Post by Shadowstalker on May 24, 2013 18:58:18 GMT -5
On my own subject....
My mom sent me an email that said this: (I also fit all of them)
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas.
If someone in a Lowe’s store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Texas
If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas
If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas.
If ‘Vacation’ means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas.
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas. (This one ESPECIALLY. Nobody around here says, "It's about 200 miles south." They say, "It's about three and a half hours south.")
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas.
If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas.
If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas.
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph, and you’re going 80, and everybody’s passing you, you may live in Texas.
If you find 60 degrees ‘a little chilly,’ you may live in Texas.
If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas.
Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas
Beaumont to El Paso – 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago – 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
World’s first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, 1883
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.
(Destroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008! )
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach at Rice University in Houston
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America
Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America ‘s only remaining flock of whooping cranes
Jalapeno jelly originated in the town of Lake Jackson in 1978
The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was “Houston ,” but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
The King Ranch in South Texas is larger than the state of Rhode Island.
Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43” in 24 hours in and around Alvin, Texas in July of 1979.
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by treaty (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag
A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.
Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington on the Brazos
Harrisburg
Galveston
Velasco
West Columbia
and
Austin
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. that is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (by 7 feet)
The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument
The name ‘Texas ‘ comes from the Hasini Indian word ‘tejas’ meaning friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas
The State Mascot is the Armadillo (An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females)
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston
Cowboy’s Ten Commandments
Posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas:
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin.’
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin’ before God.
(6) No foolin’ around with another fellow’s gal.
(7) No killin.’
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don’t take what ain’t yers.
(10) Don’t be hankerin’ for yer buddy’s stuff.
Y’all git all that
The world's biggest parking lot is in the DFW airport.
My mom sent me an email that said this: (I also fit all of them)
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas.
If someone in a Lowe’s store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Texas
If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas
If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas.
If ‘Vacation’ means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas.
If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas. (This one ESPECIALLY. Nobody around here says, "It's about 200 miles south." They say, "It's about three and a half hours south.")
If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas.
If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas.
If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas.
If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph, and you’re going 80, and everybody’s passing you, you may live in Texas.
If you find 60 degrees ‘a little chilly,’ you may live in Texas.
If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas.
Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas
Beaumont to El Paso – 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago – 770 miles
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
World’s first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, 1883
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.
(Destroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008! )
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach at Rice University in Houston
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America
Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America ‘s only remaining flock of whooping cranes
Jalapeno jelly originated in the town of Lake Jackson in 1978
The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island.
The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was “Houston ,” but the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
The King Ranch in South Texas is larger than the state of Rhode Island.
Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43” in 24 hours in and around Alvin, Texas in July of 1979.
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by treaty (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag
A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.
Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington on the Brazos
Harrisburg
Galveston
Velasco
West Columbia
and
Austin
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. that is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (by 7 feet)
The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington monument
The name ‘Texas ‘ comes from the Hasini Indian word ‘tejas’ meaning friends.
Tejas is not Spanish for Texas
The State Mascot is the Armadillo (An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females)
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston
Cowboy’s Ten Commandments
Posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Fairlie, Texas:
(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin.’
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin’ before God.
(6) No foolin’ around with another fellow’s gal.
(7) No killin.’
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don’t take what ain’t yers.
(10) Don’t be hankerin’ for yer buddy’s stuff.
Y’all git all that
The world's biggest parking lot is in the DFW airport.