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- Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later
how to use it.- Just because you can drive on snow and ice does not mean we
can. Just stay home the two days of the year it snows.- If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in
the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chainwill be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of theirway.This is what they live for.- Don't be surprised to find movie rentals & bait in the same store.
- Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All
y'all's" is plural possessive.- Get used to hearing, "You ain't from around here, are you?"
- If you are yelling at the person driving 15 mph in a 55 mph
zone, directly in the middle of the road, remember, many folkslearned to drive on a model of vehicle known as John Deere, and this isthe proper speed and lane position for that vehicle.- If you hear a redneck exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" Stay
out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say.- Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity".
And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."- There are no delis. Don't ask.
- In conversation, never put your hand on a man's shoulder when
making a point, especially in a bar.- Chili does NOT have beans in it.
- Brisket is not 'cooked' in an oven
- Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
- If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December.
- We do TOO have 4 Seasons: December, January, February, and Summer!
- A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F-150 is.
- If someone tells you "Don't worry, those peppers aren't hot"
you can be certain they are.- If you fail to heed my warning in #18 above, be sure to have a
bowl of guacamole handy. Water won't do it.- Rocky Mountain oysters are NOT oysters. Don't ask.
- If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't
mean anything's broken.- Don't even think of ordering a strawberry daiquiri. What you
really mean to say is 'Margarita.'- If you don't understand our passion for college and high school
football just keep your mouth shut.- The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance
to the door, but the availability of shade.- If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two lane road pull onto
the shoulder that is called "courtesy".- BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot
dogs outdoors.- No matter what you've seen on TV, line dancing is not a popular
weekend pastime.- "Tea" = Iced Tea. There is no other kind.
- Everything goes better with Ranch dressing.
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Satirical list from http://downhereintexas.com/text/ . Not all texas is so hick-ish and not all of us speak with accents =P.
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Leave a Comment
pengfree at 9:05pm on Mar. 22, 2008
5 months ago
I have to agree with the 'tea = iced tea' one - my husband practically bathes in the stuff, he drinks so much of it!!! And I agree - not all of you have 'accents' - my husband moved to San Diego for about 4 years and worked on losing his 'Texan accent', but it does come out when he's tired. I have to say, hearing a typical Australianism in any type of American accent, takes some getting used to!! Reply...
JD Ross at 2:42pm on Jan. 30, 2008
6 months ago
As a New Yorker who semi-regularly visits Texas, I can't help but appreciate this... Especially the "You're not from around here, are you?" Reply...
forresta02 at 8:30am on Jan. 18, 2008
7 months ago
I don't care how many times I have seen that - it still cracks me up! Reply...