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'Don't mess with Texas' named top ad slogan
Austin American-Statesman ^
| 9/29/2006
| Lilly Rockwell
Posted on 09/30/2006 5:56:09 AM PDT by AnnaZ
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posted on
09/30/2006 5:56:11 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
To: AnnaZ
I guess I am old but "Don't Mess With Texas" seems sarcastic.
The old motto "Drive Friendly" seemed better and with "Don't Mess With Texas" road rage is okay but don't throw trash on the highway.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:04:00 AM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: AnnaZ
A hollow slogan IMO, didn't Houston just change the name of it's MLS team because it PO'd the Mexicans.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:06:22 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: AnnaZ
"'Don't mess with Texas' named top ad slogan"Truth in advertizing, heh heh.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:06:30 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(One presidential visit to Baghdad is worth 1000 pathetic declarations of defeat from the left)
To: AnnaZ
PUKE.
I've never lived in a state where the ad industry had such an inferiority complex. There must be a state law such that every other commercial on the TV/radio must say the word "Texas" in it a minimum of 20 times. Some will call it pride, but as an outsider living in Texas for a couple years, it smacked of desperate.
Other than that, the people were VERY nice and didn't seem to find the need to mention Texas every other sentence. I just wonder why the ad wizards thought it was so necessary.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:16:18 AM PDT
by
SengirV
To: SengirV
Wow, this thread really illustrates how some Freepers will reflexively bitch about absolutely anything!
To: AnnaZ
I liked the Texas tourism slogan: "Texas! It's like a whole other country!"
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:25:27 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There's nowhere to go and you've got all day to get there ... on some beach, somewhere.")
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:26:48 AM PDT
by
bonfire
To: SengirV
I don't think the state ad industry has any sort of inferiority complex. Instead their work is reflective of the Texas persona, attitude and mystique. Maybe you didn't live here long enough to "get" it?
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:27:07 AM PDT
by
McLynnan
To: AnnaZ
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:27:25 AM PDT
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: SengirV
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:31:34 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: burzum
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:32:42 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There's nowhere to go and you've got all day to get there ... on some beach, somewhere.")
To: Tax-chick
I liked the Texas tourism slogan: "Texas! It's like a whole other country!" Yeah, mexico. lol
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I guess I am old but "Don't Mess With Texas" seems sarcastic.I love it. To me it says, "We'll kick your ass!"
= )
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:35:09 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohaynu Adonai Echad)
To: FancyFrogPants
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:35:21 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There's nowhere to go and you've got all day to get there ... on some beach, somewhere.")
To: Diddle E. Squat
Yep, they'll bitch over diddly-squat.
Eyyyyy-oooooo!
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:37:28 AM PDT
by
frankjr
To: SengirV
I've never lived in a state where the ad industry had such an inferiority complex. There must be a state law such that every other commercial on the TV/radio must say the word "Texas" in it a minimum of 20 times. Some will call it pride, but as an outsider living in Texas for a couple years, it smacked of desperate.LOL. "It ain't braggin' if it's true."
Texas: The world's largest frat house.
(Have I mentioned how much I love the Texas-shaped pretzels?)
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:37:38 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohaynu Adonai Echad)
To: Diddle E. Squat
Frankly, I think it's a great saying. Growing up I heard that there were two types of people in the world: those from Texas and those who wished they were.
To: AnnaZ
What about my state's slogan?
"Wisconsin: You're among friends."
Doesn't that sound inspiring and tough? (Runs and hides)
To: HEY4QDEMS
A hollow slogan IMO, didn't Houston just change the name of it's MLS team because it PO'd the Mexicans.
Well, on the one hand, the Houston 1836 was a ridiculous name (what do you cheer, "Go! Eighteen-thirty-sixers!!") The new chosen name, the Dynamo, is worse ("Go, Dynamoers?") I hate collective and abstract nouns for team names (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, etc.) Dynamo is espcially egregiuos, as it is the same name as the hockey team of the most infamous collective of all, the Moscow Dynamo.
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posted on
09/30/2006 6:41:41 AM PDT
by
sittnick
(There is no salvation in politics.)
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