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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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okay maybe this is just me or maybe i just keep meeting the wrong people.

a couple of motnhs ago i was out of state towards the north and i ran across some intresting people there. they were in college but seriousy they were so dumb. when we started talking i saw just how ignorant people are of our great state. they proceded to ask me where my boots and cowboy hat were, whether or not places had areas to park my horse, how i knew what tivo and the internet were, and whether or not i think farming is hard.

now i cant speak for everyone in our state but i have only seen a farm on a road trip, road a horse once, and as you can see i do know what the internet is. i just cant stand when people think we are all a bunch of hillbillies.


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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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You're calling people dumb, and you can't even use proper grammar or spelling?

I'm not even going to touch this one...
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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and today we are going to learn about stereotypes...
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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I get this stuff all the time going to NY CA and Washington to meet with people and the bad thing 99% of the time i am better dressed and a whole lot more educated. usually I just start to go with it and really **** with them. Last time to WA I told some guys that I almost could not get a flight because there was no overnite stables for my horse @ IAH.

there are alot of ******* idiots out there

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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Franco
Last time to WA I told some guys that I almost could not get a flight because there was no overnite stables for my horse IAH.

there are alot of ******* idiots out there

that is good
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Franco
I get this stuff all the time going to NY CA and Washington to meet with people and the bad thing 99% of the time i am better dressed and a whole lot more educated. usually I just start to go with it and really **** with them. Last time to WA I told some guys that I almost could not get a flight because there was no overnite stables for my horse IAH.

there are alot of ******* idiots out there

True , I lived in Cali for 4 years and I seriously saw more people with cowboy hats and farming out there then I did here. I lived in the valley near Fresno. Anytime somebody F**Ks with you about being from Texas just tell them everyone knows what state has the most beautiful women! I have been all over the world and Texas has the most beautiful women God Bless Texas! Austrailia comes in close 2nd.
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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Wasnt it Sam Houston who said " Texas can survive without the United States but the United States cannot survive without Texas"

Isnt the Texas flag the only flag that can fly as high as the US flag.
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SSOZ28
Wasnt it Sam Houston who said " Texas can survive without the United States but the United States cannot survive without Texas"

Isnt the Texas flag the only flag that can fly as high as the US flag.
here we go
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 2 SLOW
here we go
@ you. lol.
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 01:36 PM
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Yes, I have run across this myself. I was in Wisconsin and a group of people I went out to dinner with were shocked that I was from Texas. They asked me if I was born there and if so, why didn't I talk with a "Texas drawl" ?? And then asked if I could "turn it on" for them ? WTF ?
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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california and one other state fly there flag the same height
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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lol at this thread, I went to oregon for a couple summers and apparently I cant say "yall"
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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I used to get this all the time when I went to Colorado for the summer's. I did have a slight drawl tho.
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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I get the opposite when I am in TX go figure. Maybe folks like to tease and make fun of folks from other parts of the country?
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 02:32 PM
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This thread made me think of the Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" commercials. You know which one...

... "Mr. way too proud of Texas"

LMAO.

Seriously, it IS better than most but we need to keep it under our hats. The secret is getting out and way too many liberal fruitcakes are moving out here from California... at least here in Central TX. Those fuggers need to turn around and go right back. They screwed up their state and now they want to come here and screw up ours.
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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Are you really dumb enough to think people are being serious when they talk to you that way? People do it everywhere. I moved here after living in Cali for 20 years and all anybody here asked me my first year was if I lived next to gay people, or how many drive-bys I was in. Its all fun and games bro, dont get butt hurt over it
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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This one
http://thefuntimesguide.com/2005/02/stateslivevisit.php
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Texas F T W!!!
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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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i moved to DFW, TX from Boston, MA two years ago... been 1.5 years at working at the same company in uptown dallas. every day without fail, people still giggle whenever i say certain 'key words' that have the R's in the right places... and STILL after 1.5 years, people even go as far as to ask me to say certain words and phrases for them like i'm a ******* side show act at a circus.

there is no less cultural intolerance and immaturity in TX than anywhere else... you only tend to see it when you travel because you become the victim.
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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by slayer_taunu
i moved to DFW, TX from Boston, MA two years ago... been 1.5 years at working at the same company in uptown dallas. every day without fail, people still giggle whenever i say certain 'key words' that have the R's in the right places... and STILL after 1.5 years, people even go as far as to ask me to say certain words and phrases for them like i'm a ******* side show act at a circus.

there is no less cultural intolerance and immaturity in TX than anywhere else... you only tend to see it when you travel because you become the victim.
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