[Steppes] Fwd;Ansteorra (was Texas)

[Gail]

Vivat, Ansteorra!!
Galen
(native born)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Dodd" <lygabrielerdb at hotmail.com>
To: <House-Bloodstone at yahoogroups.com>; <elfsea at ansteorra.org>;
<steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: [Steppes] Fwd;Ansteorra (was Texas)


> >Things Ansteorrans Know About Ansteorra!
> >
> >Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
> >
> >Roadrunners don't say "Beep Beep"
> >
> >There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Ansteorra.
> >
> >There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Ansteorra, plus a
> >couple no one's seen before.
> >
> >Possums will eat anything.
> >
> >Armadillos love to dig holes under tomato plants.
> >
> >Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are
ripe.
> >
> >If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
> >
> >Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
> >
> >There are valid reasons some people put concertina wire around their
house.
> >
> >You cannot find a country road without a curve from corner to corner.
> >
> >A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
> >
> >Ansteorra has 6 seasons:
> >1. Spring, Feb 16 to April 15
> >2. Summer, April 16 to July 15 (temp 90 to 98 degrees)
> >3. Super Summer, July 16 to Sept 10 (temp 100 to 115 degrees)
> >4. Summer, Sept. 11 to Oct 1 (temp 90 to 98 degrees)
> >5. Fall, Oct 2 to Dec. 1
> >6. Winter Dec. 2 to Feb 15
> >
> >The wind blows at 90 MPH from Oct. 2 until June 25, then it stops totally
> >until Oct 2.
> >
> >Onced and Twiced are words.
> >
> >It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.
> >
> >Fireants consider your flesh as a picnic.
> >
> >Graduating 1st in your class means you left in the 8th grade.
> >
> >Coldbeer is one word.
> >
> >People actually grow and eat okra.
> >
> >Ansteorrans really don't have an accent.
> >
> >When the world ends, only cockroaches and mesquite trees will survive.
> >
> >Green grass DOES burn.
> >
> >When you live in the country, you don't have to buy a dog. City people
drop
> >them off at your gate in the middle of the night.
> >
> >The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first
couple
> >of weeks.
> >
> >When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to go to
the
> >doctor.
> >
> >Fixinto is one word.
> >
> >A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water for irrigation.
> >
> >The word dinner is confusing. There's only lunch and then there's supper.
> >
> >Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2.
> >
> >Backards and forards mean I know everything about you.
> >
> >'Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
> >
> >You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.
> >You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
> >
> >And the most important thing...... There's no place I'd rather be then
> >Ansteorra!
> >
>
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