[Elfsea] FW: True Texan?

Mon May 16 21:07:52 PDT 2005

Yes I have been to Nowata many times. I live in Bartlesville about 20 min. away and claimed Elfsea as my home for years while living here so figure that out.

alexandra taylor <sandraktaylor at hotmail.com> wrote:
You Okies been to Nowata? It's on the other side of the trail from Lottawata- which is by the lake. Hmmmm. 

From: "Wilkerson, Glen D" <glen.d.wilkerson at lmco.com>
Reply-To: Barony of Elfsea <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
To: Barony of Elfsea <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
Subject: RE: [Elfsea] FW: True Texan?
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 14:26:09 -0500
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Myself likewise, from Wapanucka, Oklahoma, so...

1.  You can properly pronounce all of the Native American language based
city and county names.

Alaric

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From: elfsea-bounces+glen.d.wilkerson=lmco.com at ansteorra.org
[mailto:elfsea-bounces+glen.d.wilkerson=lmco.com at ansteorra.org] On
Behalf Of Deana Covel
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 2:12 PM
To: Barony of Elfsea
Subject: Re: [Elfsea] FW: True Texan?

I'll play "Devil's Advocate" for a minute.

   Many of the things listed here can be said of
Oklahoma as well.  :)   Especially #20.
   Maybe we should say a True Ansteorrian?

In Fun,
   Lady Hanna
    (transplant from Oklahoma)

> For some of these, you have to have lived the rural life we have, but
> they're still fun....
>
>
> You are a true Texan if:
>
>
> 1. You can properly pronounce Corsicana, Palestine, Decatur, Wichita
> Falls, San Antonio, Mexia, Waco, and Amarillo.
>
>
> 2. You think that people who complain about the wind in their states
> are sissies.
>
>
> 3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and
> look for a funnel.
>
> 4. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on

> the highway.
>
> 5. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
>
> 6. 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.
>
> 7. Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.
>
> 8. You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
>
> 9. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
>
> 10. You measure distance in minutes.
>
> 11. You refer to the capital of Texas as "home of the Longhorns."
>
> 12. It doesn't bother you to use an airport named for a man who died
> in an airplane crash.
>
> 13. Little Smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.
>
> 14. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the
> ocean.
>
> 15. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
>
> 16. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
>
> 17. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their
> wedding date.
>
> 18. You have known someone who has had one belt buckle bigger than
> your fist.
>
> 19. A bad traffic jam involves two cars staring each other down at a
> four-way stop, each determined to be the most polite and let the other

> go first.
>
> 20. You know which state Miam-uh is in.......and which states Miam-ee
> is in.
>
> 21. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, and bait
> all in the same store.
>
> 22. Your "place at the lake" has wheels under it.
>
> 23. A Mercedes Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F350 4x4 is.
>
> 24. You know everything goes better with Ranch.
>
> 25. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
>
> 26. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin' "
> to send them to your
> friends.
>
>
>
> Finally, you are 100% Texan if you have ever heard this conversation:
>
> "You wanna coke?"
> "Yeah."
> "What kind?"
> "Dr. Pepper."
>
>
>
>
> "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Ralph Waldo
> Emerson
>
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