1. You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Palestine, Decatur, Wichita Falls, San Antonio, Burnet, Boerne, Nacogdoches, Mexia, Waco, Amarillo, Sachse, and Waxahachie.
-Got them all. They left out Blanco and Gruene (pronounced green). Boerne is pronounced Burn-ee. I lived in Nacogdoches for five years. I can still spell it with no problems.
2. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
-Done that.
3. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
-Every winter.
4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
-We fight for the shady spots.
5. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
-Still true, but sacks are getting harder to find.
6. You measure distance in minutes.
-sometimes hours if you are going across state. Like "It takes 12 hours to get from Houton to El Paso.
7. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
-Not really a factor here along the coast.
8. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
-The Lady's do. Us guys just wear jeans no matter what the weather.
9. You know cow-pies are not made of beef.
-and you don't want to step in them.
10. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.
-Probably
11. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store.
-I know some stores like that on a couple of lakes.
12. You know everything goes better with Ranch dressin'
-Not just for salids.
13. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.
-NA
14. You actually understand this and you are "fixin' to" send it to your friends.
-LOL!
15. Finally, you are 100% Texan if you have ever heard this conversation:" You wanna coke?" "Yeah."- "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper!"
-Very True. When I was a kid, we would say, "I want a grape coke", or an "orange coke."
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- R.L. Are you and your brother keeping an eye on this? Tomorrow they open a time capsule in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Total loss - it's ready to go back into the ground.
- Watch the event live
- Ummmm I am not sure why you are dragging me into this
- You are from Oklahoma?
- You didn't know R.L. was from Oklahoma?
- Are Texans the only ones that are "Way too proud" of their state?
- Exactly.
- Something's not right with this picture.
- You are from Oklahoma?
- re: R.L. Are you and your brother keeping an eye on this? Tomorrow they open a time capsule in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- CHRISTINE!