“You can’t take the honky tonk out of the girl”
"You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, but you can't take the honky tonk out of the girl" was a line in the film Sweet Home Alabama, released on September 27, 2002.…
“You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time”
"You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time" means that one can't despair ("wring your hands") and take action ("roll up your…
“You can’t set a Hallmark movie in Texas. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down here”
The Hallmark Channel is known for its Christmas movies, with many movies featuring an unexpected snow. "You can’t set a Hallmark movie in the South. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down…
“You can’t set a Hallmark movie in the South. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down here”
The Hallmark Channel is known for its Christmas movies, with many movies featuring an unexpected snow. "You can’t set a Hallmark movie in the South. Unexpected snow isn’t magical down…
“You cannot get the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Journal Courier (Jacksonville, IL)Jan. 21 Open LinePosted: Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 10:41 am, Sat Sep 1, 2012Obama must go so this nation can get…
“You gotta throw the corn where the hogs can get it”
“You gotta throw the corn where the hogs can get it" is a Southern phrase meaning that you have to make things simple and accessible to the general public. U.S. President Bill Clinton used…
“You had me at hello” (Renée Zellweger in the film Jerry Maguire)
"You had me at hello" was the line that Renée Zellweger (from Katy, Texas) told to Tom Cruise in the movie Jerry Maguire (1996). Country star Kenny Chesney wrote a song called "You…
“You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.” (George Carlin)
George Carlin (1937-2008) was a stand-up comedian from New York City. Carlin worked in radio in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1959, when he started his comedy career. Perhaps Carlin didn't like Texas.…
“You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas” (Davy Crockett)
When Davy Crockett ran for a seat in Congress from Tennessee (1835), he declared that, if he lost, the people in his district "may go to hell and I will go to Texas." Crockett lost the…
“You might be Texan if you base your restaurant decisions on its chips and salsa”
Many Texans love the free chips and salsa served at Tex-Mex restaurants. But is this a basis to choose a restaurant? "Don't judge a book by its cover, but always judge a TexMex restaurant…
“You might live in Texas if you shovel snow and need to mow your yard in the same week”
Many states have claimed bipolar weather. "Only in NorthEast PA do you shovel 9 inches of snow and mow your yard all in the same week. #fb" was posted on Twitter by Sean O'Donnell on…
“You no longer associate bridges over rivers with water” (Texas heat joke)
One of the items on popular "You Know You Are in Texas When..." internet lists is: "You no longer associate bridges over rivers with water." It's hot in Texas, but 2007…
“You realize that asphalt has a liquid state” (Texas heat joke)
How hot is it in Texas? So hot that "you realize that asphalt has a liquid state." That joke (among many others) has been circulating around the internet since at least 1998. Stanford…
“You’re either in Luck or you’re out of Luck” (Luck city slogan)
Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson bought land in central Texas and named the town "Luck." By at least 2003, the town's slogan was popularized: "You're either in Luck or out…
“You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.” (Men’s Wearhouse)
Men's Wearhouse was founded in Houston, in 1973, by George Zimmer. Zimmer appears in Men's Wearhouse commercials, saying: "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee…
“You’re in Texas—it’s a local call (to God)” (joke)
An old telephone joke is about a person who asks the operator about his long distance charge. The charge is very high. "Why, in Texas, I can call hell for that!" the person says. The…
“Your grasshoppers (kangaroos) are bigger than ours” (Texas-Australia size joke)
Texas and Australia both boast about their large size, so it's no surprise that a Texas/Australia size joke appeared in the 1950s and is still told today. A Texan was visiting Australia.…
“Your News Now” (News 8 Austin slogan)
"Your News Now" is the slogan of News 8 Austin, the 24-hour cable news station from Austin, owned by Time Warner Cable. The station went on the air in September 1999. The slogan has not…
2-3 (Austin’s 78723 zip code)
The "2-3" is hip-hop for the last two digits of Austin's zip code -- 78723. HoustonSoRealAustinSoReal - Check this article on rap from the 2-3In Austin, zip codes are quite…
40 Acres (University of Texas at Austin)
The University of Texas at Austin began with forty acres. People still talk of UT as "the forty acres." "Forty acres and a mule" was a promise supposedly made after the Civil…