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Big Tex gets big unveiling at State Fair of Texas year after fire burned icon
Washington Post ^
| 9/26/13
| AP
Posted on 09/27/2013 7:18:06 AM PDT by mylife
The new Big Tex made his debut Thursday afternoon, a year after the towering cowboy that’s an icon of the State Fair of Texas was destroyed in a blaze.
The new Big Tex is supposed to look similar to the old one, though at 55-feet tall, he is 3 feet taller. And unlike the figure that was destroyed last year, he has a fire-suppression system.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bigmex; bigtex; methtex; newbigtex
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Some People hate the new Big Tex. Some say he looks like he has been up for 3 days wired, Some don't like his pants being rolled up, some hate his boots, some think he looks kinda poofy, but no matter what folks say...
Big Tex is back and he says, "Howdy Folks!"
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:18:06 AM PDT
by
mylife
To: mylife
What’s with his eyes? The new Big Tex looks like he’s wired!
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:19:00 AM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: mylife
It was actually an effigy of Mac Brown..
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:20:19 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
To: fwdude
Yeah, some are calling him Meth Tex. LOL
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:21:34 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: ken5050
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:22:28 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:23:34 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:24:37 AM PDT
by
deport
To: deport
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:25:45 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
he does not look like the old one at all, IMO
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:26:20 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
Big Tex Is like Dr Who, He has regenerated in several forms.
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:28:11 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
He has a new voice this year following a contract dispute with the man who provided his voice previously. The new person providing the voice was chosen from among 111 applicants and is from the Dallas area, Gooding said. That person’s name will remain a mystery, she said.
Since this is Dallas, does he now have a lisp?
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:29:58 AM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: mylife
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:33:26 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: mylife
He started off as Howdy Doody
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:33:38 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: fwdude
LOL!! No but I hear he has that Ft Worth swish. LOL
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:36:41 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: GeronL
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:38:08 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: fwdude; All
What did I miss in post #12?
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:42:10 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
he has big boy pants on now
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:44:31 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: mylife
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:46:04 AM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: GeronL
I heard they are futzing around with the pants because there have been so many complaints.
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posted on
09/27/2013 7:46:58 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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