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You know you are a Texan if...

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:34 am
by vbhoutex
U R A Texan If:

1. You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Palestine, Decatur, Wichita Falls, San Antonio , Burnet, Boerne, Nacogdoches, Mexia, Waco, Amarillo, and Waxahachie.

2. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel cloud.

3. You've ever had to switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

5. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

6. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.

7. You measure distance in minutes.

8. Little Smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.

9. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.

12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.

13. You have known someone who has had a belt buckle bigger than your fist.

14. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store.

15. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.

16. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol; a Ford F350 4x4 is.

17. You know everything goes better with Ranch dressin'.

18. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

19. You actually understand this and you are "fixin' to" send it to your friends.

20. Finally, you are 100% Texan if you have ever heard this conversation:

"You wanna coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper!"

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:43 pm
by TexasStooge
YEEEEE-HAAAAWW!!

Those are good!! :lol: :roflmao:

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:58 pm
by wxcrazytwo
I take offense. :x

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:08 pm
by Skywatch_NC
wxcrazytwo wrote:I take offense. :x


Awww...we know you're just pokin' :wink:

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:40 pm
by southerngale
:roflmao:

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:54 pm
by wxcrazytwo
Skywatch_NC wrote:
wxcrazytwo wrote:I take offense. :x


Awww...we know you're just pokin' :wink:


No, I was not. That was down right insulting and insensitive. :grrr:

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:55 pm
by Skywatch_NC
wxcrazytwo wrote:
Skywatch_NC wrote:
wxcrazytwo wrote:I take offense. :x


Awww...we know you're just pokin' :wink:


No, I was not. That was down right insulting and insensitive. :grrr:


Lighten up friend...David lives in TX and if he wants to have some fun so be it. :)

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:58 pm
by southerngale
wxcrazytwo wrote:
Skywatch_NC wrote:
wxcrazytwo wrote:I take offense. :x


Awww...we know you're just pokin' :wink:


No, I was not. That was down right insulting and insensitive. :grrr:


What are you talking about?

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:01 pm
by wxcrazytwo
Skywatch_NC wrote:
wxcrazytwo wrote:
Skywatch_NC wrote:
wxcrazytwo wrote:I take offense. :x


Awww...we know you're just pokin' :wink:


No, I was not. That was down right insulting and insensitive. :grrr:


Lighten up friend...David lives in TX and if he wants to have some fun so be it. :)


LOL, Okay, now I am pokin. LOL... :wink:

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:05 pm
by MiamiensisWx
It shows our pride. Remember the Florida Crackers?

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:07 pm
by wxcrazytwo
CapeVerdeWave wrote:It shows our pride. Remember the Florida Crackers?


No, because I am not from the "backwoods" :wink:

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:08 pm
by Skywatch_NC
I remember one time my Dad had a job interview at a paper company in the Lufkin/Nacogdoches area...and my folks and I did some house hunting around those areas. We had some fun with my maternal grandmother who had lived in Indiana at the time with pronouncing Nacogdoches. :lol: :wink: :)

Eric 8-)

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:09 pm
by southerngale
wxcrazytwo wrote:
CapeVerdeWave wrote:It shows our pride. Remember the Florida Crackers?


No, because I am not from the "backwoods" :wink:


Back alleys count too. :P

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:04 pm
by arkess7
:hehe:

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:21 pm
by breeze
Skywatch_NC wrote:I remember one time my Dad had a job interview at a paper company in the Lufkin/Nacogdoches area...and my folks and I did some house hunting around those areas. We had some fun with my maternal grandmother who had lived in Indiana at the time with pronouncing Nacogdoches. :lol: :wink: :)

Eric 8-)


My latest run of telemarketing calls comes from Nacogdoches, TX! :lol:
Too baaad - I'm not home...... :wink:

Those were funny, David! And, as a Tennesseean, I can still relate to
80% of those!

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:56 am
by GalvestonDuck
Mexia threw me for a loop the first time.

Palestine is gonna take some getting used to.

I'm familiar with all the others except Boerne. Please tell me it's pronounced "born."

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:13 am
by vbhoutex
GalvestonDuck wrote:Mexia threw me for a loop the first time.

Palestine is gonna take some getting used to.

I'm familiar with all the others except Boerne. Please tell me it's pronounced "born."


Honestly, I am not sure, but I believe Ihave heard it pronounced "Berny".

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:27 am
by southerngale
David's right. It's pronounced BUR-nee.

Sorry for bumping, but I saw the link posted in the Louisiana Truths! thread.

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:05 pm
by JenBayles
Need to add "Refugio" to that list! :lol:

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:40 pm
by Yankeegirl
I have only been here since 1989 but I am totally familar with all of those sayings and stuff on that list... I Definatly run outside to see what the sky looks like when the weather radio goes off... lol... But I do have to say, I drink Pepsi, so the Coke conversation just doesnt happen with me... lol... I hate Coke... :bday: :bday: