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So let's hear the joke!mgood wrote:Sort of like the joke about the young man leaving home (joining the military, maybe?). His mother tells him not to ask people where theyre from. He asks her why not. She says, "If they're from Texas, they'll tell you. If they're not, you don't want to embarrass them."
No it isn't. Dallas to Chicago is about 300 miles farther than Dallas to Brownsville. Everything else you said was spot on. :)Dallas is closer to Chicago than it is to Brownsville.
Texans of course.What do you love about Texas?
?Jim Lockey wrote:I love all of Texas, but not the cities.
When I visited Europe in 1983, we told everyone we were from Texas when asked. People liked that - they still had the idea that John Wayne was out in West Texas somewhere riding his horse and shooting his six-gun.mgood wrote:I've heard something similar, supposedly reported by people in other countries when they ask an American where they're from. People from other states tend to say "America" or "The United States. People from Texas say they're from "Texas."VMI77 wrote:Years ago when I was forced to live in the Northeast I remember hearing about some survey that asked people if they identified first with their state or with their country. I don't remember the exact numbers, but for every state except Texas something like 95-99% said country. In Texas something like 15% said state.
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