former Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrain, with only 36 felony counts, was forced to concede the race for office last week when his opponent announced possession of whopping 37 felonies. “It’s heartbreaking to lose by a single felony,” said Coltrain at a press conference late Wednesday, “I guess I should have dragged one of the [...]

Topless Activist Spreads Awareness of Self

Carlie Poobs claps along hoping someone will take a picture of her nudity. PHOTO: David Shankbone, Flickr

ATLANTA–Carlie Poobs, actress and part time telemarketer, has announced a new foray into the political arena this week by removing her shirt and writing slogans on her topless body to raise awareness that she is attractive. “I just think, you know, that corporations are important, like me” said Poobs, whose body bore some anti-wall-street wording. [...]

INFOGRAPHIC: What are we Avoiding on I-285?

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It’s not just the line of demarcation between the hipster domain of ITP and the land of babies and treeless parking lots known as OTP. For many of us it’s a lifeline. We salute you, I-285!

Emory University Invents New Passing Grades: F thru Z

The Emory Quad by Mpspqr, from Wikipedia, which is right about everything.

DRUID HILLS–While it might seem strange to hear of college students graduating with a Q plus average, that could be the reality in the coming years. Emory University is now allowing its professors the full spectrum of the alphabet to use when grading student papers, all of them passing grades. “I admit it sounded weird [...]

Voters Reject Controversial Six Flags White Water Plan T-SPLOOSH

T-SPLOOSH would have fixed all of this and gotten us all laid too. PHOTO: rickpilot_2000, flickr

NORTH ATLANTA–Metro Atlanta Voters on Tuesday rejected a $600,000 improvement plan that White Water officials deemed urgently needed and local 6-12 year olds called “totally cool!” The defeat of the plan leaves the Atlanta region’s primary water park with a water slide congestion problem that has no solution in sight. Morning “Rush Hour” at White [...]