My tiny little Tennessee town made a good impression.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

For once, I’m proud of the joint.

Murfreesboro Post - Main Street Media of Tennessee

Letter: Kiwis find people best part of trip
My wife and I are two tourists from New Zealand who spent just over two weeks in Murfreesboro last October.

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From the shop assistants at Kroger, Wal-Mart and various bookshops, the volunteers at Stones River National Park, the delightful waiters and waitresses at Demos, Red Lobster and La Siesta (particularly the rugby football guy and the young lady who thought our accents cute) and the police constable and his partner we chatted with on the Stones River walkway, we found everyone to be friendly, considerate and charming.

<Hrumph> Didn’t think we had it in us.

[Cub_Mistress]

I happen to know the police constable* referenced in the letter. He thought the Kiwis were very nice, too, and told me about meeting them back when it happened.

I knew we had it in us to be charming to visitors.
*as in I am married to him.

[Sal_Ammoniac]

Wow, now, there’s a coincidence for you. That should go on the all-time list.

[Brynda]

Hey, I am the police constable’s sister-in-law! Does that count???

[Man_With_a_Cat]

I was driving through Murfressboro, way, way back when there was only black and white…even the memories were B/W and got pulled over for speeding down some street (Main St? - by MTSU?). Just me and my then girlfriend in the car, it stands to this day as the friendliest traffic stop I’ve ever been through.

We were lost, we got directions back where we wanted to go, a recommendation for a good place to get breakfast, we spent a few minutes trying to figure out which suburb of Chicago his cousins lived in…

He ended up giving me a warning form, not even a ticket and asked if I’d just make sure I kept an eye on the speedometer instead of that pretty young lady next to me.

BTW - I don’t remember the breakfast place we went to on his recommendation, but it was the biggest damn individual waffle I’ve EVER seen.

[Brynda]

Now if it was the same cop, that would be cool. Alas, no cousins in Chicago. The waffle…hmmm…was it on the town square?

[Contrapuntal]

@Cub Mistress

I happen to know the police constable* referenced in the letter.

Does he wear one of those funny hats?

http://www.partymerchant.giantpartystore.com/images/7112860.gif

[Man_With_a_Cat]

@Brynda

Now if it was the same cop, that would be cool. Alas, no cousins in Chicago. The waffle…hmmm…was it on the town square?

We were passing through visiting friends of hers, and I spent a total of maybe 3 hours in the town, so the memory is fuzzy. Town square being what it sounds like, a smallish, downtown Mayberry-like area? It was like that, if my memory serves right, yes.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@Mr Bus Guy

We were passing through visiting friends of hers, and I spent a total of maybe 3 hours in the town, so the memory is fuzzy. Town square being what it sounds like, a smallish, downtown Mayberry-like area? It was like that, if my memory serves right, yes.

Very, very Mayberry.

And don’t order the burgers in that restaurant.

[vibrotronica]

I had my prom night dinner at Demos!

spooky

[Sal_Ammoniac]

@Brynda

Hey, I am the police constable’s sister-in-law! Does that count???

No, but only because I’m actually beginning to suspect a conspiracy.

[Cub_Mistress]

@Contrapuntal

Does he wear one of those funny hats?

http://www.partymerchant.giantpartystore.com/images/7112860.gif

No, but it would be funnier if he did! Actually he doesn’t wear a hat at all except with his more formal uniform, and even then he tries not to have to wear it.

I only left “constable” in because it sounds funny to our ears here.

No conspiracy, Sal Ammoniac, I swear, but I was delighted to see **Bosda ** quote the letter to the editor. One of the brass gave Cub Hubby a copy of it yesterday.