My friend sent this to me and I thought about the billboard episode when Mike was teasin' the guys about how they said certain words.
What's really neat is that as a person born in Texas whose mom's folks are Texans, and then raised in Alaska I can always find simularities between the two states. Especially 'measuring distance in minutes.' I really have no concept of how far 10 miles is, but if you tell me it's a 10-15 drive, I'm good.
Enjoy!
Things I learned living in Texas .
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road. 2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas . 3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas , plus a couple no one's seen before. 4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha. 5. 'Onced' and 'Twiced' are words. 6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy! 7. 'Jaw-P?' means 'Did ya'll go to the bathroom?' 8. People actually grow and eat okra. 9. 'Fixinto' is one word. 10. There is no such thing as 'lunch'. There is only dinner and then there is supper. 11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. 12. Backwards and forwards means 'I know everything about you.' 13. The word 'jeet' is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?' 14. 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. 15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH EM. 16. 'No, Chew?' is a common response to the question 'Did you bring any beer?' 17. You measure distance in minutes. 18. You switch from heat to A/C in the same day. 19. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal. 20. You know what a 'DAWG' is. 21. You carry jumper cables in your car --- for your OWN car. 22. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and Ketchup. 23. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports and gossip. 24. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday. 25. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a bit warm'. 26. You know all four seasons: almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas. 27. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time know as 'goin' Wal-Martin' or 'off to Wally World'. 28. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather. 29. Fried catfish is the other white meat. 30. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit. 31. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Texas friends and those who just wish they were from Texas .
Growing up in Alaska with a mom from Texas was... interesting at times. I'd never had fried okra until I stayed one summer in Texas with my grandparents, but I grew up on black-eyed bean stew, cornbread from scratch, AWESOME chili. mmmmhhh.... I'm so hungry now!!
Jenny, I've never heard 'yurins', but I heard 'youins' plenty. And I say fixinto aaaalll the time. And some of the phrases from Texas will haunt me to my grave. A particular favorite I got from my mom, "Slicker 'n snot on a brass door knob." Great 'eeewww' factor.
You gotta love Texas, what other state can you drive over 800 miles and STILL be in Texas. I live on the east side and driving to El Paso takes FOREVER. Of course, trying to escape can be daunting
I especially liked the turn your AC and heat on in the same day, done that. I called Miami once to plan for a vacation. The guy told me it was horribly hot. It was 95 and 50% humidity. AT my house it was 102 and 98% humidity. I told him I would be sure to bring a jacket.
Did you know you can't kill Okra? If you plant it we could sove world hunger. I pulled mine up by the roots and it just kept coming back and multiplying. It was like a horror film . . . attack of the k1ller okra
I also heard a rumor that there are states without roaches???? Is this a myth like utopia, or atlantis? Could this possibly be true and can I move there . . . please?
[quote]I also heard a rumor that there are states without roaches???? Is this a myth like utopia, or atlantis? Could this possibly be true and can I move there . . . please?[/quote]
And places that have regular ants?! Not the type that will eat a hole in you feet.
Nicole
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You gotta love Texas, what other state can you drive over 800 miles and STILL be in Texas. I live on the[/quote]
Alaska!! I used to live in Wasilla, about an hour NW of Anchorage. this South Central AK. Every other summer my mom and I would drive to Fairbanks. This was about an 8-10 hr drive, depending on weather. Fairbanks is nearly smack dab in the middle of Ak.
Juneau, which is in the southern end of the eastern pan handle is a two day drive.
Alaska is BIG. And as far as I know there are no roaches. The only ants that bite are carpenter ants and they're not poisonous, just annoying.
A favorite AK joke... Did you hear that Congress decided to make Alaska into two states? Yeah, now Texas will be the THIRD largest.
[quote]I should have known the yurin was only around where I live!![/quote]
Hmmm . . . that could be taken in sooo many ways
"A favorite AK joke... Did you hear that Congress decided to make Alaska into two states? Yeah, now Texas will be the THIRD largest. Big Grin"
Okay, got an extra couch? I am definitely coming up there! I should have known Alaska was that big. I have always wanted to go there since reading Call of the Wild and White Fang as a little kid. Beautiful country!
It's said that God either made Alaska first and spent the most time on it, so nothing else is as beautiful, or that he made it last and made it more beautiful then anything else, just to see if he could.
I like both versions.
I'm sorry I ever moved away. I haven't seen the Norther Lights in over 5 years and it's been as long since I saw the Milky Way... and now I'm gonna cry. D@mnit.
Oh! Don't cry! Throw your jammies in the car and we'll go on a road trip! I'll bring coffee.
The only thing tolerable though about the roaches in Texas is at least they aren't grizzlies. I think that is the only animal that truly scares me. I have not yet heard any news stories about roaches eating people while hiking. I have seen a few that would have been big enough though
"Oh! Don't cry! Throw your jammies in the car and we'll go on a road trip! I'll bring coffee."
Yay!! And at least everything in AK that can kill you is big enough to see from a distance! And if I flick on a light in AK, no grizzlies suddenly scurry under the fridge. *S*
And necy, you coonass, I know how to pronounce Boudreaux! It's Boo-droh...right... I'm close, right? Oh, and chitins-childrens. And HEY!! Didn;t you call my mom's Alaska gumbo/stew/thingy pooyie??
