Texas

miir · Post by **miir** » October 31, 2007, 4:13 pm

Discuss!

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 31, 2007, 4:15 pm

The South stops here...

Somali · Post by **Somali** » October 31, 2007, 4:17 pm

Texas is just Texas.

Spang · Post by **Spang** » October 31, 2007, 4:22 pm

Part of Texas is in the southwest, and you can't have the southwest without the south, so yes!

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » October 31, 2007, 4:23 pm

Texas is the primary reason that republicans should be illegal.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » October 31, 2007, 4:24 pm

Holy Dog Shit, Texas! Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy, and you don't much look like a steer to me, so that kind of narrows it down.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 31, 2007, 4:32 pm

The poll options are misleading/confusing (filling in for Winnnnnow)

Is Texas in the south (directional)? That depends on where you are standing. If you are in Nebraska, Texas is south. If you are in Georgia, Texas is West. If you are in Arizona, you can't escape Winnow talking about how great of an underachieving State you're in. If you're in New Mexico, Texas is in the East. If you are in Mexico, Tejas is just South of the US Border, but North of most of your people.

OR!

Is Texas in the south (regional)? Many maps put Texas in the South, Central, and the Southwest;however, Texas would be lumped into the South if referring to "states" leaving the Union before the Civil War.

OR!

Texas IS the South. Those other states to our East just want to be like Texas. We let them hang around so that we can steal some of their hot "Southern" women!

miir · Post by **miir** » October 31, 2007, 4:41 pm

Texas is located almost equidistant from the east and west coasts.
After Florida, Texas is the southiest state in the continental USA.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 31, 2007, 4:43 pm

Is southiest a word?

miir · Post by **miir** » October 31, 2007, 4:44 pm

It is now!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 31, 2007, 5:00 pm

Someone alert Sylvos to this thread, stat!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 31, 2007, 5:22 pm

I'll fill in for Sylvos here...

First off, Texas is not part of the south. Fuck Texas.

I am from Tennesse, land of frolicking with cousins. THAT is south.

,

Sylvos

miir · Post by **miir** » October 31, 2007, 5:22 pm

We had this discussion last night but it quickly degenerated into a rant about Oregon, hippies and bike lanes.....

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 31, 2007, 5:26 pm

Somali wrote:Texas is just Texas.

Pretty much sums it up right there.

nneenaK · Post by **nneenaK** » October 31, 2007, 5:28 pm

miir wrote:We had this discussion last night but it quickly degenerated into a rant about Oregon, hippies and bike lanes.....

Like I told you last night, Texas is Texas!

miir · Post by **miir** » October 31, 2007, 5:35 pm

You must have me confused with someone who actually listens to what you say...

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 31, 2007, 5:38 pm

miir wrote:We had this discussion last night but it quickly degenerated into a rant about Oregon, hippies and bike lanes.....

Sounds familiar. Did he mention that they are about to move to the hippiest, bikelanist duck-town in Orygun?

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 31, 2007, 5:49 pm

Canelek wrote:
miir wrote:We had this discussion last night but it quickly degenerated into a rant about Oregon, hippies and bike lanes.....
Sounds familiar. Did he mention that they are about to move to the hippiest, bikelanist duck-town in Orygun?

That's because like a sensible man, he does what Sirensa tells him!

(note I said "like" avoiding the implication that he is actually sensible)

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 31, 2007, 5:53 pm

The South basically runs from southern VA down to GA across to LA and up to AR. Florida and Texas are in the south but not in The South...

cadalano · Post by **cadalano** » October 31, 2007, 6:01 pm

Texas is the giant pool of fecal sludge excreted by MIMAL

Gzette · Post by **Gzette** » October 31, 2007, 7:31 pm

well i like it here. stay out

Spankes · Post by **Spankes** » October 31, 2007, 8:19 pm

I think it is fair to say that if you told anyone in Texas that they were from the south they would be offended. Additionally, if you lumped Texas in with the south to people actually in 'the south' they would also be offended. As said above, Texas is Texas.

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » October 31, 2007, 8:47 pm

For those of you who voted yes - fuck you and die in a fire
For those of you who voted no - You are wise beyond your years.

FUCK TEXAS

god this entire thread makes me seethe with unbridled rage

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » October 31, 2007, 8:49 pm

Sylvos wrote:For those of you who voted yes - fuck you and die in a fire
For those of you who voted no - You are wise beyond your years.

FUCK TEXAS

god this entire thread makes me seethe with impotent rage

There I fixed your post for you Sylvos.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 31, 2007, 8:55 pm

Fair to say that Sylvos has a mild dislike of the state of Texas. And Kentucky.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » October 31, 2007, 9:24 pm

Texas is in the south in the same way that Hawaii or Guatemala are in the south - south of, say, Virginia. But the "cultural south," for lack of a better word, is a different animal. Southerners don't consider Texas to be a part of the south, and Texans don't consider themselves to be a part of the south. Texas is just Texas.

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » October 31, 2007, 11:35 pm

I'm in Alaska so you are all south to me.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » November 1, 2007, 2:01 am

Agree with Sylvos.

F U C K T E X A S !

Fuck it right in the ass. (aka LA)

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » November 1, 2007, 9:20 am

Arborealus wrote:The South basically runs from southern VA down to GA across to LA and up to AR. Florida and Texas are in the south but not in The South...

SE FL, Orlando and parts of Pinellas are not in The South, or even FL for that matter. They're remote burroughs of NYC.

The other 98% of FL? You're in bubba-land, indistinguishable from GA or MS.

*Edit - I like TX, will probably snag a transfer there when\if I can arrange it.

Somali · Post by **Somali** » November 1, 2007, 10:15 am

Come on Aabi.. You can't say the other 98%. We all know that Miami is officially part of Cuba.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » November 1, 2007, 11:27 am

Texas was more a part of the West than the South, historically. I'm rather fond of this state (despite the fact that it contains some really stupid people).

Ray Wiley Hubbard wrote:Screw you. We're from Texas.

(funny song)

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » November 1, 2007, 11:56 am

Truant wrote:I'm rather fond of this state (despite the fact that it contains some really stupid people).

Agreed. Once you get past the stereotypes (which are kinda true in some cases!), its a cool state if you stick to the big cities.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » November 1, 2007, 12:47 pm

texas is the buttplug of the usa

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » November 1, 2007, 1:02 pm

Yeah to say that it isn't southern isnt really to be anti-texas, though I am fairly anti Texas, it is just a different place than the south...a bit hard to define really just feels different than the south generally...*shrug*

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 1, 2007, 1:21 pm

My most prominent experience with that state is spending two days in a small town called Timpson located in East bumblefuck Texas.

One of my friends from grade school moved there along with his parents who were also friends with my dad from being in the same fighter squadron. Anyway, while on a summer long vacation across the U.S., we stopped there. I was in high school at the time. Some of the highlights of my stay:

-head out to a pond (they called it a lake) and swim in some swamp water.

-cruising through the one stoplight town, we stopped at the local hangout (parking lot of THE little "Clerks" type store). My friend announced I was from Las Vegas which was like being from Mars or something so the local trailer trash lined up outside the truck door to test out my big city kissing skills.

-someone my friend knew, proudly displayed the shotgun damage to his car door, the result of a dispute over a girl.

-local sheriff stops by the house later that evening and accuses my friend of chopping down a telephone pole with an axe, claiming that my friend's truck was described (um, everyone had a truck in that town)

-next day we head out to the woods to shoot guns

-we head over to the next country to buy a six pack of beer (my friend is around 15-16 years old, the same as me at the time but they let him buy it)

-drink beers sitting in car in dirt parking lot of high school baseball game

-a big party is planned. In Timpson, a big party is buying a keg of beer and heading out into the woods. (that's probably standard practice for many places but it fits in with the rest of the activities I experienced)

Headed out the next day toward Florida. After experiencing Timpson Texas, the rednecks in Florida were like yuppies in comparison.

Yee haw!

http://www.texasescapes.com/EastTexasTo ... -Texas.htm

Scroll through the pictures on that site. Two of the highlights are what appears to be an old building with a garage door and a barber pole.

I'm not saying it was all bad as a two day "experience" and there is something to be said about small town partying, but man, that town had zero to do besides fishing, drinking beer and shooting guns. (spies Canelek packing his bags for Timpson Texas as he reads this!)

I voted for SOUTH!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 1, 2007, 1:32 pm

You were basically in Arkansas

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » November 1, 2007, 2:12 pm

Pretty much...

It is odd (Texas) that the only city that is cool (IMO) is Austin. On the West coast, state capitals are not only dreadfully boring, but dangerous as well!

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » November 1, 2007, 3:58 pm

Canelek wrote:Pretty much...
It is odd (Texas) that the only city that is cool (IMO) is Austin. On the West coast, state capitals are not only dreadfully boring, but dangerous as well!

