Ask a Texan man anything

[venkman]

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?

 

[zinfamous]

so which one are you?

Queer or Steer?

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
How come you don't produce more oil?

Texas is sitting on reserves so it can declare itself its own nation if crap hits the fan.

 

[jaqie]

How many computers are in your house, and if they have been given names, what are they?
Yes, I am proud to be a geek.

 

[venkman]

Why are you so slow in answering these questions?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: njmodi
Why IS everything bigger in Texas?

They are compensating for being 1/3 the size of Alaska.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
Does Texas actually have 4 seasons in 1 day?
Why isn't it spelled Texis?
Why are they obsessed with swamp coolers? I haven't seen a swamp there yet
Why not raise pandas on the ranch?
Texan BBQ's have a lot of beef, while southern states have a lot of pork. I have no question about this yet.

Texas can have some shitty weather. We really only have two seasons, summer and summer-lite. Summer-lite lite is during Dec-Feb and summer the rest of there. At least in Houston, it's pretty much always hot and humid, which I don't mind.

Texas comes from the Spanish word Tejas.

There are quite a few swamps in southeast Texas near Beaumont and the Louisiana border.

Pandas would probably not due well in Texan climate.

We have a lot of cows in Texas, and I don't think we have many pigs.

Originally posted by: venkman
Do you resent the fact that you are actually a part of the United States of Mexico?

Yes. Houston hasn't been hit as bad as some of the southwest cities on the border.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why do they not pronounce the "H" in Humble??

I'm not sure. I'm actually from Kingwood too. I don't remember why I put Humble.

I was messing with you. I went to Humble High School many years ago. The "H" has always been silent since the town was named. It has nothing to do with proper or improper English. People pronounce their names differently than spelled all the time.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner

Originally posted by: Bateluer
How come you don't produce more oil?

Texas is sitting on reserves so it can declare itself its own nation if crap hits the fan.

What can I do to speed up this process?

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
How come you don't produce more oil?

We produce a lot of oil and refine a lot of oil, but obivously it's not enough. Hurricane Rita helped destroy some refineries in the Beaumont area (lots of petrochemical industry in the area).

Originally posted by: jaqie
How many computers are in your house, and if they have been given names, what are they?
Yes, I am proud to be a geek.

I imagine around 10 or so. I have maybe 4. My dad has 3 or 4. And the three girls have one each.

Originally posted by: venkman
Why are you so slow in answering these questions?

My responses have to be delivered by horse to the nearest Sprint building. It takes a while.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why do they not pronounce the "H" in Humble??

I'm not sure. I'm actually from Kingwood too. I don't remember why I put Humble.

I was messing with you. I went to Humble High School many years ago. The "H" has always been silent since the town was named. It has nothing to do with proper or improper English. People pronounce their names differently than spelled all the time.

Larry Johnson passed away His son is the backup QB at my school.

 

[jaqie]

One of my cousins moved to Texas about ten years ago to work in SeaWorld, and one time she related to me how there was a light powdering of snow and the schools closed, the people panicked and bought out all the grocery stores, and there were accidents all over... Are people down there really that bad about/with so little snow?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: venkman
Why are you so slow in answering these questions?

My responses have to be delivered by horse to the nearest Sprint building. It takes a while.

So do you live in El Paso? Did you fall in love with a Mexican gal?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why do they not pronounce the "H" in Humble??

I'm not sure. I'm actually from Kingwood too. I don't remember why I put Humble.

I was messing with you. I went to Humble High School many years ago. The "H" has always been silent since the town was named. It has nothing to do with proper or improper English. People pronounce their names differently than spelled all the time.

Larry Johnson passed away His son is the backup QB at my school.

I am sorry....but I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why do they not pronounce the "H" in Humble??

I'm not sure. I'm actually from Kingwood too. I don't remember why I put Humble.

I was messing with you. I went to Humble High School many years ago. The "H" has always been silent since the town was named. It has nothing to do with proper or improper English. People pronounce their names differently than spelled all the time.

Larry Johnson passed away His son is the backup QB at my school.

I am sorry....but I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

He was the principal at Humble High School until a few months ago.

Also, as from wikipedia, so it must be true.
The proper pronunciation of the city is "umble" (the "H" being silent), as the city's founder (see below) pronounced his last name in that manner.

 

[njmodi]

Originally posted by: jaqie
One of my cousins moved to Texas about ten years ago to work in SeaWorld, and one time she related to me how there was a light powdering of snow and the schools closed, the people panicked and bought out all the grocery stores, and there were accidents all over... Are people down there really that bad about/with so little snow?

Yes

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why do they not pronounce the "H" in Humble??

I'm not sure. I'm actually from Kingwood too. I don't remember why I put Humble.

I was messing with you. I went to Humble High School many years ago. The "H" has always been silent since the town was named. It has nothing to do with proper or improper English. People pronounce their names differently than spelled all the time.

Larry Johnson passed away His son is the backup QB at my school.

I am sorry....but I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

He was the principal at Humble High School until a few months ago.

Also, as from wikipedia, so it must be true.
The proper pronunciation of the city is "umble" (the "H" being silent), as the city's founder (see below) pronounced his last name in that manner.

I have not been to HHS since I graduated in 1981....it was a much different place back then.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Why do they not pronounce the "H" in Humble??

Why is Manchaca pronounced man-chak?

Heh, that was one of the first wtf moments I had after moving here when I referred to it as "man-cha-ka" and was corrected by one of my friends.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: njmodi

Originally posted by: jaqie
One of my cousins moved to Texas about ten years ago to work in SeaWorld, and one time she related to me how there was a light powdering of snow and the schools closed, the people panicked and bought out all the grocery stores, and there were accidents all over... Are people down there really that bad about/with so little snow?

Yes

January of 07, my school canceled its first two days of spring semester because we had ice.

 

[njmodi]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: njmodi

Originally posted by: jaqie
One of my cousins moved to Texas about ten years ago to work in SeaWorld, and one time she related to me how there was a light powdering of snow and the schools closed, the people panicked and bought out all the grocery stores, and there were accidents all over... Are people down there really that bad about/with so little snow?

Yes

January of 07, my school canceled its first two days of spring semester because we had ice.

I was in Dallas earlier this year when they had that snow...

 

[txrandom]

Ok, I got to get studying for linear algebra. I'll check back later.

 

[Ronstang]

Linear Algebra is easy, just blow it off.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Linear Algebra is easy, just blow it off.

It is actually really easy. I've only missed one question on all the exams so far, but it was the easiest one. I don't know what happen.

I plan on studying 15 minutes and playing computer games all night.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: txrandom

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Linear Algebra is easy, just blow it off.

It is actually really easy. I've only missed one question on all the exams so far, but it was the easiest one. I don't know what happen.

I plan on studying 15 minutes and playing computer games all night.

That's a good boy. College is for fun.

 

[jaqie]

Which computer games interest you?