Brother, statements like that always lead to hard feelings and diminished camaraderie. I gave you a mulligan for the first insult, but you've gone and done it again. Talk about picking a fight for little or no reason. What on earth have we Texans ever done to you?
Must be the Scots blood extant down there.
Now you want to insult my ancestors too? Sheeesh....
Let's go in chronological order.
I happen to have worked with a couple of Texans, and they always struck me as very ...proud of being Texan, in the same way that people who went to Harvard always manage to work *that* into the conversation.
A little of it can be endearing; but there comes a point when it can get tiresome.
With the co-workers, whenever I tried pushing back about Texas -- they took it as a grave insult, as though I had accused them of bank robbery. Every other state I've made fun of -- Delaware or Maryland in the East Coast, Iowa in the Midwest, New Mexico or Colorado in the Southwst -- the people took it in good faith, ribbed me back, and we went on as usual.
Why is it the Texans I've run into are *so* proud of, and *so* quick to take offense about it?
The Scots blood? Not offense, it's a take off from this thread (see post #43).
Windflier, a private FReepmail coming to you.
Cheers!