OK, This is Taking it a Little Far

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CrackerHacker
CrackerHacker

Don't people realize that Big Tex is the redneck Republican equivalent of the Colossus Of Rhodes? It is as important a cultural icon to Texas as cowshit and Skoal.

ItsSoSad
ItsSoSad like.author.displayName 1 Like

I don't know...

My friend from Virginia who has lived here for 20 years asked,

"What's the big fuckin deal?"

 

Tried to explain Texas to him to no avail.

ThePosterFormerlyKnownasPaul
ThePosterFormerlyKnownasPaul topcommenter like.author.displayName 1 Like

Didn't you see it in the video?  A model drone carrying a small incendiary device was flown into Big Tex!

JFPO
JFPO

BIG TEX WAS AN INSIDE JOB!!!

LeslieWatson7
LeslieWatson7

@Lana @Dallas_Observer SERIOUSLY.. ITS A FREAKING ROBOTIC COWBOY... GEEZ

TheTimG
TheTimG

@LeslieWatson7 ← Crude remark. He was an iconic figure to us Texans just the same as the Statue of Liberty.

LeslieWatson7
LeslieWatson7

@TheTimG oh... Right

TheTimG
TheTimG

@LeslieWatson7 - You jumped to the conclusion that I was calling you a bad parent. That was all on your own, nothing I said led to that.

TheTimG
TheTimG

@LeslieWatson7 - Merit: Having information relevant to a discussion to make an intelligent statement or argument.

TheTimG
TheTimG

@LeslieWatson7 - Sounds like you got into the discussion in the beginning without any merit. ( Done.)

LeslieWatson7
LeslieWatson7

@TheTimG are you now calling me a bad parent for not taking pics w my child in front of it???? This conversation is OVER....

LeslieWatson7
LeslieWatson7

@TheTimG I am a single working mother that lives in AUSTIN.I have more important things to do like work hard give a good life to my child.

TheTimG
TheTimG

@LeslieWatson7 - Did you not ever take your kids to see him & take pictures like most parents do for them to have good memories?

TheTimG
TheTimG

@LeslieWatson7 - Still, he was a HUGE part of Texas history & has been in my life since I was 7 years old, that's 39 years, can u say that?

Lana
Lana

@LeslieWatson7 @Dallas_Observer wow. piece of my childhood there. :(

LeslieWatson7
LeslieWatson7

@Lana they can rebuild him. Besides... The dickies belt was unharmed ...

TheTimG
TheTimG

@LeslieWatson7 That wasn't the belt or buckle, it was just the logo sign. Guess the buckle must of melted as well.

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