Things I learned in Texas

[Surfergirl]

Things I learned living in Texas :

A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas !
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas ! .

If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

"Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.

"Jaw-P?" means, "Did y'all go to the bathroom?

People actually grow and eat okra.

"Fixinto" is one word.

There is no such thing as "lunch." There is only dinner and then its supper.

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.

San Antonio is a vacation spot!

The word "jeet" is actually a phrase meaning, "D id you eat?"

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.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH ‘EM.

"No.. Jew?" is a common response to the question, "Did you bring any beer?"

You measure distance in minutes.

You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

You know what a "DAWG" is.

You carry jumper cables in your car --- for your OWN car.

You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete , Tabasco and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and high school football.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a bit warm."
You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as "goin' Wal-Martin" or "off to Wally World."

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good stew weather.

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

We don't need no dang driver's ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit.

[clt_capt]

two more Texas phrases - often used throughout the rest of the South;

Hey y'all watch this!

and

Here, hold my beer

---- Someone is gonna be removing themselves from the gene pool...

[Dusty279]

We talk like that so you Yankees won't understand us....LOL

[La Gringa]

Hey! I had my first fried catfish and fried crawfish last night for dinner - excellent eating...!!!!!

[don'thaveaboat]

Damn yankee!



And no there are 31 kinds of snake in Texas, I am not sure on that. And no there are fewer then 3,000 species of snake in the world, I think the number of known snakes is 2,930.




Sorry could not stop myself.

[don'thaveaboat]

Things I learned living in Texas :

A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas !
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Texas ! .

If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

"Onced" and "Twiced" are words.

It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.

"Jaw-P?" means, "Did y'all go to the bathroom?

People actually grow and eat okra.

"Fixinto" is one word.

There is no such thing as "lunch." There is only dinner and then its supper.

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.

San Antonio is a vacation spot!

The word "jeet" is actually a phrase meaning, "D id you eat?"

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.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH ‘EM.

"No.. Jew?" is a common response to the question, "Did you bring any beer?"

You measure distance in minutes.

You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

You know what a "DAWG" is.

You carry jumper cables in your car --- for your OWN car.

You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete , Tabasco and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and high school football.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a bit warm."
You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as "goin' Wal-Martin" or "off to Wally World."

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good stew weather.

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

We don't need no dang driver's ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit.

I might add, SCREW Texas, I like SC!

[gottaflylee]

Damn yankee!



And no there are 31 kinds of snake in Texas, I am not sure on that. And no there are fewer then 3,000 species of snake in the world, I think the number of known snakes is 2,930.




Sorry could not stop myself.

Just so you know, Surf is from there...

[Capt_John]

That's not a TX thang, that there be a southern style of slang all together.

[floridadeckie]

That's not a TX thang, that there be a southern style of slang all together.

thats what i was fixin to say. that aint just texas, that applies to most of the South. all of those apply here in florida, too

[tynmissy]

all of a sudden i really miss livin in austin. married a northerner so i'm stuck here forever

ty