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One might think that the s.b., rarely traveling to places like China or South Africa, would have little to share in the way of fascinating vacation photos. One would be correct. However, that has not stopped us so far.
In Atlanta, we too saw big game:
...learned about the local economy...
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I like that the zero on that (keypad? mechanical input device?) is between the 4 and the 5. You can see it clearly, right below the (clutch?).
Posted by: Matt | August 23, 2010 at 04:06 PM
THE BIG CHICKEN!! I was THERE!
Posted by: Siouxie | August 23, 2010 at 04:24 PM
I've also been to the Big Chicken, Siouxie! Back before they tried to hide the fact their chicken is fried. Fantasy Homes looks like a campground and unless there are buff men in kilts hanging around, it wouldn't be my fantasy. I wonder if W.C. Fields got his saying, "Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker' from the Baby Ease product?
Posted by: nursecindy | August 23, 2010 at 04:29 PM
I grew up near the Big Chicken... It was THE landmark for giving directions anywhere in Marietta.
"Head north/south on 41 til you get to the Big Chicken..."
Posted by: jon | August 23, 2010 at 04:35 PM
cindy: fantasy homes was a huge empty field with woods at the back of it. but we were driving by and i didn't get the camera going fast enough to shoot the whole field and then poof, we were gone.
Posted by: judi the barberho | August 23, 2010 at 04:39 PM
Favorite child calmative in the South...tablespoon of bourbon. Works every time.
Posted by: Emmett Flatus | August 23, 2010 at 04:42 PM
jon, it apparently still IS a point of reference.
Posted by: Siouxie | August 23, 2010 at 05:01 PM
The Big Chicken is absolutely THE point of reference in that part of Metro Atlanta ... has been for decades. I think it really picked up in the '70s when I was a teen. Not that the two things are related. As I'm a proud Hapevillian and was raised on the original Chick-Fil-A.
Posted by: funniegrrl | August 23, 2010 at 05:04 PM
Emmett, is that for mom or the kid?
Posted by: Coconuts | August 23, 2010 at 05:13 PM
Nice vacation pictures. I wonder what the Fantasy Homes look like. By description it could be interesting. KFC looks cute.
Posted by: Theresa | August 23, 2010 at 05:21 PM
I'm on vacation this week. I may cruise by this place.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | August 23, 2010 at 05:22 PM
The forest behind Fantasy Homes is the Fantasy Beach-front Property.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | August 23, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Everyone in Atlanta and Marietta knows the BIG CHICKEN!!! It is a landmark!
Posted by: mikey | August 23, 2010 at 05:33 PM
Which is why we all insisted our hostess take us THERE!
Posted by: Siouxie | August 23, 2010 at 05:52 PM
I think I might also enjoy a little nip of baby ease. Can't make out the alcohol content, but it sounds like it might just be enough.
Posted by: Alyzabeth | August 23, 2010 at 06:03 PM
So the beak on the Big Chicken opens and closes?
That's pretty cool.
But it needs a henway.
Posted by: bonmot | August 23, 2010 at 06:09 PM
Hey bmot, what's a henway?
Posted by: NotSherly | August 23, 2010 at 06:36 PM
OK Bon, I'll bite, What's a henway????
Posted by: beckster | August 23, 2010 at 06:38 PM
haha about 4 - 6 lbs???
or...
When your cock wants a lick
of his fav-or-ite chick:
That's a henway!
Posted by: trustf8 | August 23, 2010 at 06:49 PM
LOL trust!
Posted by: Siouxie | August 23, 2010 at 06:59 PM
Ba dump bump bum.
Posted by: NotSherly | August 23, 2010 at 06:59 PM
The Big Chicken! YAY!
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | August 23, 2010 at 07:08 PM
Siouxie: LOVED the hot chic pic!
Posted by: trustf8 | August 23, 2010 at 07:20 PM
Thanks, tf8! And the four chics below don't look too bad either ;P
(in case anyone is wondering that would be myself, Med, ddd (our fabulous hostess) and Cheryl)(missing from this photo is Punkin, who opted to be the photographer)
That was the best girly vacay EVAH!
Posted by: Siouxie | August 23, 2010 at 07:25 PM
Awesomeness. Siouxie! Who do I have to send money to for the next hot chix gathering? Or I could host in Beantown.
Posted by: Guin | August 23, 2010 at 09:18 PM
The Big Chicken is also (true!) a landmark for military jets landing at nearby Dobbins Air Force Base. And, yes, the beak does open and close. It was rebuilt about 10 years ago to fix it.
Posted by: K-Doc | August 23, 2010 at 09:49 PM
I almost forgot - the eyeballs roll around while the beak opens and closes.
Posted by: K-Doc | August 23, 2010 at 09:50 PM
Guin, there may be a possibility that we're heading for the Maine area next time. There is also the upcoming Herald Hunt weekend(no date yet)and Casa de Siouxie is always available ;)
Posted by: Siouxie | August 23, 2010 at 10:43 PM
"A teaspoon of
sugarbooze makes the medicine go down."Posted by: wiredog | August 24, 2010 at 08:02 AM
Notice I was conspiquously absent from the Big Chicken Group photo....I was around back, waiting for it to drop the Big Egg.
Posted by: Punkin | August 24, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Weren't you looking for the Big Cock, Punkin?
Posted by: trustf8 | August 24, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Hey howdy, last time i was in that restaurant there were no paper products in the restroom and nobody behind the counter cared to hear about it...a landmark is all that place is good for.
Posted by: marina_like_a_boatdock | August 24, 2010 at 11:23 AM
trust - it's a HEN. *hair flip*
Posted by: Punkin | August 24, 2010 at 02:14 PM
i want to see the original KFC.
Posted by: El Cid Vacations | September 03, 2010 at 01:27 AM