# Texas bashing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335 "2005-11-22T22:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/41 "2005-11-23T00:54:17Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Right now, every Doper who’s not from the US is reading this and thinking, “This makes them different from the rest of you… how, exactly?” Well, considering that many people outside of North America think that Canadians are just like Americans too, you’re probably not too far off the mark. Still, travel is the best thing a person can do I reckon. A lot of Americans I’ve ever met overseas (including Texans) have started out brash and then dialled it back a bit after they started to soak up the local culture and way of doing things. It works the other way too. A lot of people who travel to the USA for holidays come away thoroughly surprised how vastly different the regions and sub cultures WITHIN the USA are. I’ve made an other observation regarding Americans abroad over the years too… namely, the more they do it… the more invisible they become. Not for security reasons - it’s more a case of learning how to enjoy the place they’re visiting by taking on the local culture. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/42 "2005-11-23T01:00:26Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > I’d usually reply with “Suck my big fat Texas-sized cock”, but I’m feeling right charitable towards dickwads right now. From my own observations during a year and a half in Fort Worth, “Texas-sized cock” is nothing to brag about. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/43 "2005-11-23T01:01:47Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Now about those Texans…while living in California, I took delight in asking the stereotypical Texans, “So, where are you from?” When they replied with, “Texas, of course!” I would say, “Oh, back East.” I was eating breakfast in the restaurant downstairs in Binion’s in Las Vegas. The waitress remarked that we must be from Texas. I replied that, yeah, our accents give us away. She said it wasn’t the accent, it was because no one else ever said, “Yes ma’am”. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/44 "2005-11-23T01:07:20Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > To be perfectly honest, and while I know by all means that most Texans visitng Our Nation’s Capital don’t do this, it really gets to me when those motherfuckers wear their cowboy hats downtown. Hey, asshole, it’s not Pecos Gulch, it’s not 1868, you’re not the marshall, and if any of those things were in fact true you wouldn’t last twelve minutes. > > –Cliffy Hey, its better than the folks from Minnesota wearing them. Although, I guess you are still a cowboy if your herd gets milked every day. But I don’t think most of the folks wearing them in the Twin Cities have been near a cow in two generations. (There are exceptions. My sister is in North Dakota and, far as I can tell, the majority of folks wearing cowboy hats do so because its practical headgear for farming.) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/45 "2005-11-23T01:31:33Z")
> [@deevee](#): > > Is Texas warmth and hospitality extended to gays and visible minorities as well? Unless there is an obvious PDA, most gays will fly under the radar, so they’re safe. No Texan will piss off a Mexican, because you never know when you need a new guy to cut your lawn. :rolleyes: > [@Duke of Rat](#): > > We also hate fucking Yankees\* > > \*Anyboby North of Texas. At least until they move here. That is why they sell those “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!” bumper stickers. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/46 "2005-11-23T01:46:03Z")
> [@Corii](#): > > Hey Maryland! Your crabcakes SUCK!! This is the first time i did not read through a thread before replying. Kiss my great white ass, you Pacific Northwest Asssucker. You would not know what a crabcake was if not for us. And your inferior crabs make lousy cakes. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/47 "2005-11-23T02:04:19Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > This is the first time i did not read through a thread before replying. > > Kiss my great white ass, you Pacific Northwest Asssucker. You would not know what a crabcake was if not for us. And your inferior crabs make lousy cakes. Maybe you shouldn’t have broken tradition. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/48 "2005-11-23T02:04:47Z")
I get a free pass to do all the Texas bashing I want. Just check my location. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/49 "2005-11-23T02:10:20Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Maybe you shouldn’t have broken tradition. Nope, no witty replies, unless you consider your’s one. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/50 "2005-11-23T02:27:09Z")
I find myself somewhat torn when it comes to this subject. In stark contrast to my dislike of Texas politics, I have found that without exception, the people I’ve met who are actually _from_ Texas (as opposed to, say, Kennebunkport) are consistently polite, kind, generous to a fault, and extremely likeable. I have yet to meet anyone from Texas that I didn’t get along with. My father in law was born and raised in Corpus Christi. He used to say “Texas is a great place to be from.” ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/51 "2005-11-23T02:30:30Z")
