I am a native of South Georgia, and I’m pretty proud of it. Not in the whole “the South will rise again” sense, but nothing is better than driving down a highway surrounded by pine trees listening to Ray Charles “Georgia On My Mind.” However, I have had to learn to overlook some of Georgia’s tomfoolery that goes on.
I have been the butt of many cousin-marryin’ jokes. It’s not really something I can get too angry about. Look at the book and movie “Deliverance.” We kind of earned it through?one?of literary’s greatest and cinema’s best moments (Dueling Banjos y’all). Heck, look at “Gone With The Wind”. The Wilkes all married their cousins. I’ve learned to laugh the jokes off while telling the story of how I do have distant family who married their first cousin. For the most part, it’s just jokes. We don’t marry our brothers and sisters. In fact, I married a man from Middle Georgia, so I can guarantee I did not marry some distant relative. I figure I can either stay mad or laugh it off and move on.
But sometimes, we come across something like this.
On Wednesday (Aug. 27), a male and female were found having sex in a trailer in a church parking lot. What’s so special about that? They are brother and sister.
Effingham County deputies were called about a possible prowler around 4:30 a.m. when they discovered a man and woman walking down the road. According to Bluffton Today, deputies determined they were brother and sister. The pair admitted they had sex three times?in a Kenworth semi truck?after watching “The Notebook.”
Deputies arrested Timothy Savory, 25, and Christopher Buckner, 20,?and have charged them?with various indiscretions that can be read here.
I’ve never seen “The Notebook,” so, is it that romantic? I’m going to go now?and practice “Duelin’ Banjos” on my banjo and get ready for the jokes tonight when I meet up with my out-of-state friends. Might as well meet it head on with good music and laughter!
h/t to Huffington Post.
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Liz Lee considers herself an uppity Southern woman?and hails from the swamps of South Georgia. She has all her teeth and knows how to spell fairly well. She graduated high school and has some college learnin’. She is a wife to a man that ain’t her cousin, mother of one human child, mother to one furry American Bully, and also your typical everyday Wonder Woman. When she hangs up her cape, you can find her curled up in her office sewing while gossiping, writing, playing World of Warcraft, or practicing banjo in hopes of being the greatest at pickin’ and a grinnin’. You can follow her on Facebook to see what she is up to. She also has a Twitter she can’t figure out how to use and is working on a website at this time.
