Texas Trivia

I honestly plan on posting more often. I have been in and out of sickness the past week and thus unable to entertain and update you, though I'm sure I never did the former.

In lieu of something actually interesting (because my brain is still befuddled from the snot), here's a forward I received from my friend Dawn not long after moving to this glorious state. Enjoy!

JUST TEXAS Pep , Texas 79353 Smiley , Texas 78159 Paradise , Texas 76073 Rainbow , Texas 76077 Sweet Home , Texas 77987 Comfort , Texas 78013 Friendship, Texas 76530 Love the Sun? Sun City , Texas 78628 Sunrise , Texas 76661 Sunset, Texas 76270 Sundown, Texas 79372 Sunray , Texas 79086 Sunny Sid e , Texas 77423 Want something to eat? Bacon , Texas 76301 Noodle , Texas 79536 Oatmeal , Texas 78605 Turkey , Texas 79261 Trout , Texas 75789 Sugar Land , Texas 77479 Salty, Texas 76567 Rice , Texas 75155 Pearland , Texas 77581 Orange , Texas 77630 And top it off with: Sweetwater , Texas 79556 Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all! Detroit , Texas 75436 Cleveland , Texas 75436 Colorado City , Texas 79512 Denver City , Texas 79323 Klondike , Texas 75448 Nevada , Texas 75173 Memphis , Texas 79245 Miami , Texas 79059 Boston , Texas 75570 Santa Fe , Texas 77517 Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861 Reno , Texas 75462 Pasadena , Texas 77506 Columbus , Texas 78934 Feel like traveling outside the country? Athens , Texas 75751 Canadian, Texas 79014 China , Texas 77613 Egypt , Texas 77436 Ireland , Texas 76538 Italy , Texas 76538 Turkey , Texas 79261 London , Texas 76854 New London , Texas 75682 Paris , Texas 75460 Palestine , Texas 75801 No need to travel to Washington D.C. Whitehouse , Texas 75791 We even have a city named after our planet! Earth , Texas 79031 We have a city named after our state Texas City , Texas 77590 Exhausted? Energy , Texas 76452 Cold? Blanket , Texas 76432 Winters, Texas Like to read about History? Santa Anna , Texas Goliad , Texas Alamo , Texas Gun Barrel City , Texas Robert Lee , Texas Need Office Supplies? Staples, Texas 78670 Want to go into outer space? Venus , Texas 76084 Mars , Texas 79062 You guessed it. It's on the state line. Texline , Texas 79087 For the kids... Kermit , Texas 79745 Elmo , Texas 75118 Nemo , Texas 76070 Tarzan , Texas 79783 Winnie , Texas 77665 Sylvester , Texas 79560 Twitty, Texas 79079 Other city names in Texas , to make you smile...... Frognot , Texas 75424 Bigfoot , Texas 78005 Hogeye , Texas 75423 Cactus , Texas 79013 Notrees , Texas 79759 Best, Texas 76932 Veribest , Texas 76886 Kickapoo , Texas 75763 Dime Box , Texas 77853 Old Dime Box , Texas 77853 Telephone , Texas 75488 Telegraph , Texas 76883 Whiteface , Texas 79379 And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City Kilgore , Texas 75662 And our favorites... Cut n Shoot, Texas Gun Barrell City , Texas Hoop And Holler, Texas Ding Dong, Texas and, of course, Muleshoe , Texas Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say aboutfolks from Texas ... 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 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;