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Texas - have you seen this one?
email | 10/14 | anonymous

Posted on 10/14/2005 3:43:58 PM PDT by phatoldphart

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To: jws3sticks

I totally agree. They are the other side of the blue bells.


621 posted on 10/16/2005 6:39:43 PM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: rock58seg

I understand his reputation (Maverick), but let's face it; a silver star winner in WW1, and from what I could get from his newspaper collums in his later years, a very dedicated man; liberal or not. As a conservative I can still salute him.


622 posted on 10/16/2005 8:00:20 PM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: humblegunner
Me too, and I couldn't wait to get back home to Texas.

You said it. Ain't no place like home.
&
Texas IS home.

623 posted on 10/16/2005 8:12:04 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: El Gato

Saw that show in about 1990. Very strange thing to teach a pig to dive and swim. Kids really liked it.


624 posted on 10/17/2005 5:06:04 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: phatoldphart
"Must be you've never been here!!!!!"

Been there. Got to tell you though, I wasn't terribly impressed. The highest point was the overpass on the interstate. Everything was dry. I saw some fat "cowboy" driving a 1974 Dodge Dart with longhorns on the hood (they came in handy as he had to tie down his hood with rope to keep it from flying up when he drove). No waves at the beach though the gulf shrimp were pretty nice. Barbecue, huh? You call that "barbecue sauce"? The LoneStar Beer tasted like armadillo pee. I did manage to find a couple of cute girls but hey, I'm from Carolina, I wasn't overly impressed.

Texas? I dunno, I guess it must be an "acquired taste".

625 posted on 10/17/2005 5:28:56 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: RGVTx

"You've got to have mesquite wood to have real BBQ."


Close but no seegar.

Pecan wood is the only way to go. Yummmm.......


626 posted on 10/17/2005 8:59:10 AM PDT by TexanToTheCore (Rock the pews, Baby)
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To: TexanToTheCore
Pecan wood is the only way to go. Yummmm.......

I've used both.......
For me.... mesquite wood ....
But I'm in south Texas and we have a lot of it......
To each his own..........

627 posted on 10/17/2005 9:33:50 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Hatteras

The only rewason to use barbeque sauce is to hide the flavor of bad meat......


628 posted on 10/17/2005 9:36:34 AM PDT by phatoldphart ("some people were forged of a hotter fire. Well, that's what it is to be Texan." -Bob Wheeler)
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To: basil
"Also, as a school girl growing up in Texas, we studied Texas History from the 1st grade through the 7th grade. In the 8th grade, we were introduced to American History--I kid you not. I love Texas history--both the real stuff, and the folklore.

I have lived around the country and enjoyed most places where I have lived, but Texas is where I want to be. Texas is my home, I'm happy to be here now, and Texas is where I'll die. "

My brother-in-law (born in IN, raised in upstate NY, now residing in CA) cannot understand why Texas schools teach Texas history. He claims it's akin to brainwashing. I tell him it's a Texas thing and he wouldn't understand.

Since we're on the subject of the Lone Star State, I'd like to know if any of my fellow Texans get as annoyed as I do when people try to imitate our Texas drawl. It's not something that can be simply duplicated and it ticks me off when people try to do so. My mother-in-law had the audacity to ask me if I had a hard time learning to read and spell because I often drop the "g" at the end of words when I speak. I explained to her that I personally don't know of anyone who has had a problem with reading and spelling because of their Texas dialect. I've had to ask other in-laws not to correct my children when they use the phrase "fixin' to." My next step will be to tell them to stay the hell at home if they don't like the way we talk.

Oh well, at least they only come to visit and they eventually leave, which makes them Yankees instead of Damn Yankees.

629 posted on 10/17/2005 10:58:40 AM PDT by RoseyT
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To: TexanToTheCore

I've had pecan smoked bbq.
Too bland for me.
Nothing beats mesquite.


630 posted on 10/17/2005 11:07:50 AM PDT by RGVTx
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To: All

When I die I may not go to heaven
I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!
Texas is as close as I've been.

New York couldn't hold my attention
Detroit City couldn't sing my song
If tomorrow finds me busted flat in Dallas
I won't care, 'cause at least I'll know I'm home.

