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Memphis, Tennessee

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The Resume

    (1819- )
    Largest city in Tennessee
    Population of city was 671,929 (2005)
    Population of metro area was 1,195,977 (2005)
    Located by the Mississippi River
    Home of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies
    Headquarters of Federal Express

Why Memphis, Tennessee might be annoying:

    Martin Luther King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel.
    Some Memphis natives have an intense hatred of Nashville.
    It was passed over as an NFL expansion city (1995).
    When the Tennessee Titans were here for two years as a new Nashville stadium was built, hardly anyone attended the games.
    They had a team in the XFL called the Memphis Maniax, which caused controversy due to its politically incorrect name.
    The code name of Windows 98 was 'Microsoft Memphis.'
    Some moron tourists come here hoping for an Elvis sighting, despite he being dead since 1977.
    Justin Timberlake and Shannen Doherty were born here.

Why Memphis, Tennessee might not be annoying:

    It was named after an ancient Egyptian city.
    Probably due to that, it has (at the time it was built) the third largest pyramid in the world (the Pyramid Arena).
    It is the home of Elvis Presley's mansion, 'Graceland.'
    It is the location of Sun Records, which launched the careers of many rock 'n roll pioneers.
    Beale Street was influential in the development of blues music.
    It, of course, inspired Marc Cohn's 'Walking in Memphis.'
    It had the first radio station operated by African-Americans.
    The Lorraine Motel was eventually remodeled into the National Civil Rights Museum.
    It was the birthplace of Morgan Freeman, Kathy Bates, Aretha Franklin, Roseanne Cash, Cybill Shepherd, George Hamilton, Tim McCarver and Woody Paige.

Credit: Hoxy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 50 Votes: 22.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 36 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 68 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 82 Votes: 68.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 58.44% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 142 Votes: 47.18% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying