[HPFGU-OTChatter] Joy of Texas

[Amanda Lewanski]

Amy Z wrote:

> Come on, a state (sorry, a Republic--yeah, yeah, Vermont used to be a
> Republic too, it's not that big a deal)

Yeah, but we joined the U.S. voluntarily. See, even then we were
spending too much time in the sun.

> whose biggest source of pride is being the place where a battle was
> spectacularly =lost=

which would be the Alamo, yes? Funny that we market that one, and not
the ones where we kicked butt. Still spending too much time in the sun.

> can surely turn sandspurs and brown recluse spiders into an asset!

Let me know when you figure out a way. I'm just tired of finding them in
the house.

> I see some real marketing potential here.

As in most marketing, a la "no relationship to the real world"? You
might have a point....

> Texas: Our Ants Will Set You on Fire
> Texas: Producing Killer Bugs since 65 Million B.C.
> Texas: We Don't Drown in Lakes

Texas: Water you can club someone with!
Texas: It isn't just for snowbirds anymore!
Argh.

> Maybe these things, collectively, are what "Don't Mess with Texas"
> means?

I sort of classed that with "don't poke wasp nests," and "don't bother
rattlesnakes."

> Amy Z
> who's never been there.  Got a spare bedroom, Amanda?  I want to see
> if there really is an Alamo Mortuary (obscure reference to an old
> Albert Brooks routine).

We'll leave the light on for ya.

--Amanda


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