When I die I may not go to heaven
I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!
Texas is as close as I've been.

I'd ride through all of Hell and half of Texas
Just to hear Willie Nelson sing a country song
Beer just ain't as cold in old Milwaukee
My body's here, but my soul's in San Antone.

When I die I may not go to heaven
I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!
Texas is as close as I've been.

When I die I may not go to heaven
I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!
Texas is as close as I've been.


631 posted on 10/17/2005 11:31:43 AM PDT by texan75010
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To: phatoldphart

Texas size BUMP....


632 posted on 10/17/2005 11:36:48 AM PDT by Texans
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To: FreedomCalls
We are the only state with stores in nearly every Mall that sell nothing but stuff shaped like Texas. Is there any other state like that?

Using your Texas shaped swimming pool as reference I'd have to say "yes." How many Colorado shpaed pools have you seen? Man, those rectangle things are all over the place. ;o)

Hook 'em!!!

633 posted on 10/17/2005 11:54:28 AM PDT by al_c
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To: phatoldphart

A moment of silence, please



15 feet taller than the Washington Monument



The real king of beers is made here!


634 posted on 10/17/2005 12:18:21 PM PDT by WolfRunnerWoman (Communism isn't dead, it's just regrouping)
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To: RGVTx

should try hickory.old gringo


635 posted on 10/17/2005 1:07:05 PM PDT by old gringo
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To: RoseyT
......I'd like to know if any of my fellow Texans get as annoyed as I do when people try to imitate our Texas drawl.....

Yore durn tootin'.........
It shore do......

636 posted on 10/17/2005 1:23:52 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: phatoldphart

I'm a native born Texan and absolutely ADORE my state. However, I still love beautiful Lake Tahoe, the gorgeous mountains of Colorado, the green hills in Wisconsin, the history of Massachusetts, and the beautiful beaches of Florida. In most states that my husband (who is a native of the beautiful state of Wisconsin) and I have visited, we've found very friendly people who were as interested in Texas as I was in their state.


637 posted on 10/17/2005 1:31:27 PM PDT by cowgirlcutie
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
From Gary P. Nunn

You ask me what I like about Texas
I tell you it's the wide open spaces!
It's everything between the Sabine and the Rio Grande.

It's the Llano Estacada,
It's the Brazos and the Colorado;
Spirit of the people down here who share this land!

(Chorus)
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas band!

You ask me what I like about Texas
It's the big timber round Nacogdoches
It's driving El Camino Real into San Antone

It's the Riverwalk and Mi Tierra
Dancing to the Cotton-eyed Joe
It's stories of the Menger Hotel and the Alamo!
(You remember the Alamo!)

It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas band!

Hey, you ask me what I like about Texas
It's Blue Bonnet and Indian paint brushes
Swimming in the sacred waters of Barton Springs

It's body surfing at Frio
It's Saturday night in Del Rio!
Driving across the border for some cultural exchange!

It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas band!

638 posted on 10/17/2005 1:48:49 PM PDT by daniel boob (Pedro is an illegal alien)
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To: Michael.SF.

Guy Clark was always a Soul-Writer in my book ... and one of Texas greatest Poets of all time.

One of the highlights of my musical life is co-writing a song with him at Kerrville in '88 ... 'The Old Screen Door' ... hasn't made it onto any of his records yet due to a very complicated publishing situation, but the experience for me was simply Spiritual.


639 posted on 10/17/2005 2:41:40 PM PDT by CIBvet (Thanks to all who sat in their lawnchairs to prove we can protect the U.S Border .... REAL Patriots.)
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To: CIBvet
Thanks for the response and added insight.

I met Guy Clark while in college (Long Beach St.)and was part of the staff for our annual Banjo Fiddle and Guitar Festival (amateur contest in the day time and professional acts in the evening). As I recall, our bill that year featured: Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Steve Earle and Doc Watson.

My assignment was Performer Hospitality and Coordination. Basically I made sure they had what they needed in their dressing rooms and kept them posted as to when they would be going on.

Guy and his people were all very polite and professional. I did not know who he was before that event, but have been a fan ever since.

640 posted on 10/17/2005 3:17:43 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ('That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together,' Cindy Sheehan")
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