Texas T & M
willytex
Thread: Texas T & M
Subject: You know you're from Texas if...
Author: willytex
Date: 06/24/2001
1. You measure distance in days.
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 fixin' 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" is.
11. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Pace.
12. You think everyone from a city or town 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 100 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 1000 or more.
21. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin".
22. You describe the first cool snap (below 80 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 in Burbank,
Oakland, or Pasadena.