January 26, 2006
Worried About Texas...
If any of my readers are in Oklahoma or Louisiana, would you mind going over to Texas to check the pulse.
You see, in my experience, all you have to do is make a funny face in the general direction of the Alamo, and you have to fend off the indignant Texans.
So, when I, in one of those moods, compared the map of Texas to an oddly-cut Porterhouse steak, on a certain well-known Texan blog, I expected to at least get a barrage of funny insults, if not from the hosts of that particular blog, at least from one of the other notorious Texans of St. Blogs.
Nada.
Zip.
The wind whistles through the tumbleweeds and rustles the dirt near a long-horn's skull.
Come on, folks, colorful indignation now. I am counting on you. Don't forget to mention rattlesnakes, as we always like to hear Texans talk about rattlesnakes. Don't let me down.
Or at least tell me if the Tejano version of the famous song goes "all my ejas live in Tejas?"
Cheers from the Golden State!
Posted by erik at January 26, 2006 9:46 AMthe main reason californians know so much about texas is that there are so many texas refugees in the golden state. like most california immigrants they brought with them wonderful cuisine which is only improved by the wonderful quality of food available in california.
i'm homesick, can't you tell?
Jeff, that is a good one! I have not yet tried armadillo, by the way (drove through it once on the way to Georgia - no, that's Amarillo), but I am curious. They do carry leprosy, but if they are handled carefully I hear that they taste something like pork. I am in favor of pork.
I will try to think of some good Texas jokes that can be posted on a family friendly blog. All of the ones that come to mind are...well, there is this one. Slightly off color, but we are talking Texas, here.
In college we had some curious grafitti in one of the dorm restroom stalls:
Here I sit,
Cheeks a flexin'
Givin' birth to
Another Texan!
Hey, Erik, how 'bout we swap Texas jokes? Here, I'll start ...
Q. How many Texans does it take to cook an armadillo?
A. Three. One to start the fire and two to watch for cars. :-)
Your turn.
Posted by: Jeff Culbreath at January 27, 2006 1:53 PMboy howdy, are you in the soup now. don't say i didn't warn you, golden boy.
Posted by: the smock at January 26, 2006 9:13 PMListen, pard, you take that back right now or there'll be hell ta pay!
(just sitting in for Mama T ...)
:-D
Posted by: Julie D. at January 26, 2006 11:08 AM