Re: [gardeners] Texians

Allen and Judy Merten (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 02 Jul 1998 15:45:16 -0500

Yup. No need to bother those nice folks at 911 especially if your 13 miles from
town The dang fool would have bled out by then anyway. They can always haul 'em
away after daylight. Why, some one could run off a dark road in the middle of
the night and leave a widder and orphans..
    Allen
    Bastrop Co.,Tx

Catharine Vinson wrote:

> Margaret wrote:
>
> > come on, Pat, of course you're homo sapiens.  Besides, you're an Idahooan
> > by birth.
>
> Ma was unlucky enough not to be born in Texas. She was smart enough to
> move there as a bride. Father's either a 3rd or 4th generation native
> (right, Mother?), and I was born in the Great State, too (thanks,
> Mother!). And I gotta state for the record that when it comes to all
> things good that make a Texan, Mother is in the top 10. I know no finer
> Texan.
>
> Catharine, who would offer as one essential visual definition of a Texan:
> a Colt .45 hanging on the wall underneath a hand-lettered sign that says,
> "We don't call 911" <bg>