Oh that wonnerful land called Texas & it's curiosities ...

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  • Celtic
    Celtic

    Father Ed? I'm sure I've heard his name before, something to do with the vicar of Dibley perhaps. Nina, you're a poor sod and I feel sorry for you, desparately sorry. Don't forget your toothbrush.

    Hmmmm exactly. Little toe, give the gregarious Father some wise counsel would you darling on illustrations and use thereof. That wotsit about the used toothbrushes somehow escaped me. What did he say he uses his used toothbrushes for and what was the point of his metaphor? I only ask you cos I know what a worldly wise person you be. I mean, I can think of a few uses for toothbrushes besides cleaning teeth, but if I dwell on this improper thought too long, the mind will be left to boggle.

    Actually, I'd probaly go down quite well in Texas, since it tas been, lets see, how long since I commited this feloness crime of having nookey with the opposite sex, ruddy dickens, October 10th, 1996, 0215hrs, nun position, ripped boxer shorts. Not by choice I add. Muff said. Maybe there, I'd get applauded for such action, but since my life is supposedly done for anyways, I figure might as well go out with a bang, an orgasmatron by Mindchild, where the dickens is he when you need him?

    I never realised that they actually turn out these kind of vicars in the States, I thought or was hoping beyond my wildest dreams that they were a figment of Californications Hollywood. Oh I forgot the God Channel, oh my, what a scream it would be visiting church there, oh my, vicars asking for it.

    What a most odd country they live in, give me Canadians any day, or for that matter Sweden.

    Though Sweden can wait til the morrow.

    G'night.

    Celt

  • Gadget
    Gadget

    so you were scared off from canada so you decided to try texas? I wish you had of made it to the bbq last summer, we would of had such a laugh!

  • cruzanheart
    cruzanheart

    Oh, OKAY, I ADMIT IT, Celtic!!! I'd rather be in St. Croix, sitting on my own private beach, watching the sun set into the ocean, and sipping a rum-and-pineapple juice. There. However, if I have to give up my kids, husband, bassets and house to get there, I'll take Texas (for now). There's always retirement!

    Nina (of the Closet-Beach-Bum class)

  • Mulan
    Mulan
    Mulan:It was a mixed group, and applied to both genders.

    I meant the talks at assemblies................in the dirty towel talk, he was addressing "you young sisters".

  • SheilaM
    SheilaM

    OK OK what is calf fries or do I want to know ?

  • Sassy
    Sassy

    I love Texas and the people in it! It is one of my favorite states!

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow

    While I realize you are saying you are writing this tongue in cheek.

    or do we here in the more developed world have the wrong impression of this backward American state? Hmmmm?

    I am concerned that no one has hipped you to the fact that you can't believe everything you see on TV. Even if it is true, do you really think all Texans feel that way or might it be a minority? If it sounds sensationalistic then chances are it is.

    I lived in Houston and had my first baby there. Later I lived in West Texas for a couple of years. The place is actually like three or four different states added to make one big one. There is a lot of beauty there. Ever been to Big Bend National Park down on the Rio Grande? There are mountains that are almost 8,000 ft high. Have you seen subtropical Chorpus Christi on the Gulf of Mexico or the beautiful Texas Hill country? Even the desert planes of the oil country have their own simplistic beauty. You've never seen a sky so big and blue and you can see a rain or sand storm coming from 30 or miles away. If you ever visit be sure to do it in March when there are oceans of Bluebonnets blooming everywhere.

    Texans are actually very nice people. They are very proud of Texas and being Texans. Not in an obnoxious way though, it's really quite charming. My daughter hasn't lived in Texas for 21 years but she proudly calls herself a Texan. I have never thought Texas a backward place.

    because to me it represents the worst of the worst in terms of racism, hatred, intolerance, and other things that if I mentioned them some of the other members here would jump all over me for.......so I'll leave it at that. bisous

    Mississippi. Well, you obviously have been bitten by the believe-everything-you-see-on-TV bug, too. I was born and raised in the South in the 1960s. Most everyone I knew hated segregation and our mammas would have paddled us senseless had we said the N word.

    Mississippi has a lot of beautiful towns and cities. Vicksburg is one of these and it's filled with history. At the battlefield which, is preserved so that you can drive through and take it all in, there are memorials for all the soldiers that fought there, even the northern ones. The coast is beautiful though I have not seen it since they started building casinos there.

    Bisous, if you have not been to Mississippi then you can only judge it by what others have told you. This means you are letting others form your opinions for you. Go there and really learn about the people and the history of the place and form your own opinion or just accept that you really have no clue what Mississippi is really like. What you've done is develop a prejudice of your own which makes you the pot calling the kettle black. You don't want to be prejudiced do you? I didn't think so.

    Heather

  • Frannie Banannie
    Frannie Banannie

    Calf fries = gelded calf .....or...calf cajones We also call 'em "Mountain Oysters"

    Frannie B

  • bisous
    bisous

    Heather, as a matter of fact I have been and wouldn't care to return. At the time, I was in an interracial relationship, travelling together with our infant son and it was hell. True, there is a great deal of history represented there. Yes, landscapes and some towns were beautiful. But the ignorance and hate we experienced was not. And this was in the 80s...

    While its great that you and your friends were different, my experience was mine and shaped my opinions greatly. So, I think it this instance it is you who have made assumptions. Sorry. not to mention the condescending tone of your post really wasn't appreciated.

  • SheilaM
    SheilaM
    Calf fries = gelded calf .....or...calf cajones We also call 'em "Mountain Oysters"

    I was sooooooo afraid this is what you were going to say

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