Welcome...

...to Tennessee, where the new state motto is "The 20th Century? Not so fast, buster!"

Hartsville, Tenn. (AP, April 10) - A garden center's nude statues proved a bit immodest for some in this small town. G & L Garden Center responded to complaints by covering up the classical-style statues with stylish, two-piece crimson velvet sarongs. ...

And yes, some customers are peeking.

"They are pulling the tops and looking underneath," said G & L co-owner Angie Langford. "They wonder what we're hiding."

Langford doesn't know who made the anonymous calls complaining about the yard art in this town of 3,500 about 40 miles northeast of Nashville.

Sounds like John Ashcroft would be right at home there.