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Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 10064391)
I think adultery in Texas gets you shot, anyway.
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Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 10064391)
I think adultery in Texas gets you shot, anyway.
I never understood the whole state pride thing, really. It'd be like me trying to say County Antrim is the best county in the entire UK because I lived there, it has nice forests and part of Belfast is in it (the bit I was born in, obviously) ... It's all a bit silly. Texas is immense, varied and populous - of course there are many good things to find there, just by the sheer law of averages alone. I'd argue there are just as many good things to be found in California, the New England states, Alaska, Hawaii et cetera. |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 10064449)
:lol:
I never understood the whole state pride thing, really. It'd be like me trying to say County Antrim is the best county in the entire UK because I lived there, it has nice forests and part of Belfast is in it (the bit I was born in, obviously) ... It's all a bit silly. Texas is immense, varied and populous - of course there are many good things to find there, just by the sheer law of averages alone. I'd argue there are just as many good things to be found in California, the New England states, Alaska, Hawaii et cetera. Another question - in the schools here (and I'm sure everywhere else) they recite the pledge of allegiance every morning. Here they then go on to pledge allegiance to the Texas flag - do they do that in other states? |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
(Post 10064481)
I've never seen it anywhere else as intense as it is here - its like a superconcentrated version of the national pride. On Steroids. (I'm NOT knocking the national pride by the way - I wish there was a bit more of that back in the UK!). I mean, we joke about Yorkshire and all that, but I dont think many people take it that seriously (cue that Hale and Pace video, Yorkshire born/Yorkshire bred/Strong in t'arm, thick int'head etc etc ) but here it is serious - try that with Texas and you'll likely end up in a fight! Thats kind of why I asked a few posts back about whether it was the same in other states. I've not really noticed it when visiting other states, but living in them for a length of time gives a different viewpoint.
Another question - in the schools here (and I'm sure everywhere else) they recite the pledge of allegiance every morning. Here they then go on to pledge allegiance to the Texas flag - do they do that in other states? If the Pledge is said in an Illinois school, it is to the US flag, not the state flag. I'm not sure if my son's current school even does it at all, I don't remember seeing flags up in the classrooms for that purpose. |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 10064486)
'Ey up, I won't say nowt about Yorkshire, worry ye not :lol:
If the Pledge is said in an Illinois school, it is to the US flag, not the state flag. I'm not sure if my son's current school even does it at all, I don't remember seeing flags up in the classrooms for that purpose. |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
(Post 10064495)
I don't think they have flags in all the classrooms (some do), but the euivalent of what we knew as morning assembly is televised into every classroom, and there is a flag behind the announcer so I assume they face that.
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Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 10064244)
Ah, but you haven't met Leslie yet....
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Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Giantaxe
(Post 10064406)
Nor actually lived in Texas it seems!
As to MA, I think it has a lot going for it. But I never got used to the summer climate, I like being outdoors a lot, and the combination of heat and humidity made me want me to stay in the safety of air conditioning. I guess I'm just not an eastern seaboard kind of guy because of that, which is a real pity as there are several cities I'd like to live in there, especially New York. |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by newtohouston
(Post 10064558)
not sure what that meant...but ok!
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Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 10064563)
You will find out. Oh yes you will...
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Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by newtohouston
(Post 10064569)
I may be about to make you laugh, but my fiance's name is Leslie...so you can understand my intrigue as to what you are referring to?
Very suspicious. Leslie had better be along pretty damn quickly to clear this up.:frown: |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by newtohouston
(Post 10064569)
I may be about to make you laugh, but my fiance's name is Leslie...so you can understand my intrigue as to what you are referring to?
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Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 10064578)
Very suspicious.
Leslie had better be along pretty damn quickly to clear this up.:frown: |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by newtohouston
(Post 10064585)
I am so damn confused right now...please explain!
A force to be reckoned with. |
Re: Best State of the Union? It's....
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 10064595)
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