# Tell me, Texmam, are you in show business? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010 "2010-06-21T18:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/41 "2010-06-22T04:20:53Z")
_Schvartzes!_ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/42 "2010-06-22T05:13:11Z")
thank you for that authentic Western gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/43 "2010-06-22T05:52:53Z")
Alright, we’ll take the blacks, and the Chinese. But we won’t take the Irish! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/44 "2010-06-22T06:05:57Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Wargamer Johnson’s right. Nemo Johnson is right about Wargamer Johnson being right! ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/45 "2010-06-22T06:31:21Z")
“Didn’t I tell you to wash your hands after weekly cross-burning?” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/46 "2010-06-22T07:17:17Z")
Excuse me, ma’am, but you’re sucking on my elbow. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/47 "2010-06-22T13:53:08Z")
Let’s play chess. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/48 "2010-06-22T14:13:43Z")
Hedley Lamarr: “Qualifications?” Applicant: “Rape, murder, arson, and rape.” Hedley Lamarr: “You said rape twice.” Applicant: “I like rape.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/49 "2010-06-22T14:18:10Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > Hedley Lamarr: “Qualifications?” > > Applicant: “Rape, murder, arson, and rape.” > > Hedley Lamarr: “You said rape twice.” > > Applicant: “I like rape.” Kinky. Sign here. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/50 "2010-06-22T14:40:50Z")
“A wed wose. How womantic.” ::singing:: “I’ve been with thousands of men/again and again/they promise the moon/they’re always coming and going and going and coming… and always too soon.” ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/51 "2010-06-22T15:01:19Z")
Oh no, you don’t want to go shooting Mongo, you’ll just make him mad. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/52 "2010-06-22T15:12:59Z")
Candygram! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/53 "2010-06-22T15:37:47Z")
Hello, handsome, is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/54 "2010-06-22T15:48:20Z")
Throw up your hands. Stick out your tush. Hands on your hips. Give them a push. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/55 "2010-06-22T15:57:25Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Throw up your hands. Stick out your tush. Hands on your hips. Give them a push. Not in the face! ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/56 "2010-06-22T16:04:08Z")
WE, the white, God-fearing citizens of Rock Ridge… ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/57 "2010-06-22T16:40:28Z")
Ditto. Also: "Now if that don’t beat all. Here we take the good time and trouble to slaughter every last Indian in the West, and for what? So we can appoint a sheriff that’s blacker than any Indian. I am depressed. " ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/58 "2010-06-22T17:21:39Z")
“Bart, they said you was hung!” “And they was right.” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/59 "2010-06-22T17:32:40Z")
Don’t you know any good ol’ nigger work songs? “I get no kicks from champagne …” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010/60 "2010-06-22T18:10:33Z")
“My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.” “Ditto!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-texmam-are-you-in-show-business/544010.md?page=4)