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From: Asa Daniel <>
Subject: Re: [FOLKLORE-L] Texas: A World unto itself
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 12:24:01 -0500


I left out my favorite too.....Uncertain Texas.....it is at the end of a dead
end road and there is only a bait shop and a bar in town ....the bar has a
clock that runs backwards and back in my wilder days when I would get to
drinking I would always visit Uncertain just to call my wife and tell her I
was in Undertain state of mind....

Asa D......LOLASAS

wrote:

> This was neat Asa. Ya'll have some important and some strange sounding
> Texas towns/cities.
> Marsha
>
>
> It takes half an hour to drive from PITTSBURG to OMAHA, and it is only
> 54 miles from BOSTON to DETROIT, but the POINTBLANK route from EARTH to
> PARADISE is via GASOLINE. There are COLFAX. If you try your VERIBEST,
> you can find UTOPIA. Texas towns all, and while Massachusetts has one
> Boston, Texas has BOSTON, NEW BOSTON and OLD BOSTON. No Harvard and no
> beans, but PRINCETON and OKRA.
>
> Without leaving Texas, you can go to Holland, Malta, India, China,
> Ireland, Italy, Trinidad, Turkey, Palestine, Scotland, Egypt, Erin and
> Moravia. You can visit Jericho, Liverpool, London, Macedonia, Moscow,
> Manchester, Tampico, Tokio, Troy, Vienna, Warsaw, Tunis, Odessa,
> Newcastle, Paris, Petersburg, Rugby, Sparta, Sheffield, Stockholm,
> Athens, Bolivar, Cadiz, Canton, Dorchester, Dresden, Dublin, Edinburg,
> Geneva, Genoa, Oxford and Bogata. These are all cities, towns or
> villages in Texas. Named after more famous cities? Not so. Take
> Dublin, for instance. In the early days a large double cabin was built
> where the villagers sought refuge during Indian raids. They "doubled in"
> to "Double Inn" at such times and the town was eventually named Dublin.
> . .
>
> You will find Blackfoot & Bluetown, Dial & Telephone, Alto &
> Tennerville, Dresden & China, Cash & Price. There are Cement &
> Friendship, Commerce & Industry, Concord & Grapevine, Concrete &
> Stonewall, Energy & Pep, Mickey & Finney, Paris & Green, Sherwood &
> Forest, Burlington & Rock Island. There are Desota & Dodge. . ., Wells &
> Fargo, Fisk & Goodrich, Hope & Crosby, Morgan & Vanderbilt. Oilso, you
> will find Humble and Oiltown, Texico & Gasoline, Phillips & Petroleum. .
> .
>
> There is mixed company in Booth & Lincoln, Burns & Allen, George &
> Washington, Carmen & Mirando City, Happy & Chandeler, Cordele & Hull,
> Davey & Jonesboro, Elsa & Maxwell, Irene & Dunn, Lillian & Russell,
> James & Monroe, Ogden & Nash, Fred & Waring. You will also find
> Franklin, James, Elliott & Roosevelt. . .
>
> Texas is the place where:
>
> Folks undress in PLAINVIEW
> Take baths on FRIDAY in COLOGNE
> Get PETTY in the CACTUS at the CROSS ROADS.
> Where girls have a STRUCTURE as STOUT as VENUS
> And are CONTENT to seek COMFORT with TARZAN.
> They are Texas towns. >>
>
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