[Omicron88]

this thread is for us to talk about how much better than the world we are

When you're from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like, Do you have any cows?" "Do you have horses?" "Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?"

They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched Dallas.

Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be.. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is. It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is. What happens if I show you a picture of California? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would? And even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?

In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off in a pickup. There is some little bit of Texas in everyone.

Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow...so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Do you know why? Because there's no place like Texas.

Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of freedom. We send our kids to schools named William B.Travis and James Bowie and Crockett and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is the Spirit of Texas.

Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Ana at San Jacinto.

Texas is "Juneteenth" and Texas Independence Day.

Texas is huge! (and thats an understatement)

Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend.

Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country.

Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas.

Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.

Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork.

Texas is Mexican food like nowhere else, not even Mexico.

Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington and the Astrodome.

Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Darrell Royal, ZZ Top, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, George H. W.Bush, Lyndon B.Johnson.

Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments and Compaq. And LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE ! Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter.

Texas is NASA.

Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.

Texas is skies blackened with doves, and fields full of deer.

Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local High School Football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the Night In Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio. Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lake s and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities.

If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it.

No one does anything bigger or better than it's done in Texas.

There are 49 militias in the U.S. because the Texas National Guard is considered an army by the federal goverment.

By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 feet in California and your state flag goes at 17 feet. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview or anyplace else at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 feet. Do you know why? Because it is the only state that was a republic before it became a state.

Also, being a Texan is as high as being an American down here. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in Washington, D.C. and we can divide our state into five states at any time if we wanted to! We included these things as part of the deal when we came on. That's the best part, right there.

Texas even has its own power grid

that should help

[DUATE]

i dont get all starry-eyed when i meet a texan. OOO DO YOU HAVE COWS?!?!?!?! fuck that

I usually roll my eyes and think "oh great here comes a long speech about how much better they are than everybody else."

But maybe I'm wrong in thinking texans do that....

[SupremeGod]

Meh. Ive lived there, wasn't anything special.

[Famed]

I visited there. Good avacado dip and mexican food in general.

The country music bugged me after a while though.

[Omicron88]

i hate country

we all hate country

texmex is incredible, though. i could live on refried beans, rice, and enchiladas

[Dyer's Eve]

Only steers and queers come from Texas private cowboy, and you don't much look like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down.

[Reptile]

alaska's biggerslolz

[Omicron88]

FALSE

many things come from texas

also, UT is the greatest college in the world

[DUATE]

god omicron first with the junior year highschool girl's soccer team pride now with the annoying texas pride that nobody else in the country finds charming.

how do we get this omicron chick to shut up

[MikeSeaver]

That's great that TExas can fly it's flag as high as the American Flag; I guess it's because it was once a country. You learn somethign new every day.

[DUATE]

No matter how hard they try, texas pride actually makes me hate texas more and more each time.

[Reptile]

texas is the reason there are so many mexicans here now

you suck texas

[Omicron88]

you hate us because you can't be us, dut

[Omicron88]

I DONT CARE IF THE BORDER CROSSED YOU THAT DOESNT GIVE YOU A RIGHT TO BE HERE

[DUATE]

I wish I was texas so that I too could have fields and mountains and lakes and skyscrapers and herds of cattle. Just once I want somebody to come up to me at the bar and go "WOW GOLLY YOUS HAVE CATTLE THERE?! SO AWESOME!" I want fields full of deer and highschool sports games shutting down entire cities *snicker* and my own power...grid.... bwahahaha

God I hate you now omicron, even if you do have boobs

the only thing texas ever did was that my best bud is from there, but he also lived in colorado for half his life, so im not sure which to credit.

[Reptile]

omicron's a girl?

[DUATE]

ya

[Reptile]

omicron you dumb girl

[Famed]

harsh guys, harsh.

Omi, I might not be a big texas fan (your food is good though) but I still love you. Just the way you are.

[Dakk]

Originally Posted by Reptile

omicron you dumb cuñt

Fixedo.

[Omicron88]

dut wishes i was girl so all that passion didnt conflict with his precious bible

[Omicron88]

i didnt mean that dut i'm sorry

[DUATE]

my very own crying game

[Famed]

...somebody tell her about the edit function

[Omicron88]

contention A: here's me in my texas hoodie, after a night of drinking at UT http://www.sorrowind.net/imagecorner...1173244909.png

also i'm pretty sure i've been here way longer than you

[Dakk]

Omi, I hate to say it but you're not a very pretty girl.

[Blackferne]

Originally Posted by Dakk

Omi, I hate to say it but you're not a very pretty girl.

Agreed.

Also Hook Em Horns!

[Welshy]

Texas is ok I guess, but for the next decade it's gonna be known as the George Dubya state

[RhettSarlin]

texans amuse me primarily. i'm sure texas is great, but i'd never want to live there. i plan on visiting someday, but that's largely because it's between arizona and alabama, which are my actual destinations.

[Bender]

Originally Posted by Duate

I wish I was texas so that I too could have fields and mountains and lakes and skyscrapers and herds of cattle. Just once I want somebody to come up to me at the bar and go "WOW GOLLY YOUS HAVE CATTLE THERE?! SO AWESOME!" I want fields full of deer and highschool sports games shutting down entire cities *snicker* and my own power...grid.... bwahahaha

God I hate you now omicron, even if you do have boobs

the only thing texas ever did was that my best bud is from there, but he also lived in colorado for half his life, so im not sure which to credit.

Originally Posted by Duate

No matter how hard they try, texas pride actually makes me hate texas more and more each time.

Originally Posted by Duate

god omicron first with the junior year highschool girl's soccer team pride now with the annoying texas pride that nobody else in the country finds charming.

how do we get this omicron chick to shut up

Originally Posted by Duate

i dont get all starry-eyed when i meet a texan. OOO DO YOU HAVE COWS?!?!?!?! fuck that

I usually roll my eyes and think "oh great here comes a long speech about how much better they are than everybody else."

But maybe I'm wrong in thinking texans do that....

Dut is so full of hate.

Originally Posted by RhettSarlin

texans amuse me primarily. i'm sure texas is great, but i'd never want to live there. i plan on visiting someday, but that's largely because it's between arizona and alabama, which are my actual destinations.

whoa, alabama...what's your business there? YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!

[RhettSarlin]

Originally Posted by Bender

whoa, alabama...what's your business there? YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!

visiting a TGier on a roadtrip, whenever i actually get to do that. best online friend in phoenix, 2nd best online friend in birmingham. texas inbetween(though there's TGiers i'll visit there too enroute)

[Welshy]

fuck you too

[Reptile]

gasps rhett's comin to visit yaw!! lololol