“Will I be hot or cold today? Texas: Yes”
Texas weather can be hot in the day and then get very cold at night, especially in the spring or the fall. Texas weather can also be hot or cold from one day to the next. "Is it going to be…
Texas weather can be hot in the day and then get very cold at night, especially in the spring or the fall. Texas weather can also be hot or cold from one day to the next. "Is it going to be…
The 1983 Chicago White Sox won their division, but Texas Ranger manager Doug Rader didn't think they were all that good. "They're not playing that well. They're winning…
“This ain’t my first rodeo” (or "This is not my first rodeo") is a popular saying. It is an expression that means “I wasn’t born yesterday” (I’m not naive in these matters),…
“This ain’t my first rodeo” (or "This is not my first rodeo") is a popular saying. It is an expression that means “I wasn’t born yesterday” (I’m not naive in these matters),…
“This ain’t my first rodeo” (or "This is not my first rodeo") is a popular saying. It is an expression that means “I wasn’t born yesterday” (I’m not naive in these matters),…
Texas Instruments is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It doesn't make musical instruments, but there are jokes. "With a name like Texas Instruments…
Texas weather can change a lot -- and this has sometimes has been compared to women. The song "Boogie Mama" (from the 1998 album Lone Wolf) by Jerry Jeff Walker begins, "Just like…
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens said in his book, The First Billion Is the Hardest (2008): "You work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours -- be sure they're not the same eight…
Southern Methodist University (SMU) was founded in 1911 and is located in University Park, just outside of Dallas, Texas. SMU adopted the slogan "World Changers Shaped Here" in April 2013…
The El Mercado restaurants in Austin have the slogan: "World Peace Through Tex-Mex." The line was also used by Jeff Lessem of the University of Texas on a newsgroup in 1993. The slogan is…
Fuddruckers is a chain of hamburger restaurants that started in San Antonio in 1980. The hamburgers (1/2 pound of beef) are large, and there is a fixins bar for customers to dress their burgers.…
Rudy's "Country Store" & Bar-B-Q's untrademarked slogan (not that anyone else will take it) is "Worst Bar-B-Q" in Texas." Some think that Rudy's is…
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." Aggie jokes became popular in the 1960s. The two joke forms converged on one popular joke.…
"Wreck 'em, Tech" is disputed. Texas Tech claims that it's part of an old college slogan, but Red Raider Outfitter claims that it was not trademarked when they marketed…
"You aint from Texas, are ya?" is a catchphrase of television's "Dr. Phil" (Phillip Calvin McGraw). McGraw was born in Oklahoma, but went to school at Midwestern State…
Southwest Airlines began in 1967 as a low-cost airline based in Dallas, serving Houston and San Antonio. It is now one of the largest airlines in the United States. GSD&M Idea City came up with…
"You can always tell a Texan (but you can't tell him very much)" was the title of a 1955 book by Boyce House. The classic saying had been recorded in a Texan version since at least…
"You can board a train at dawn and, twenty-four hours later, still be in Texas" was made into a popular joke in the 1930s and 1940s. 14 October 1931, Middlesboro (KY) Daily News, pg. 2,…
"You can get any legislator to vote for anything if you buy him a big enough steak" is said to be an old saying in Louisiana. However, the bribe of a "big enough steak" seems to…
"A body can pretend to care, but they can't pretend to be there" is advice from the book Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On!: A Cowboy's Guide to Life (1992) by Texas Bix…