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yeah, i forgot about happy texas they made a movie called happy texas, but i never saw it either anyway, if you get out a texas map and just start looking in the middle of nowhere, you'll find all kinds of crazy names for towns. and if you get to houston there's a center named for one of the daughters of one of texas' first governors: ima hogg (no lie). she was the daughter of jim hogg, who had a problem with "women-folk" as i understand it and somewhere between abilene and amarillo there used to be a town called justiceburg which had a population of TWO it was some woman and her mom, and they had a combination gas station/restaurant/souvenir shop/museum and a post office.

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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman

han tucker, thats more tennessee/kentucky/west virginia/alabama/arkansas area .....

You 'could' try to hop in a kangaroo pouch, but you will probably be gutted.

I know, just the idea is funny...

How about- Learn how to talk with a piece of hay hanging out of her mouth, while playing a banjo.

I guess whetu doesn't.

I thought of a few things to add, but then they disappeared...

Oh! Wait... A thing I missed when I lived in England, that American:

Go to Wendy's and get a frostie. (thick chocolate milk shake)

I wish I remembered the rest...



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You 'could' try to hop in a kangaroo pouch, but you will probably be gutted.

-Begin saying "ya'll" on a regular basis

What?! You mean you don't say ya'll on a regular basis normally? *faints*

-- Gomer

Recreate a single episode of King of the Hill...

And Callatya, I will volunteer to come down and you can we can make a list like this, as long as it does not involve vegemite. I kinda wanna jump into a kangaroos pouch and go for a ride... kinda like Peter did in 'Family Guy'. hmmmm... i'll be checking air fair prices:88)

edit: oh, and "Rainbow, Texas"... maybe i should move...
edit #2: I will learn how to type some day...

Tucker


[span class="edited"][Edited by tucker 2004-08-07 15:37][/span]

[span class="edited"][Edited by tucker 2004-08-07 15:39][/span]

Texas isnt really western anymore... none of that is found unless you move into the country...

go to the border of mexico and the U.S. Bring popcorn. Watch people cross it...

Big Bend!!!!
Go visit the mayor of Study Butte (there is another cool city).
Buy the mayor of Study Butte a beer and he'll drink it...
Visit Valentine.
Go to Presidio (hottest place in Texas...literally :%) )
Go through Austin, state capitol.
Come to Houston!!! (come sweat with us, the humidity will be great after Presidio)
See the San Jacinto Monument...(Deer Park...another cool city name)
Let hmlaird know when you'll be around would love to see the faces to a few names...
I forgot....Gotta go to Kemah...at least the Downtown Aquarium in Houston...or Kemah, or heck BOTH!!! A fish lovers paradise!!!

[span class="edited"][Edited by hmlaird 2004-08-05 20:27][/span]

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Not suck on them, I hope...I know my stepdad practices golf with them (ewwww).

The whole thing reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons where Homer is on that exotic island with the hallucinogenic frogs - 'Nope, not that one, nope, ahhhh that's the one'.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

Actually, I remember a movie called Parris, Texas that bored the hell out of me as well.

Was there moratorium on exciting Texas movies?

Im wondering what that Alamo movie would be like.

Just thought of another thing to do:

* smuggle fireworks in from Mexico

And that coming from an Australian... I've heard what you guys do with cane toads!

Billy has added another item to the list:

- watch an episode of Jerry Springer

TOAD SUCK!







*waits a few minutes*



Yep, still funny, TOAD SUCK!















toad suck *snicker*

[span class="edited"][Edited by just beginning 2004-08-04 09:06][/span]

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

I've seen that movie moondog - it is one of the most BORING movies ever!!!

don't worry whetu - we have a pool in our complex too

just gotta make sure you come up here on one of my days off

Okay, so I've got a list of stuff that we've already done and stuff we plan to do while whetu is visiting here in Texas. I'm curious though, is there anything else that you can think of?

Things Already Done:
-Eaten a Snocone
-Gone Bowling
-Gone to Wal Mart
-Played Pool
-Ate breakfast at IHOP (International House of Pancakes)
-Gone to a Texas fish store
-Met a 4 foot long crocodile (Will feed it at a later date)

Things To Do:
-Make and Drink lemonade
-Eat "real" Mexican food
-Go to a barbecue and eat "real" barbecue
-Sit under a shade tree
-Sit on a porch swing and watch a Texas sunset
-Go to a drive-in movie
-Go to a Sonic (Old-style drive in restaurant)
-Meet an actual cowboy
-Ride a horse
-Ride a mechanical bull
-Rope something (steer, etc.)
-Throw horseshoes
-Go to a baseball game
-Learn to two-step
-Ride a jet-ski (POSSIBLY learn to water-ski)
-Play miniature golf
-Throw, catch, and hit a baseball
-Go to the Seether/Evanescence concert
-Visit a nuclear power plant
-Feed me (Billy) Vegemite and Tim Tams
-Meet a buffalo (named Buffy)
-Meet meriadoc and Oleta and SpecHarpo
-Do water changes, rearrangements, and setting up of a new fishtank
-Begin saying "ya'll" on a regular basis
-Discover the origin of the names of five Texas towns (with funny names) by talking to the locals

I'm sure we've forgot some that we've already discussed, but this is the list that we can think of for now. Anyone who has any more suggestions, please feel free to add them and we'll see what we can do to arrange them


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* wear a 10 gallon hat and blend in!
* see a rattlesnake
* put some wagons in a circle(station wagons will do)
* find out what "honky-tonk" means
* hum the theme to the magnifisant seven
* eat baked beans at a campfire
* yodel - or not

....I will think of other stuff soon

You should go to Arkansas if you want to investigate towns with strange names. They have Red Onion, Black Oak, and Toad Suck. Toad Suck even has a town festival every year called Toad Suck Daze.

it all sounds like a lot of fun

those are some good suggestions Hooben! (Except the rocky mountain oysters ) I was planning to visit Mr. Bush and give him a few words of advice for his campaign, but I think he's been avoiding me.

This morning Billy & I played frisbee golf (actually Billy played frisbee golf, I constantly misunderestimated distances and sent my frisbee everywhere except where it should go).

Then I gave Billy a vegemite sandwich for lunch. I think he really liked it - he took a bite then jumped up and ran from the room with it still in his mouth. I figure he wanted to savour the taste for as long as possible, and was running to tell his friends how good it was. Then he gave me the rest of his sandwich to eat. How generous! His friend Sarah didn't seem to enjoy hers so much. She made a kind of strangled screaming sound and also ran from the room. But maybe it was a cry of delight?

Then we did Billy's hair for work. A white stripe down the middle, yellow on the right, purple on the left and yellow, purple and green spots around the sides and back. Kind of like a psychedelic skunk.

After Billy went to work I hung out for the rest of the day with Sarah at her apartment block where they have a swimming pool! Bliss!

Moondog, on my way here I drove through Happy. When we go to Dallas to visit the Dallas FP Gang we'll be going past a place called Rainbow. We haven't decided which ones we're going to investigate... there are so many possibilities!

Visit Hooben, im from Texas too!
Go cow tipping!
Eat some rocky mountain oysters!
Try an ostrich burger!
Buy some full quill ostrich boots!
Visit the Bushs' ranch in Crawford right here in West Texas!
Visit Mexico!
Pick up an armadillo and say hi to it!
Visit a real rodeo bar and ride the mechanical bull!
Have a nice time...

Hooben , Far west Texas!

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