Hey dzandiloo, thanks for the info! :)

"Don't Mess With Texas"
 

In light of all the crazy stuff going on in the world today, I thought I would post an email joke a friend sent to me.. I think it might put a tiny smile on some of your faces :)
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I get a big laugh at the dialogue of Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, politicians, and the news media. They say terrorists will hit us again in the oncoming weeks and months. What a joke! You have a better chance of getting killed on Interstate 35E than by a terrorist.
Osama has probably seen 100 degree plus summers in Afghanistan, but he doesn't have fire ants to go with it. If he did he wouldn't be sleeping on the ground in his cave.

He talks of pain and suffering he is going to inflict on us. He doesn't know what pain is until he gets kicked by a green broke, two year old colt in a freezing rain.

Germ warfare? Texas ticks will give you Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme disease, blister beetles kill your horse, green bugs destroy a wheat crop, and termites eat your house. Anthrax has killed Texas cattle for over 125 years. What's new? Our prairie dogs carry that.

We have rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins. Ho-hum.

They talk of gas and biological warefare. They have never pulled in behind a cattle truck while it's raining, or ridden in the front seat of a pick-up between two cowboys after they just eaten a big bowl of Texas Red.

Texas ain't for sissies!

We have posted signs all over the state that say "Don't mess with Texas!"

Osama, consider yourself warned!

alll my exes live in texas
texas is the place i'd like to be
allllll my exes live in texas
that's why I hang my hat in Tenneseee

I have the 'Don't Mess With Texas' bumper sticker on my car, on my keychain, and a t-shirt. . .

Another reason I like Texas
 

Texas is unique.

I was watching television and saw 2 commercials for new trucks:

The Texas Edition Ford F150, and the Texas Edition Chevy Silverado.

Now what other state in the union has their own state edition of a vehicle? :p ;) :)

Don't forget the King Ranch edition!! Ahhh, those puppies are niiiiice!!

We also have our own food.

Jack in the Box - Big Texas Cheeseburger

Wendy's - 1/4 lb. Texas Double Cheeseburger

Dairy Queen - Texas Toast Sandwiches

And I am sure there are probably a few more out there... :D

This thread is great! I wish I would have found it while I was living in Germany and completely homesick!

SATX*APhi...I had to laugh when you talked (WAY back) about Joe Cotton's. My husband is from Robstown, and his family thinks that food is SO good! It makes me sick, and I swear it had something to do with my gall bladder being removed! I don't remember it EVER being very good, but it's been there for so long, I guess it's kind of a tradition. We went and ate at the 'King's Inn' awhile back...and that was decent.

Anyway, still funny to hear anyone even know where Robstown is! I'll be down there in about a month, for a month visitin my in-laws!

The rest of you...keep the great TX stuff coming!

aj

McDonald's... Texas Homestyle Burger

I get incredibly homesick as wewll... and i go to school a few hours away... Louisiana is just a TOTALLY different place, not as friendly that's for sure!

Oh, Pat Green is good and all... I've met the man a few times, cool as all get out... but Django Walker (jerry jeff's son) is IT! He is just the greatest thing ever! He wrote Pat's song " I like Texas"... he's "college life" is funny... oh man, just an awesome little guy

Oh my gosh!! I went to Cotton's for lunch today!! LOL One of my chapter sisters is from Robstown and is there for the summer, so I met her for lunch out there. Hahaha!! It was delish! :) You are going to be in Robstown for a month? Oh my gosh, may you find something to keep you busy. Come down to Corpus. There isn't all that much to do in Corpus, but there is nothing to do in Robstown. :D

sad thing
 

is that most of the rest of texas doesn't really claim el paso. we just sort of are...in the grander scope of things.
:D

And don't forget Booger King's Texas Whopper and Texas Double Whopper! :)

Waitaminnit! Isn't the national dish o' Texas CHILI?!?!? Chased down with plenty of Shiner Bock or (ecch!) Lone Star! :)

"Taco Bell for Breakfast and for Lunch a Keystone light...

Heres what I lerned in my college life...."

DW rocks.

If my college carrear had a theme song...

Kings In ROcks. Havent been there in years. My sister go tot ea tthere a few months ago. Bitch.

DON'T I KNOW IT! I HAVE to go and spend some time with them, or they'll have a fit! I'm pregnant with our first child, and they really want to see me! I'm not much for traveling right now!

There really is not much to do, but the pace of life is so much slower than what I'm used to in Dallas and Houston. It's a nice break from all the running around and such. CC is nice, but I just couldn't live there...especially being so close to my in-laws! I really like the mall there! It's not nearly as crowded as the ones here!

aj

While I haven't been back in a long time, I'm still a Texas native!!!