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Common Misconceptions about Texas...

- That everything is twice as big in Texas. - Really everything is 1.865 times bigger, but we round up.

- That the women have big hair. - In fact this was outlawed in July 1977. There is a task force and they are doing their best to reach every last woman. Bear with us.

- That Texas gets extremely hot in the summer. - Actually we only have 2-3 days of real heat in Texas ... real heat being when there is over a 75% probability of self-combustion.

- That JR Ewing still lives here. - That was a TV show people! Come on! Chuck Norris, on the other hand, is a real, karate-choppin' Texas Ranger.

- That we have killer bees, fire ants, gigantic roaches and mosquitoes and other awful insects, tornadoes, hurricanes, and damaging hailstorms. - I don't know where this pack of hysteria got started, but we're gonna assume it's from some non-Texan type. We tend to think of them as a few bitty bugs and a bad hair day.

- That everyone speaks with a Texas accent. - Y'all just don't know what y'all are talking about.

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