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Dean Newman's avatar

My first "real" girlfriend was Georgia Flowers. I lost track of her while defending freedom's paperwork in the USAF, late 60s. After Gore invented the internet (I know--he never actually said that, but it's still fun to say), I tried to search for her. If you input Georgia Flowers, you get a list of 30K florists in Georgia.

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Joe Keiffer's avatar

Was that girl from Thomasville, Ga.?

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Dean Newman's avatar

No, Neptune Beach, Fl. She ended up contacting me 2 years ago--her last name isn't Flowers any more.

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Joe Keiffer's avatar

Ah - I used to know a girl from Thomasville, Ga. named Maury Flowers. She was in New York then, but inevitably, she moved back to the South.

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Joe Keiffer's avatar

Maybe all those poetic tunes somehow amplify the Satanic reputation??

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Paul Riggs's avatar

You forgot Lucas Nelson (son of Willie) with “Forget About Georgia”, a fine tear-jerker referencing Ray’s song, thus the state, and a heartbreaking lady’s name.

Texas may have as many song titles as Georgia, because it has so many it became a cliche the Austin Lounge Lizards had to address with “Stupid Texas Song.”

Stupid Texas Song https://g.co/kgs/a9RMTf

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