Only in a Texas Small Town

Only in a Texas small town will the newspaper run a story about how Billy Joe just shot and killed his first 8-point buck deer at the age of eight, and in the same paper run an obituary for Jim Bob who died in his deer stand (which is a wooden building that hunters sit in and wait for deer to wander by to shoot, for you city-folk out there) surrounded by beer cans by accidentally dropping his gun and shooting himself. (In Texas, killing your first deer is a bigger accomplishment than speaking your first word.)

Only in a Texas small town do teenage boys suffer serious injuries in accidents involving four wheelers and barbed-wire fences. (or peeing on electric fences)

Only in a Texas small town is the cattle population higher than the human population.

Only in a Texas small town is light beer considered a "manly" drink. (Hate to tell all you redneck guys out there, but light beer was created as a ploy to get more women to drink beer.)

Only in a Texas small town can good conversation starters be how the high school football team is doing this year and what the weather's been doing all week.

Only in a Texas small town does the hairdresser think that making your hair as big and poofy as possible is the best way to improve your looks, and if you are male, the barber only gives buzz cuts of varying lengths (shorter for boys, longer for men).

Only in a Texas small town is a gas station parking lot a popular hangout for teens.

Only in a Texas small town is barbeque served at every school, church, and family function.

Only in a Texas small town is driving across the border into Mexico a family vacation.

Only in a Texas small town is camouflage a fashion statement.

Only in a Texas small town is driving a truck around in the mud a teenage boy's favorite activity.

Only in a Texas small town do men and boys get up at 4:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning to go hunting or fishing.

Only in a Texas small town is George Bush considered one of the greatest, most intelligent men of our time.

Only in a Texas small town are cutoff shorts and a t-shirt considered a bathing suit.

Only in a Texas small town is lawn care a hobby.

Only in a Texas small town does every man own weed killer, ant killer, bug spray, an electric saw, a drill, 5 hammers, 20 screwdrivers, a woodpile, a trailer, a truck, a deep freeze, and coffee cans full of screws, nails, nuts, and bolts

And only in a Texas small town would every resident think that there's absolutely nothing ridiculous about this list