On Wednesday 28 September 2005 12:07, RC Macaulay wrote: > Fred, so true. > I once got in trouble in New Mexico. Locals there hate Texans. I remarked > that there wasn't anyone living in New Mexico except indians until we > chased all the horse thieves, cattel rustlers and stagecoach robbers across > the border. Now we send them to Washington where they can practice their > natural profession. Richard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Frederick Sparber > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:21 AM > Subject: Re: O.T. Strange Mountains > > Richard Macaulay wrote: > > Speaking of Arkansas and Texas, the closer you get between these two > > state, the more weird the geology and > the folks become.. lotsa feet > > with 7 toes back in the woods. > > The only strange people I met there, had relocated there from Texas. > :-) > > Al Capp must have researched the area thoroughly before drawing Daisy > Mae's lines. > > We had to be cautious about disturbing the local Ethanol Industry (ADM > has nothing on these guys) lest we end up looking like Fearless Fosdick > after a run-in with bad guys. > > http://www.lil-abner.com/daisymae.html > > Where are those lovable Shmoos? > > Are they waiting for Cold Fusion Utopia? > > http://www.lil-abner.com/shmoo.html > > Frederick > > > Richard
I like it. I used to drive a truck years ago, and Texas and Texans run the gamut. One place that I learned to go quietly through was Waco. I used to call it 'Wacko', because that is the 'normal' mental state of the average resident there. I do not know if it was the water or something in the ground that those folks eat, but everybody there is eye rollin, snot flyin, arm flailin crazy. One learned to listen to the CB for all the locals threatening to kill each other or steal their wives or whatever, so that if it sounded close, you got the hell out of there unless there were more crazies somewhere else. You also watched the road with BOTH eyes as the drivers all seemed road raged homicidal maniacs. No joke, that place is really one that the world would have been better off without. Passed one scene where a cop had pulled over an automobile. Make that several cops. They were busy 'searching' the wife's possible places to 'hide' whatever one could hide between ones legs while holding guns on the husband. Yep, just quietly drive through Wacko whenever you find yourself there for whatever unlucky reason. Thankfully they had'nt discovered at the time that truck drivers usually carried large amounts of cash for fuel purchases. That may not be the case now. And watch for the cannon ball races down the interstate on the wrong side at night, too, when the local hicks decide to 'have a little fun'. Now I find out that our President has a ranch there. Guess that explains a lot. Everybody in that place was drunk or getting that way. My dog Dragon, a good judge of character if ever there was one, stayed at a constant growling alert from 20 miles away from it til it was 30 miles behind us. Kept the windows up and the air conditioning on high to at least keep him a little calm. Standing Bear