Austin isn't in TX according to some.

fishing, drinking beer and shooting guns

Sounds like a good weekend to me. Man I miss Pensacola

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 1, 2007, 4:35 pm

Where's the "It's just a part of Mexico" option? That's my summary of Texas.

Texas is Mexico's Canada. Think about it.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » November 1, 2007, 4:55 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:Where's the "It's just a part of Mexico" option? That's my summary of Texas.

Texas is Mexico's Canada. Think about it.

Agreed. A funny shaped hat for Mexico.

miir · Post by **miir** » November 2, 2007, 9:37 am

Fairweather Pure wrote:Texas is Mexico's Canada. Think about it.

I don't get it.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 2, 2007, 10:22 am

miir wrote:
Fairweather Pure wrote:Texas is Mexico's Canada. Think about it.
I don't get it.

He's in Michigan, so he must mean that Canada is Michigan's superior.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » November 3, 2007, 12:06 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:Where's the "It's just a part of Mexico" option? That's my summary of Texas.

Texas is Mexico's Canada. Think about it.

I've been thinking about it for 2 days, and it still doesn't make any sense.

Care to explain your metaphor?

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » November 3, 2007, 2:23 pm

Truant wrote:
Fairweather Pure wrote:Where's the "It's just a part of Mexico" option? That's my summary of Texas.

Texas is Mexico's Canada. Think about it.
I've been thinking about it for 2 days, and it still doesn't make any sense.

Care to explain your metaphor?

Some people feel that Canada is like another state since we're so closely tied together. I assume he's trying to draw the same parallel between Mexico and Texas.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » November 7, 2007, 11:36 am

People from Texas have far too much pride for their state. Nearly everyone I have met from Texas (and I live about 6 hours north of Dallas in KS) is bragadocious.

I worked with a woman who was from Texas - she had a Texas state flag on her office wall - Texas bumper sticker on her car - wore a Texas lapel pin and every "casual Friday" wore some sort of Texas shirt.

Texas - it's a whole other country...let's keep it that way.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 7, 2007, 11:50 am

Having grown up in Kansas, it was a shock to me when I moved here and saw how much pride Texans had in their state. After many years, it began to make sense. When I moved back to Kansas to go to college, I was surprised how little pride Kansans felt for the state. Travelling abroad, I found people had a better reaction when told that I was from Texas than when told I was American as well.

I was going to edit my references to the states above to say "the state" on both, but I think it's actually more accurate to be 'their' and 'the' state.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » November 7, 2007, 2:31 pm

This must explain why the Cowboys self-label themselves as "America's Team". That is fucking retarded.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 7, 2007, 2:59 pm

I'm pretty sure that was coined by the media many years ago rather than by the Cowboys specifically. The last team I heard references to be "America's Team" was New Orleans due to coming back from their struggles after Katrina...

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Team

America’s Team is a term often used to describe the Dallas Cowboys franchise that plays in the NFC East of the National Football League. The term is recognized and often used by media outlets, including ESPN and Yahoo!.

Bob Ryan, the Vice President and editor-in-chief of NFL Films, coined this for the Cowboys in 1978. After preparing and editing the team’s 1978 season highlight film he had to come up with a title for the film. He was quoted as saying:

"After the '78 season, the Cowboys had just lost a crushing Super Bowl to the Steelers. I wanted to come up with a different twist on their team highlight film. I noticed then, and had noticed earlier, that wherever the Cowboys played, you saw people in the stands with Cowboys jerseys and hats and pennants. Plus, they were always the national game on television."

NFL Properties, the merchandising end of the league, also pointed out that Dallas paraphernalia far outsold that of any other team, so the Cowboys, it seemed, had a national clientele.

Drawing upon this inspiration and that of other nationally followed sports teams, such as the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in college football and the Boston Celtics in pro basketball, which Ryan said "are all America’s teams," he decided to use America’s Team as the name of the highlight film.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » November 7, 2007, 3:45 pm

Ahh, thanks for the reference. I still find it quite annoying though! Perhaps they should change it to "Prior to 1980, was generally recognized as 'America's Team' (and by generally, I mean a few random people, the country of Mexico and Texas)".

Yes, that works.

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » November 8, 2007, 4:36 pm

Moonwynd wrote:Texas - it's a whole other country...let's keep it that way.

Actually, there are some Texans who feel that way. Can't point to numbers or anything, but I remember hearing stories about the independence of Texas.

Is Texas in the south?