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  1. Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later
  2. how to use it.
  3. Just because you can drive on snow and ice does not mean we
  4. can. Just stay home the two days of the year it snows.
  5. If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in
  6. the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chainwill be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of theirway.This is what they live for.
  7. Don't be surprised to find movie rentals & bait in the same store.
  8. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All
  9. y'all's" is plural possessive.
  10. Get used to hearing, "You ain't from around here, are you?"
  11. If you are yelling at the person driving 15 mph in a 55 mph
  12. zone, directly in the middle of the road, remember, many folkslearned to drive on a model of vehicle known as John Deere, and this isthe proper speed and lane position for that vehicle.
  13. If you hear a redneck exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" Stay
  14. out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say.
  15. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity".
  16. And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August."
  17. There are no delis. Don't ask.
  18. In conversation, never put your hand on a man's shoulder when
  19. making a point, especially in a bar.
  20. Chili does NOT have beans in it.
  21. Brisket is not 'cooked' in an oven
  22. Don't tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
  23. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December.
  24. We do TOO have 4 Seasons: December, January, February, and Summer!
  25. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol. A Ford F-150 is.
  26. If someone tells you "Don't worry, those peppers aren't hot"
  27. you can be certain they are.
  28. If you fail to heed my warning in #18 above, be sure to have a
  29. bowl of guacamole handy. Water won't do it.
  30. Rocky Mountain oysters are NOT oysters. Don't ask.
  31. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't
  32. mean anything's broken.
  33. Don't even think of ordering a strawberry daiquiri. What you
  34. really mean to say is 'Margarita.'
  35. If you don't understand our passion for college and high school
  36. football just keep your mouth shut.
  37. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance
  38. to the door, but the availability of shade.
  39. If you see a slower moving vehicle on a two lane road pull onto
  40. the shoulder that is called "courtesy".
  41. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot
  42. dogs outdoors.
  43. No matter what you've seen on TV, line dancing is not a popular
  44. weekend pastime.
  45. "Tea" = Iced Tea. There is no other kind.
  46. Everything goes better with Ranch dressing.

Satirical list from http://downhereintexas.com/text/ . Not all texas is so hick-ish and not all of us speak with accents =P.

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    pengfree at 9:05pm on Mar. 22, 2008

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    I have to agree with the 'tea = iced tea' one - my husband practically bathes in the stuff, he drinks so much of it!!! And I agree - not all of you have 'accents' - my husband moved to San Diego for about 4 years and worked on losing his 'Texan accent', but it does come out when he's tired. I have to say, hearing a typical Australianism in any type of American accent, takes some getting used to!! Reply...

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    JD Ross at 2:42pm on Jan. 30, 2008

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    As a New Yorker who semi-regularly visits Texas, I can't help but appreciate this... Especially the "You're not from around here, are you?" Reply...

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    forresta02 at 8:30am on Jan. 18, 2008

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    I don't care how many times I have seen that - it still cracks me up! Reply...

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