THINGS I LEARNED FROM BEING RAISED IN TEXAS
Armadillos sleep in the middle of the roadwith their feet in the air.
There are 5,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998 live in Texas
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000live in Texas , plus a couple no one's seen before.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
'Twiced' IS a word.
People actually grow and eat okra
'Fixinto' is one word.
There is no such thing as 'lunch.'There's only dinner and then supper.
Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and youstart drinking it when you're two.
We DO like a little tea with our sugar!
'Backwards and forwards' means I knoweverything about you!
Djeet is actually a phrase meaning... 'Did you eat?'
You don't have to wear a watch because itdoesn't matter
what time it is.
You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
You measure distance in hours. Like its 5 hours from Houston to Dallas.
You'll probably have to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.
You install security lights on your house andgarage and leave both unlocked.
Yes, Friday night high school football games is serious football!
You carry jumper cables in your car . . . for your OWN car.
There are only four spices: salt, pepper,Tabasco and Ketchup.
The local papers cover national andinternational news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
100 degrees Fahrenheit is little warm.'We have four seasons:
Almost Summer, Summer, till Summer and Christmas.
Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past timeknown as 'goin' to Wally-World. '
Unless you are from East Texas then it is Wal Marts
A cool snap (below 70 degrees) is goodpinto-bean weather.
A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or op. . . . it's a COKE, regardless of brand or flavor.
Example: 'What kind a coke you want?' Your answer could be Dr Pepper, big Red, Sunkist & Sprite, Pepsi, Mt Dew & so forth.
Fried catfish is the other white meat.
We don't need no stinking Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive.
If you understand these jokes please forward them to your friends from Texas
(and those who just wish they were)
EVERYONE can't be from Texas.You might say it's a
gift from God!
And the most important thing we learn growing up in TEXAS
IN GOD WE TRUST
THANKS TO ASHLEY M. FOR THIS EMAIL
6 years ago
