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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:29 PM Original message |
Ask me a question about Texas, and I'll give you an honest answer |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why does Houston smell like armpit? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Well, I dislike Houston (I'm a NE Texas gal who lives in Austin), BUT |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Pasadena does have it's own unique odor |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
57. STINKYDENA! |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. When I was a kid |
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TexasBushwhacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. What part of town? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
102. I love Houston! :) |
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succubus.blues (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is everything really bigger in |
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succubus.blues (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Do you know the Ewings? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. No. |
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succubus.blues (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Really? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:36 PM Original message |
Where possible, yes. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why can you not get away from fundies in Texas? |
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succubus.blues (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. That's good one! |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Because in a lot of places, they're in the majority |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. 'Cause it's bigger than France. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. Then there is truth to the issue of quality over quantity. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why are Texans so rude? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. This OP said "Texas" not "New York" |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yeah, it's not New York |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Where did you experience this? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Austin |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You probably ran into a lot of Californians downtown, and not a lot of real Texans |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. That might explain a lot |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Seriously, go to a small town in Texas |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. or even Ft Worth, or even Dallas. But FW is friendlier definitely |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
91. Hey! We Californians aren't rude |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
82. Were they the snotty rich kids from UT? |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
60. I agree! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. We're not rude, we're just in a hurry. |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
59. Never had that problem when visiting there!! n/t |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why is Dr. Pepper from Dublin considered better than regular Dr. Pepper? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Because it's the "original recipe" - with pure cane sugar, as opposed to HFCS |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
74. One of my co-workers is a native Texan... |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. Is football really the state religion? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. No. |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
92. So Texas seceded, then? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #92 |
103. We used to be our own country. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why so much state pride? What is so special about Texas? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I think it ultimately comes from the fact that we were our own country. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I liked Texas, too. I visited for about a week, and there's definitely 'something' about that state |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. Greetings from the Republic of Texas. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
85. Hawai'i oven mitts would suck |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
76. It's a nice shape. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is birding in Texas really better than birding in California? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. That, I don't know - but I would think it's good here, because we have such a diversity of habitats. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. What is it with the signs on the highways? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Hmm, I can't really answer to this. I find our highways and streets quite nicely marked |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. The I-35 was a major offender. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. you must have been traveling through about the time the univ students |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. maybe the Aggies were exacting revenge against the Longhorns |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Austin is weird that way. Up here in Foat Wuth, the signs are before the |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Okay, dinner time! |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. was there REALLY a famous Texan named Ima Hogg? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Yes, and a great Texan and a great woman, too |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
63. gave the land for Memorial Park |
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Doug.Goodall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. What is the distance from Amarillo to the North Pole? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I have no idea. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #47 |
64. Actually, it is farther from El Paso to Port Arthur |
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Doug.Goodall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 05:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
94. I saw a map of Texas once |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. why do they say if you don't like Texas weather just wait five minutes |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. spot on Skittles. I have lived other places where that is the "weather mantra" |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. No kidding. The most bored people in the world are weathercasters during Summer. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. for my weather forecaster dad it was |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. heh... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. aw, people who picked on the forecasters got him riled |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Who's the sick, twisted bastard that burned our Governor's Mansion? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. If anyone is convicted, they should be publicly hanged for Crimes Against Texas History. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. They should be buried under Treaty Oak. |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
83. The good thing is that all historical items |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. Why am I stuck living in Texas instead of California? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Because your relatives didn't go far enough in their wagon? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
58. What part of northeast Texas? |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. I used to drive from Houston |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. I used to drive from Houston |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Sorry about the dupe |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Oh, yeah, I know that one...have relatives from Teneha, used to live in Kilgore. nt |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
95. Here |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
61. Is it true that Midland/Odessa is the WORST city in Texas? |
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fight4my3sons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. I'm sorry, I just have to laugh at this one |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Worked there for 2 years, so was a rhetorical question |
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fight4my3sons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. It sure does. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
69. When Boy George moves back to Crawford . . . |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
80. We'd LOVE to actually! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #69 |
105. Yeah, but without Culture Club he can't make any music... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
72. What's the difference between Texas Toast and ordinary garlic bread? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. No garlic on Texas Toast! |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #72 |
96. Also, it's thick |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
73. What is the nightlife like in Mentone? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. LOL. Since Mentone is in Loving county-- |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I think there are 28 people in the whole county. n/t |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
81. What is the fastest (time wise) you have ever... |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #81 |
97. Dunno. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
84. Why did that Governors Mansion burn? |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Because some gutless, cowardly son of a bitch set it on fire. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. That Fucker |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #88 |
98. What he said. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
86. Are your neighbors anything at all like Hank Hill's? |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Dude, that's a documentary down here. |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. Arlen is actually based on Garland, a suburb of Dallas. |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #86 |
99. Neighbors? Try FAMILY. |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #86 |
100. my dad and his buddies...too real for me n/t |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
87. Pflugerville? Anahuac? |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #87 |
101. Are you knocking high school football? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
104. I have two: |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-10-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Interesting |
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