LIVING IN TEXAS
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Texas, plus a few
no one has ever seen before.
Raccoons will test your melon crop, and let you know when they are ripe.
If it grows, it will stick you. If it crawls, it will bite you!
Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
There are valid reasons some people put razor wire around their house.
A tractor is NOT an all terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
The wind blows at 90 mph from Oct 2 till June 25; then it stops totally
until October 2.
Onced and twiced are words.
Coldbeer is one word
People actually grow and eat okra.
Green grass DOES burn.
When you live in the country you don't have to buy a dog. City people
drop them off at your front gate in the middle of the night.
The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first few
weeks.
When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to see a
doctor.
Fix-in-to is one word. Hello! I will not attempt to stop saying this
then!!!
There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There is only breakfast, dinner
and then there's supper.
"Sweetened ice tea" is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking
it when you are two. You also give it to babies for colic..Just a
tid-bit.
"Backwards and forwards" means I know everything about you.
"Jeet?" is actually a phrase meaning, "Did you eat?"
You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it
is. You work until you're done, or it's too dark to see.
You measure distance in minutes or hours.
You can switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
Stores don't have bags. They have sacks.
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or a
vegetable.
You install security lights on your house and garage, and leave both
unlocked.
You carry jumper cables for your own car.
You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
You only have four spices in your kitchen: Salt, Pepper, Ketchup, and
Tabasco.
You think everyone from north of Dallas has an accent.
The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but
require six pages to cover Friday night high school football.
The first day of deer season is a state holiday.
You find 100 degrees a "tad" warm.
The four seasons are: Almost summer, summer, still summer and Christmas.
You know whether another Texan is from East, West, North, or South Texas
as soon as he opens his mouth.
Believe me, all food can be fried!!!
Some towns the "best yard" award has nothin to do with grass and flower
You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili-eatin'
weather.
A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop....It's a Coke
regardless of brand or flavor.
Texans understand these jokes. If you do too, forward them to your
friends from Texas. If you don't just come and stay awhile.
