[Windflier]

Texans as a whole are very jingoistic, and not very bright.

Sheeesh..... not good way to state your case, my man. I'll give ya a mulligan, because you're one of the good guys.

[grey_whiskers]

To quote a character from one of my favorite novels, "Was that your foot? Beg pardon, I'm sure."

All I can say is that Texas seems to go through life with a chip on its shoulder, backed up by a willingness to pick fights for little or no reason.

Must be the Scots blood extant down there.

I'm up in Minnesota, where in contrast to their Viking forbears, most of the men are extremely metrosexual. During the World Series in 1991, there was a big banner in the Metrodome with a snow-covered apple on it, which read, "We prefer the Minne-apple."

As Syndrome said in The Incredibles, "Lame, Lame, Lame, Lame, Lame!"

But the women here -- land of 10,000 blondes. I married one (the legendary Mrs. Whiskers).

But I still prefer -20^oF to 104^o F and humid: I went to visit Texas once on business (in July I think) and I knew I was in trouble when the car at the airport had its AC pre-set to max *and* recycle the moment I climbed in...

Cheers!

[GunRunner]

Nice friends you have here Windflier. Not only do they use words like “jingoistic” (the leftist term for “patriotic”), we’re treated to insults about the intelligence of the most conservative state in the union. Maybe y’all are trying to peel off some of the Romney voters in Massachusetts and Minnesota with the “Texans are dumb” strategy. I don’t think it will work too well.