There’s different types of Americans? You mean you’re not all overweight, brash, loud and wear those awful shirts? Fuck me, you learn something new everyday. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/52 "2005-11-23T02:36:36Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I get a free pass to do all the Texas bashing I want. Just check my location. Poor Las Cruces. So far from heaven, so close to El Paso. I knew quite a few people who lived in Cruces and made the long commute to jobs in El Paso. Yoiu didn’t have to ask them why. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/53 "2005-11-23T02:39:25Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > There’s different types of Americans? You mean you’re not all overweight, brash, loud and wear those awful shirts? Fuck me, you learn something new everyday. Nope. Well, there’s **Hal** , he likes sheep. Would that help him fit in by you? ---
**Author:** ![gooftroopag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gooftroopag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooftroopag)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/54 "2005-11-23T02:48:59Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > I was eating breakfast in the restaurant downstairs in Binion’s in Las Vegas. The waitress remarked that we must be from Texas. I replied that, yeah, our accents give us away. She said it wasn’t the accent, it was because no one else ever said, “Yes ma’am”. OMG! - I thought I was the only one! I’m surprised to hear someone would classify you from Texas based on that because while working on a project on the coast our client kept telling me to stop calling her ma’am and when I told her that my husband calls me “ma’am” and I call him “sir” (not all the time, just if I ask him or he asks me a question)… she thought I was a looney, but then again, maybe she wasn’t from “aroun’ these here parts.” > [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > [li]They seem full of themselves – even though Texas is only the _second_-biggest state, and if Alaska were divided into two equal-sized states Texas would be the _third_-largest. 😃 And yet, ‘Everything is begger in Texas’ is a well-known aphorism.[/li] When I was in 7th grade, my Texas History teacher told us that Alaska is only bigger because they cheated! We could fix their wagon with a couple hair dryers! Side note: My husband and I lived in Seattle for 3 years and were taken aback at how infrequently people look at you when walking down the street. We both grew up in Texas and found it really odd, considering its a common occurence walking down the street here (you know, look them in the eye, smile, say hi)! Well, after being chased by panhandlers in Pioneer Square we quickly realized why and had to really focus not to look everyone in the eye all the time. We weren’t very successful… we got chased a lot! … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/55 "2005-11-23T02:49:34Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Nope. > > Well, there’s **Hal** , he likes sheep. Would that help him fit in by you? Isn’t that more of a Scottish thing? D&R ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/56 "2005-11-23T03:01:52Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > Isn’t that more of a Scottish thing? > > D&R No, it is more of a Welsh thing. **Hal** would not be welcome, there’s only so many sheep to go round. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/57 "2005-11-23T03:31:03Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > To be perfectly honest, and while I know by all means that most Texans visitng Our Nation’s Capital don’t do this, it really gets to me when those motherfuckers wear their cowboy hats downtown. Hey, asshole, it’s not Pecos Gulch, it’s not 1868, you’re not the marshall, and if any of those things were in fact true you wouldn’t last twelve minutes. > > –Cliffy We’re “motherfuckers” and "asshole"s due to hat style? How pathetic your life must be to be so easily upset. What must you think of turned up collars and shoes without socks, not to mention that motherfucker the Pope with\* his\* headwear. ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/58 "2005-11-23T03:35:39Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > We also hate fucking Yankees\* > > \*Anyboby North of Texas. > > Yeah, every fucking person in Texas hates every gay and minority. We all wear Ten Gallon Hats. We all wear Cowboy Boots. Chew tobaccy. Wear our Six Guns in the street. Fuck me in the ass with a pogo stick, _some_ people are just blinded by the stereotype. It was a genuine question not stereotype snark. I have never been anywhere near Texas and simply wondered if the famed hospitality was cross cultural. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/59 "2005-11-23T04:21:14Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > Nope, no witty replies, unless you consider your’s one. Damn Easterners and their combative nature. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/60 "2005-11-23T04:26:12Z")
All that business with the sheep is fine down here\*, as long as it’s _ **female** _ sheep. \*Well, in the College Station area, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335.md?page=4)