You know your from TEXAS

[texas_sweetie]

Subject: You know your from TEXAS


1. You measure distance in hours.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
4. Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.
5. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in
it, no matter what time of the year.
6. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
7. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, or animal.
8. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.
9. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
10. You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco
12. You think everyone from another state has an accent.
13. You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.
14. The local paper covers national and international news on one page
but requires 6 pages for sports.
15. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
16. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
17. You find 95 degrees F "a little warm."
18. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer,
Still summer, and Christmas.
19. You know whether another Texan is from southern, middle, or northern
Texas as soon as they open their mouth.
20. There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 500 or more.
21. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin"
or off to "Wally World."
22. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili
weather.
23. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop... it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor
24. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from
Texas!!

[buckeyemomma]

cute! Thanks for sharing

[valleygirl]

most of this list could apply to tennessee also especially this one: 23. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop... it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor

[telos2000]

I contest the following

7. How 'bout all the Old Fiddlers' Days?

23. SODA POP

and you missed one

"Labor Day was invented to honor the opening of Dove Season"

[scooter22]

Most of it applies to Montana too....

[Mouse7088]

Hee hee..I would say some of these could pertain to Ohio, but I'm thinking maybe they just pertain to me..LOL! Ya know..maybe I'm a real Southern type gal stuck in a Northern state of mind! LOL!

[telos2000]

Originally posted by Mouse7088
Hee hee..I would say some of these could pertain to Ohio, but I'm thinking maybe they just pertain to me..LOL! Ya know..maybe I'm a real Southern type gal stuck in a Northern state of mind! LOL!

Texas is a State of mind!

[tlspiegel -Closed]

17. You find 95 degrees F "a little warm."

Sounds like Phoenix. It's "warm" up to 100º and then it gets hot.

[Mouse7088]

Originally posted by telos2000


Texas is a State of mind!

I think it HAS to be..LOL!

[telos2000]

Originally posted by Uvgtml
17. You find 95 degrees F "a little warm."

Sounds like Phoenix. It's "warm" up to 100º and then it gets hot.

Yes, but your's is a dry heat. Add 70-90 percent humidity to the mix and the heat index soars!

[kat]

LOL Cheryl!! I guess those few months I spent in Dallas were enough - because I understood all of those.

[texas_sweetie]

Originally posted by kat
LOL Cheryl!! I guess those few months I spent in Dallas were enough - because I understood all of those.

yep it doesn't take long does it. Sent this to a friend in Oregon, she says this makes her want to move here, she's looking for a change and Texas sounds good.

[ihvfaith]

really cute, sounds like new Mexico also