Things to Know about TEXAS !!

Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with all four feet in the air !

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Texas

Raccoons will test your melon crop and let you know when they are ripe !

If it grows, it will stick you.  It if crawls, it will bite you !

Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.

A tractor is NOT an all terrain vehicle.  They do get stuck !

Onced and twiced ARE words.

COLDBEER is one word.

People actually grow and eat okra.

When you live in the country - you don't have to buy a dog.

City people drop them off at your front gate in the middle of the night.

Green grass DOES burn !

When a buzzard sits on a fence and stares at you -- it's time to see a doctor.

Fix-in-to  is one word.

A TANK is a dirt hole that holds water for irrigation, watering the

cows, or swimming.

There ain't no such thing as "lunch".  There is only dinner and supper !

Sweet ice tea is appropriate for all meals & you start drinking it at age two !

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.

You work until you're done or it's too dark to see !

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Created September 2006

Updated 4/18/2009