Posted on 02/10/2006 6:14:10 AM PST by Xenophobic Alien
HaPpy FrIdAy AlL!
ROFL! LOL! (Did I ever tell you that I like your sense of humor!)
Me too. See I told you we had a lot in common. ;o)
Or work for a military contractor. :)
You sound ideal for "Mythbusters"!!!
Funny things is, he felt the need to grow a beard.
The most disturbing 2006 Superbowl commercial
I remember being at Ft. Belvoir during the summer, I was amazed at the humidity. Being from So Cal, it was my first experience in a humid place.
You don't know humid until you've been in IL in August. Girl, you could sweat off 10 pounds in 20 minutes!
Here's a jury duty episode for you.
The case.
She bought a car from him. She said it wouldn't go into reverse, and didn't find out until 3 days after she got it home.
He said the car worked fine when she bought it. (worn out cheap car)
She sued for the cost of repairs. She had NO RECEIPTS!!! Her dad went with her when she bought the car but didn't come to court.
Both litigants had attorneys.
Judge dismissed the jury for about 3 minutes and then called us back in.
Threw the case out of court, and strongly chastised her attorney for ripping his client off.
I wrote doen that attorney's name and law firm. I'll never use them if I need a lawyer.
Remember, the difference between a lawyer and a liar (most times) is....the way the word is spelled.
Nobody asked for them, but here are some little known Texas facts:
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
World's first rodeo was in Pecos... July 4, 1883.
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University in Houston. GO OWLS!!!!
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America.
Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.
Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston.."
King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island.
Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July 1979.
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)
A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
Texas has had six capital cities:
1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
2. Harrisburg
3. Galveston
4. Velasco
5. West Columbia
6. Austin
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet). This pisses off the Washington Post.
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas.
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - TEXAS STYLE
People here in Texas have trouble with all those shalls and shall nots in the Ten Commandments. Folks here just aren't used to talking in those terms. So, some folks out in west Texas got together and translated the "King James" version into "King Ranch" version: Ten Commandments, cowboy style. Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas.
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.
Remember this ALL the time! I don't have anything to say to the people that I love on the Feast of St. Valentine, that I shouldn't be saying continuously.
I'm offended!!!!(sarc) I work for a military contractor and I fix things. If I broke them, I wouldn't have a job. Anyway, I have to fix the things the sailors break.
LOLOLO!
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