1. You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Palestine, Decatur, Wichita Falls, San Antonio , Burnet, Boerne, Nacogdoches, Mexia, Waco, Amarillo, and Waxahachie.
2. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
3. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
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.
5. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
6. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
7. You measure distance in minutes.
8. Little Smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.
9. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding date.
13. You have known someone who has had a belt buckle bigger than your fist.
14. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait all in the same store. (Reminds me of a little place right outside of Llano.)
15. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.
16. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol; a Chevy 3500HD 4x4 Diesel is.
17. You know everything goes better with Ranch dressin'.
18. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
19. You actually understand this and you are "fixin' to" send it to your friends.
20. Finally, you are 100% Texan if you have ever heard this conversation:
"You wanna coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper"
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, Mar 01 2006 03:48 AM
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Posted 01 March 2006 - 03:48 AM
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Posted 01 March 2006 - 04:06 AM
LOL!! Not just us Texans doing all this huh??
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Posted 01 March 2006 - 04:08 AM
HEY UP YOURS REV, I love DR. Pepper, also the The AC/heat thing... that's practially EVER day in Indiana.
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Posted 01 March 2006 - 04:56 AM
Yep, as an ole truckdriver, that describes lot's of places, except some of us ole southern boys, call sacks, pokes, lol. :smoke:
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Posted 01 March 2006 - 05:10 AM
Believe it or not, here in So Cal, a lot of those are common for us! and YES Go Dr. Pepper, im a pepper too!!
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Posted 01 March 2006 - 12:09 PM
Dr Pepper isn't a Cola! 
Over here we get the Umbrella or A/C. For example today its sunny and warm but the other day we had quite bad snow and there is no snow on the hills!
I prefer Coke itself but then maybe were just playing catch-up with you guys?
Over here we get the Umbrella or A/C. For example today its sunny and warm but the other day we had quite bad snow and there is no snow on the hills!
I prefer Coke itself but then maybe were just playing catch-up with you guys?
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