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> > > Texas wins, Game over. Just thought I'd settle this
> > > question for once and all. Thanks for your time!
> >
> > The last time I told people that I was going to Texas, the mood suddenly
> got
> > very sombre: people offered me their condolences and suggested I bring
> > plenty to read with me, since there's not much else to do in Texas,
other
> > than leave Texas.
> >
> > When I got to Texas, three things surprised me more than anything else.
> >
> > First, the BBQ sucked. Okay, maybe I'm being a bit harsh but better BBQ
> > isn't hard to come by in other southern states.
>
> What? You must have been eating those crappy McRibs they unearth every so
> many months at McDonald's. I'm talking about the down-home, smoky,
> non-chain BBQ pits that we have here in Texas. You go in with a nice
> business suit and come out looking like you tried to make love with a
smoked
> brisket. The kind of place that doesn't sell soda, you have to buy it
from
> a machine that's located in the parking lot. Yup, that's the BBQ that I'm
> talking about, its not pretty, but it is delicious!
>
>
> > Second, no attractive Texan women remain in Texas. They've all left --
> > probably because there's nothing to do in Texas. Sure, there are
> attractive
> > women in Texas but they're all visiting from somewhere else, be it
> > Monterrey, Phoenix or Atlanta.
>
> Again, mindful of the ADA and people's sensitivities, I honestly think
that
> you must be legally blind. No attractive Texan women in Texas??? If you
> can't find a beautiful woman in this state then you are either gay or
> hopelessly cynical. The pulchritude of the softer gender runneth' over in
> this fine state! We have a beautiful mix of Mexican, German, American
> Indian bloodlines that result in nearly every lady being capable of
> qualifying for the beauty pageants held here in Texas, and of course they
> can win the pageants held in other states, especially California. I think
> that it has something to do with the sun and heat and gourgeous
landscapes.
> The natural environment just seems to filter the female DNA, basically
> leaving out the "ugly" genes, leaving behind mostly "cute" genes (laymen's
> explanation for general Internet audience).
>
>
> > Third, contrary to the hearsay, there are quite a few Texans who speak
> > poorly of their own state. In Dallas, I met a guy who told me that
there's
> > no reason to go to Houston. He said that it's like hell, only more
humid.
> So
> > I asked him where he'd found out how humid it is in hell and he admitted
> > that he had no idea but assured me that it really didn't matter -- he
was
> > confident the humidity was worse in Houston anyway.
>
> Okay, so there is a little humidity in Houston. So what? At least
Houston
> doesn't have 7.0 earthquakes, Rodney King race riots, mud slides that
> swallow entire neighborhoods! It does have a great shipping industry,
lots
> of high and low tech, great health care, arts, and an energized, educated
> populace that makes it a growing city! Houston is the birthplace of the
> breast implant, that's bio-engineering technology that we had to export to
> other states (ie California) so that the men in those states could
> re-engineer their ladies to make them more pleasing to the eye! Houston
has
> great food, museums, and night life.
>
>
> > I know three Texans originally from Houston. They all live in the Los
> > Angeles area now (go figure) who agree with that description.
>
> You seem obsessed with Houston, so I'm not going to argue that anymore.
> What about San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Dallas, Alpine, Galveston, and
> other cities and towns across this great state? We don't all live in
> Houston you know...
>
> > California, on the other hand, is a different story...
> >
> > The last time I told people that I was going to California, everyone got
> > enthusiastic and some got jealous, they all wished me a good trip,
fondly
> > recalled their own trips, asked me to take lots of pictures and begged
me
> to
> > try and cram them into an extra suitcase so they could go, too.
> >
> > But hey, who am I to rain on your parade? If you think Texas is better
> than
> > California, great! Stay there! Convince as many people as you can to
> visit,
> > too. Maybe that way traffic on the 405 will be a bit more bearable next
> time
> > I'm in LA.
> >
>
> California only has more appeal to the great unwashed masses simply
because
> of the sheer volume of crappy movies made in and around Los Angeles. What
> good is the coastline of California except to serve as a dumping ground
for
> all of the high dollar beachfront houses and communities that are
gradually
> slipping into the ocean? You can't swim there, too many rocks and the
water
> is freezing! Why pay so much for real estate to live in pricey
mountainside
> enclaves when they are likely to be burned up in next summer's grass
fires?
> For the typical citizen in California, after they've made their huge house
> payment and paid their state income taxes, there's nothing left so they
> can't afford to do much of anything.
>
> No state income taxes here in Texas!!!
>
> I'm not even going to get into the rampant gang and drug culture infesting
> the state nor will I discuss the counter-culture movements that are
embedded
> in the very fiber of the place. Its just too ugly and I wouldn't know
where
> to start.
>
> True, you can buy some good wine in California, and you can pick up some
> cheap avocados, so if you like to tour overpriced vineyards, by all means,
> go visit California. Don't forget though that we offer vineyard tours
here
> in Texas too, much less pricey and without all of the pretentiousness.
>
> Yours Truely,
>
> Pierre St. Germain Direct from the Alamo
Exhibit A: Why our country is so screwed up.
Does every .ing argument have to be so polarized? You suck! I rule!
You suck! I rule! Yeah!
Perhaps, oh I don't know, your black and white world is really just one
perpetual shade of grey. There's good and bad in everything, my friend,
and that certainly applies to this moronic Texas vs. California debate.
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