Interesting Texas Facts
Interesting Texas Facts
Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
Roadrunners don't say "Beep Beep."
There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 live in Texas.
There are 10,000 types of spiders, and 10,001 live in Texas.
Armadillos love to dig holes under tomato plants.
Racoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are
ripe.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
There are valid reasons for some people to put concertina wire around
their house.
You cannot find a country road without a curve from corner to corner.
A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
Texas has 5 seasons:
Spring - Feb 16 to April 15
Summer - April 16 to July 15 (temp 90 to 98 degrees)
Super Summer - July 16 to Sept 10 (temp 100 to 115 degrees)
Summer - Sept. 11 to Oct 1 (temp 90 to 98 degrees)
Fall - Oct 2 to Dec. 1
Winter - Dec. 2 to Feb 15
The wind blows at 90 MPH from Oct. 2 until July 15, then it stops
totally.
"Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
Graduating 1st in your class means you left in the 8th grade.
"Coldbeer" is one word.
People actually grow and eat Okra.
Texans really don't have an accent.
When the world ends, only cockroaches and mesquite trees will survive.
Green grass DOES burn.
When you live in the country, you don't have to buy a dog. City people
drop them off at your gate in the middle of the night.
The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first
couple of weeks.
When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to go to
the doctor.
"Fixinto" is one word.
A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds drinkin' water for your
cows.
"Backards" and "Forards" means I know everything about you.
You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it
is.
You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
Texans will laugh harder at this than anyone else because we all KNOW
these facts are true!!!
Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
Roadrunners don't say "Beep Beep."
There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 live in Texas.
There are 10,000 types of spiders, and 10,001 live in Texas.
Armadillos love to dig holes under tomato plants.
Racoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are
ripe.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
There are valid reasons for some people to put concertina wire around
their house.
You cannot find a country road without a curve from corner to corner.
A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
Texas has 5 seasons:
Spring - Feb 16 to April 15
Summer - April 16 to July 15 (temp 90 to 98 degrees)
Super Summer - July 16 to Sept 10 (temp 100 to 115 degrees)
Summer - Sept. 11 to Oct 1 (temp 90 to 98 degrees)
Fall - Oct 2 to Dec. 1
Winter - Dec. 2 to Feb 15
The wind blows at 90 MPH from Oct. 2 until July 15, then it stops
totally.
"Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
Graduating 1st in your class means you left in the 8th grade.
"Coldbeer" is one word.
People actually grow and eat Okra.
Texans really don't have an accent.
When the world ends, only cockroaches and mesquite trees will survive.
Green grass DOES burn.
When you live in the country, you don't have to buy a dog. City people
drop them off at your gate in the middle of the night.
The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first
couple of weeks.
When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to go to
the doctor.
"Fixinto" is one word.
A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds drinkin' water for your
cows.
"Backards" and "Forards" means I know everything about you.
You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it
is.
You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
Texans will laugh harder at this than anyone else because we all KNOW
these facts are true!!!
posted by lilfeathers2000 at 3:01 PM
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