Homeless Man Still Funemployed

Home, sweet home.  PHOTO: Wayne Wilkinson

ATLANTA–Area homeless man, Terrence Roberts, took a break from scouring apartment dumpsters for food scraps to inform the Atlanta Banana that he’s been funemployed for 38 years strong now. Roberts, who dropped out of school at 13 to escape an abusive home, says that he’s glad he’s not shackled to an employer’s insurance plan considering [...]

Delta Air Lines Introduces Fees for Emotional Baggage

Photo courtesy of Kuster & Wildhaber Photography

ATLANTA—Delta Air Lines released a statement today that they will have to start charging for emotional baggage such as messy breakups, separation anxiety and Type A behavior. The airline, headquartered in Atlanta, doesn’t want people to overreact however, as this could lead to customers incurring even more fees. “Let’s face it, the only ones who [...]

City Council Votes to Install 5 New Miles of Bike Hating Lanes

Hating bicycles is a popular suburban pastime. PHOTO: Salim Virji

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council voted yesterday in favor of adding over 5 new miles of bike hating lanes to the city’s infrastructure. Currently, bike haters are forced to travel in the same lanes as other motorists. Bike haters say that the special lanes improve safety by allowing them all the time they need [...]

Cyclorama Added To National List of Historically Overrated Places

This whole thing looks like it should be inside a shoe box inside a middle school.

ATLANTA–The National Trust for Historic Preservation added The Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum to its 2012 list of America’s Most Historically Overrated Places, which highlights examples of sites that continuously underwhelm visitors to America’s cities every year.The Cyclorama was first nominated to the list in 2002 but was beat out by Underground Atlanta. “When [...]

Letter From the Editor: Mayoral Post Removed

Editor is latin for "editor."

This morning I ran an article about the mayor of our fine city, Kasim Reed, in which we described him as wearing a hockey mask to work and “scaring the shit” out of his staff. This afternoon I was contacted in an extremely friendly and professional manner by the Mayor’s head of communications, who asked [...]