Now, I cannot vouch for all these, but some I can. BtW, you can see this list duplicated for most any state, just by changing a few of the details :-)
Thanx to Triple A (An Anonymous Angel) for this list.
* Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with all four feet in the air.
* There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Texas.
* There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Texas, plus a few no one has ever seen before.
* Raccoons will test your melon crop, and let you know when they are ripe.
* If it grows, it will stick you. If it crawls, it will bite you!
* Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
* There are valid reasons some people put razor wire around their house.
* A tractor is NOT an all terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
* The wind blows at 90 mph from Oct 2 till June 25; then it stops totally until October 2. (Actually the wind never stops blowing here)
* Onced and twiced are words.
* Coldbeer is one word.
* People actually grow and eat okra.
* Green grass DOES burn.
* When you live in the country you don't have to buy a dog. City people drop them off at your front gate in the middle of the night.
* The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first few weeks.
* When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to see a doctor.
* Fix-in-to is one word.
* There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There is only breakfast, dinner and then there's supper.
* "Sweetened ice tea" is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you are two. (which I have never seen. Sweet Tea is a southern thing, not a Texas thing)
* "Backwards and forwards" means I know everything about you.
* "Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning, "Did you eat?" and is usually followed with, "No, jew?"
* You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.
* You work until you're done, or it's too dark to see.
* You measure distance in minutes or hours.
* You can switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
* Stores don't have bags. They have sacks.
* You see cars with the engine running in the Wal-mart parking lot with no one in them, no matter what time of the year.
* All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or a vegetable. (I noticed this more in WV where I was raised than here in Texas)
* You install security lights on your house and garage, and leave both unlocked.
* You carry jumper cables for your own car.
* You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
* You only have four spices in your kitchen: Salt, Pepper, Ketchup, and Tabasco. (Add salsa to that list. maybe to replace ketchup)
* You think everyone from north of Dallas has an accent.
* The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require six pages to cover Friday night high school football. (This is true)
* The first day of deer season is a state holiday.
* You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
* You find 100 degrees a "tad" warm.
* The four seasons are: Almost summer, summer, still summer and Christmas. (This again is so true)
* You know whether another Texan is from East, West, North, or South Texas as soon as he opens his mouth.
* Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin Wal-Martin" or "off to Wally-world."
* You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili-eatin' weather.
* A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop....It's a Coke regardless of brand or flavor. (I saw this more in NC than in Texas)
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