“Texas” should not be confused with “text us,” but there are jokes. This was posted by Jokerswild on X/Twitter on June 24, 2019:
My mate phoned me and said “I’m in a quiz, could you help me? What is the second largest State in America?”
I replied “Texas”
Thirty seconds later, I had a message on my phone saying “What’s the second largest State in America?”!!
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Jokerswild
@JokersWildUK
My mate phoned me and said “I’m in a quiz, could you help me? What is the second largest State in America?”
I replied “Texas”
Thirty seconds later, I had a message on my phone saying “What’s the second largest State in America?”!!
3:51 AM · Jun 24, 2019
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Bill Howard
June 29, 2019 at 4:24 PM ·
My mate phoned me and said:
“I’m in a quiz, could you help me?
What is the second largest State in America?”
I replied “Texas”
Thirty seconds later he sent a message to my phone saying: “What’s the second largest State in America?”!!
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Christian Macha
@moormalt
My mate phoned me and my wife and said:
“I’m in a quiz, could you help me?
What is the second largest State in America?”
I replied “Texas”
Thirty seconds later he sent a message to my phone saying: “What’s the… https://facebook.com/christian.macha/posts/10219850331719083
6:46 PM · Jul 3, 2019
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Roy Davies
December 16, 2019 at 9:23 PM ·
My mate phoned me up. “Whats the second largest state in America?” He asked. I said “Texas”. He put the phone down without so much as a thankyou. 1 minute later he texts me. “Whats the second largest state in America?”.
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𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 - universeodon.com/@LadyDragonfly
@Lana_Dragonfly
FRIEND, ON PHONE: Hey answer me something… what’s the second largest state in America?
ME: Texas.
FRIEND: *hangs up*
FRIEND, TWO SECONDS LATER IN TEXT MESSAGE: Ok grumpy now what’s the second largest state in America?
2:02 PM · Aug 21, 2021
Facebook
Duncan Scott
June 29, 2022 at 2:49 AM ·
My mate phoned me and said:
“I’m in a quiz, could you help me?
What is the second largest State in America?”
I replied “Texas”
Thirty seconds later he sent a message to my phone saying: “What’s the second largest State in America?”!!
X/Twitter
Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
My friend was in a quiz and phoned me,
“What’s the second largest state in the USA?”
Me, “Texas.”
A minute later he sent me a message to my phone saying, ‘What’s the second largest state in the USA?”
11:52 AM · May 3, 2024
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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