Addendum to Texarkana: Why I Like to Live Here

The following remarks are attributed to Jeff Foxworthy in an e-mail making the rounds on the Internet. I found the remarks not only humorous but capturing the true nature of the people who live in the great state of Texas so I would like to share them with the readers of my article.

“If someone in a Lowe’s store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may live in Texas;

If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas;

If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas;

If ‘Vacation’ means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph—you’re going 80 and everybody’s passing you, you may live in Texas;

If you find sixty degrees ‘a little chilly,’ you may live in Texas;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas.”

Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas.

1. Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles

2. Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles

3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

4. World’s first rodeo was in Pecos, July 4, 1883.

5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.

6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .

7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America .