A very nice encounter at the doctor's office

[DancingBear]

So I'm sitting in the orthopedic surgeon's waiting room, and a mother with three kids comes and sits next to me. The talk is all about picture books and lunch and soccer pratice - all the usual mundane stuff. I bury myself in a magazine, when suddenly the elder boy (about 9 or 10, I would guess) decides to tell his mom about the colleges he'd like to go to. Here is the conversation that ensued, starting with him naming them off:

Son: "Um, Syracuse and Duke, I think."

Mother: "Those are fine."

S: "What about Michigan State?"

M: "That's OK."

S: "Indiana."

M: "Fine."

S: "Maine."

M: Really good - your dad I I like the state of Maine quite a lot."

S: "Texas."

M: "No."

S: "Why not."

M: "Too hot, too far, and too many Republicans."

I saw them again in the parking lot, and I went up to her and said: "Excuse me, but I was sitting next to you in the waiting room and when you told your son Texas was a no because of too many Republicans it made my day. Thanks!" She laughed, I left, and the day was that much better.

Nice.

[moc]

1. Great. Another "let's bash Texas" thread.

:eyes:

[DancingBear]

6. Oh fer crissakes

She doesn't want him to go there because of BUSH.

Get over the Texas complex, please.

Yeesh.

[NMDemDist2]

8. i like Texas--It's those HUGE signs at the border saying "PROUD HOME OF

GEORGE W BUSH" that get me

:hide:

[DancingBear]

9. Well, I have to be honest here

I DON"T like Texas - and the BUSH signs don't help. :)

Crawford is what hell would be if it had a gas station.

[NMDemDist2]

12. all Crawford is no way to judge the whole state

there are some lovely areas in TX

Crawford sure ain't one of them though

[DancingBear]

13. You got that right

Actually, when I used to travel for work a lot I saw quite a bit of Texas. I just don't care for it - climate, topography, etc.

I"ll take New England for a million dollars, Alex. :)

[NMDemDist2]

31. different strokes and all that

NE is too cramped and cold for my taste :shrug:

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[DancingBear]

16. Ah, I love a witty reply

Be sure and post when you find one.

[acmejack]

18. Just being honest

since you set such stock in it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. Beats me how any Texan could be proud of **, especially since

he screwed us big time and left us with a huge deficit, while pretending to be our Gov. ! *shakes head*

[leftofthedial]

20. well, if Texas didn't suck . . .

just kidding!

don't shoot me!

I know how you Texans can be when you get all riled up . . .

[GoneOffShore]

28. It's not Texas I dislike

It's the climate.

Rates up there with Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Missippisi, Lousiana, Southern California.

Love the food, hate the great numbers of psychos who live there.

I think it the OP's point had more to do with them than the actual place itself. Though the mosquitos, palmetto bugs, scorpions and Republicans would keep me away.

[eallen]

2. Austin is a dot of blue, in a sea of red.

[bigwillq]

3. Great story!

Thanks for sharing! :hi:

[rosesaylavee]

4. Poor Texas

How long before they live this moran down? What will they have to do to make it up to the rest of the country? And he's a transplant no less! Poor Texas.

[Warpy]

7. I know and like a whole lot of Texans

and Stupid is no Texan.

Still, people are going to bash Texas until Texas stops electing morons.

[rosesaylavee]

21. My father-in-law is a life-long

Dem born and raised in Texas but living now in Iowa. He is very quiet about *co and truly doesn't like **anyone** to mention the creature is from Texas - because he really isn't. And I doubt that Maine would claim him either. He has no home. No one will claim him. Poor boy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. His birth state, Connecticut, doesn't want to claim him. nt

[rosesaylavee]

26. Oh. Is that where he was hatched? :)

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Well I tried too do my part before the chimp was sElected in 2000.

I tried to warn people not to vote for him. He screwed this state nine ways to Sunday while Gov. and still the morans here voted for him. :shrug: I suspect that Texas and Florida will never live down the BFEE.

[niyad]

5. what a nice story--thank you so much for sharing!!

[stop the bleeding]

11. cool story

there is still hope yet

[acmejack]

19. I hope you remain far away.

Thank you kindly for sharing that "wonderful story" with us. I so appreciate it. We have a name for people like you all.

[rosesaylavee]

22. Non-Texans?

:hi:

We know * really isn't a Texan. He is a Texan-wannabe. Otherwise he would do something other than clear brush on his fake ranch. All hat no cattle, right?

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. The bush family uses Texas as a tax break. No state income tax

here. Pinhead will probably sell his pig farm after he's no longer pRes.(it was only a prop to begin with), but just like his parents, he will maintain a residence here, for tax purposes.

[TheWatcher]

25. I lived in Texas for seven years.

It was an experience I would never repeat.

We have a name for people like you as well.

Reactionary whiners.

People have a right to their opinion. Deal with it.

It's one of the great things about our formerly free country.

Lot's of people don't like Seattle either, but I am not going to sit here and attack them for it.

[acmejack]

29. I dislike people attacking my home.

Because you don't like some fucker who isn't even from here! I'm supposed to sit here and enjoy that, huh? I'll whine all I like and you can kiss my rosy red ass! You dare to lecture me? You got balls I'll give you that!

and btw, I sincerely hope you keep your sorry ass out of here too, apparently we'll all be happy if you do.

[never_get_over_it]

33. Please don't be so angry

I don't think it was the OP intention to bash TX - it just happened that the story worked out that way....could have been any number of red states - I thought the story was great and it made me smile.

So I'll add one to it and there are no states involved:

tonight my seven year old nephew was telling me some story about football practice - something about "them" making him do up and downs for no reason and that they were Geroge Bushing him - which in our family means they were lying to him....now that's funny - I still have no idea what the other stuff was all about but roared with laughter at the George Busning him statement - kid will be President one day.....

[RB TexLa]

17. Our Sheriff (Dallas County)

hummm, I didn't think she was a Republican.

[Horse with no Name]

24. For those that don't know

The Sheriff of Dallas County is a Democratic Hispanic female who is also a lesbian.
Texas isn't that red in the cities...it's the rural areas that need enlightened.

[OutNow]

30. Rural Areas - Not

Actually, the urban dems and rural republicans often vote as a block against the suburban republicans (think Tom Delay republicans) in the Texas legislature since they both have lots of poor people and bad schools. This doesn't happen as often as it should, and I'm hoping that Delay's problems will lead to a weakened right wing.

BTW - living in Williamson County, the suburbs of Austin with no Democratic officeholders is sort of like living in Disneyland; nice but sort of sterile.

BTW 2 - I grew up in the Northeast but enlisted in the USAF in 1969 and ended up in Texas for most of my time. The people in San Antonio, mostly Mexican-American, were such nice people that I came back to live in Texas in 1984.

[Texasgal]

32. yeah and TEXAS brought some of YOU

The best politicians money could buy!

ANN RICHARDS!

JIM HIGHTOWER!

LLYOD BENSON!

LLYOD DOGGETT!

and MANY MORE... OH and how about the writer MOLLY IVANS?

For those of you that need to be enlightened...AGAIN. BUSH WAS NOT BORN HERE! We don't claim that carpetbagger!