At 06:36 PM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote: >George wrote: > >You would never convince the scallywags such as myself that were born >and >raised in Beaumont and area of that. We're as much Texans, and just as >proud of it, as folks from West Texas or anywhere else in Texas. > >Oops! Forgot you were born in East Texas, George. Sorry about that, >but then you can always tell people that you are the exception that >proves the rule <bg>. > >Catharine (reminding herself to avoid telling all the wonderful East >Texas Jokes on this list) > Naw, go ahead and tell East Texas Jokes, I can always convert them to Aggie jokes for my Agro-American acquaintances. Besides, you gotta be able to laugh at yourself too. Don't get me started on Vidor, Texas stories! George