Posted on 10/21/2011 5:29:02 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
I think all states are a little like that. In Colorado where I grew up, you have the front range cities which are very urban and Western in culture. Denver and Colorado Springs, L.A., Phoenix, etc are all more alike than they’re different. Then you have the mountain towns where the people are an extremely independant lot. Finally, you have the plains, where life isn’t much different than Kansas or Nebraska.
Texas is like that only more so. You have Deep East Texas which is culturally identical to Louisana, East Texas which is Southern, West Texas where everyone out of state gets their cowboy Texas stereotype, the hill country which is somewhat Western in the California sense...areas that are Hispanic in culture, Mexican in Culture (not the same thing) etc.
Of course we’re huge to a point that out of staters really can’t comprehend unless they spend some time here. My favorite tidbit that illustrates the size of Texas is: If you’re in Amarillo, you’re closer to the capitol cities of 5, count’em 5 other states than you are to Austin.
Does the phrase “Amber Lamps” ring a bell? LOL
Amber Lamps, Noun. As in, Please call an Amber Lamps.
Classic...
Freepin’ funny!
Be still my heart.
I remember the first time I started looking at electon maps after the Bush-Gore election (I was in High School). I was able to find some of the county by county maps. Even in the way people vote, the difference in culture between say southern Missouri and northern Arkansas is non existance. However, Missouri is a swing state because of St Louis and Kansas City.
I remember reading something James Carville said about PA. On one side you have Philly, the other side Pittsburgh..then in the middle you have Alabama ! lol
I suspect that you could have done a credible imitation of Ann Coulter if he had seriously annoyed you.
Sounds like just another day in LA.
Come to Jersey, our jerks are readily identifiable here, they don’t sneak up on you like that.
; - )
You should have stood up real fast and yelled “HE TOUCHED ME> PERVERT KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOUR SELF” then sprayed him with mace and kicked him in the groin.
And that is why I dont ride mass transit.....buses are a cross between drunktanks and public bathrooms.
I’m not going to assault an 80-year old man for being irritating, and then lie about it. I hope you wouldn’t really either.
Nah.....I wouldnt...but it sure would be funny....
What a jerk. Sadly the world has way too many people like him.
LOL
What was your first clue?
This was me, you know.
When I got home, I took a bath.
I know. I watched. Nice decor you've chosen, by the way.
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