Texas
I've lived in rural Texas for about 2 years now and I thought I would >share a few of the thing I have learned. I was born a Yankee, but >as they say here, I came to Texas as fast as I could... All the >following points are true and I have learned them personally... >Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air >Roadrunners don't say "Beep Beep" >There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Texas. >There are 10,000 types of spiders. 10,001 live in Texas. >Armadillos love to dig holes under tomato plants. >Racoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are >ripe. >If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites. >Nothing will kill a mesquite tree. >There are valid reasons some people put constatine wire around their >house. >You cannot find a country road without a curve from corner to corner. >A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck. >Texas has 5 seasons: >Spring, Feb 16 to April 15 >Summer, April 16 to July 15 (temp 90 to 98 degrees) >Super Summer, July 16 to Sept 10 (temp 100 to 115 degrees) >Summer, Sept. 11 to Oct 1 (temp 90 to 98 degrees) >Fall, Oct 2 to Dec. 1 >Winter Dec. 2 to Feb 15 >The wind blows at 90 MPH from Oct. 2 until July 15, then it stops >totally. >Onced and Twiced are words >It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy. >Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic. >Graduating 1st in your class means you left in the 8th grade. >Coldbeer is one word. >People actually grow and eat Okra. >Texans really don't have an accent. >When the world ends, only cockroaches and mesquite trees will survive. >Green grass DOES burn. >When you live in the country, you don't have to buy a dog. City people >drop them off at your gate in the middle of the night. >The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first >couple of weeks. >When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to go to >the doctor. >Fixinto is one word. >A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water for irrigation. >Backards and Forards means I know everything about you. >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. >And the most important thing......There's no place I'd rather be than >Texas!