RIP Big Tex

KC5AV · Post by **KC5AV** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:20 am

Big Tex has gone up in flames.

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Songbird · Post by **Songbird** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:29 am

Just saw several pictures on facebook. This is just sad. I remember attending the State Fair as a little girl with my Dad and looking up at Big Tex and feeling so small.

knotquiteawake · Post by **knotquiteawake** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:30 am

So sad, we went there on tuesday. It was our baby son's first time and we totally forgot to get a picture of him with Big Tex.

Munk · Post by **Munk** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:55 am

I have a feeling he'll be back Bigger and Better than ever... And hopefully, grounded.

texasmusic · Post by **texasmusic** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:08 pm

Munk wrote:I have a feeling he'll be back Bigger and Better than ever... And hopefully, grounded.

The Annoyed Man · Post by **The Annoyed Man** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:38 pm

Man, he went up like a giant road flare, didn't he?

Medic218 · Post by **Medic218** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:38 am

Here is some audio from a few of the DFR units sent on that call.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3VZ7qRnS1s[/youtube]

TexasGal · Post by **TexasGal** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:07 am

Here in DFW, you know we love Big Tex when the news stations were all covering it endlessly with quick breaks of a few seconds to give updates on the A&M bomb threat. Whomever phoned in the threat for something to watch on tv must have been frustrated to have Big Tex upstage them.

We will miss you, Big Tex. You may be replaced by an updated version, but us older folks will never forget you.

apostate · Post by **apostate** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:01 am

MedicMan218 wrote:Here is some audio from a few of the DFR units sent on that call.

35s: "Howdy folks. It's hot."

C-dub · Post by **C-dub** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:08 am

Looks like we'll have to rename him. They have promised to rebuild him for next year and Dickie's has promised to cloth him. His new "unofficial" nickname should be Phoenix.

WildBill · Post by **WildBill** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:24 am

I heard a rumor last night that it may have been suicide.

Happily Ever After · Post by **Happily Ever After** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:57 am

WildBill wrote:I heard a rumor last night that it may have been suicide.

Was it political protest like those Buddhist monks?

WildBill · Post by **WildBill** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:01 pm

Happily Ever After wrote:
WildBill wrote:I heard a rumor last night that it may have been suicide.
Was it political protest like those Buddhist monks?

Actually, I think it was the corn dogs.

4copas · Post by **4copas** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:58 pm

Anything you want fried at the State Fair of Texas, this is just going too far.

RIP till next year ol buddy.

tbrown · Post by **tbrown** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:54 pm

Burning Man. Texas Style.

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