Texas

Short Guy

Dino had shipped his resume and photo to several of the Hollywood studios, trying for the next new  apocalyptic/monster movie, offering himself to play the monster.  When he went to the studios to try out for the part, the director said, “You’re awfully small.”  Dino couldn’t help himself and blurted out, “So is Tom Cruise!”

By |September 17th, 2014|Categories: Actors, Exotic Animals, Pop culture, Texas|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Short Guy

Alienation of Affection

When Troy tried to kiss his girlfriend goodnight, her reaction was startling–was it bad breath? Or was it something he said?  His lawyer encouraged him to sue someone for alienation of affection . . .

By |September 14th, 2014|Categories: Bizarre, Dating Scene, Exotic Animals, Reptiles & Amphibians, Texas|Tags: , |Comments Off on Alienation of Affection

There Goes the Neighborhood

Linda (rear, left, cute little white beak) quietly whispered to her husband, Thom (right rear), “Well, those big-beak shovelers are here; there goes the neighborhood . . . ”

By |September 11th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Texas|Tags: , |Comments Off on There Goes the Neighborhood

The Big One

Hunters and fisherman are famous for the “one that got away.”  Cisco had always caught the alligators that he hooked in the Texas alligator program.  Then it happened–the “big one” got away–but when Cisco showed them the proof, no one had any doubts . . .

By |September 9th, 2014|Categories: Reptiles & Amphibians, Sports, Texas|Tags: |Comments Off on The Big One

Cows With Guns

In addition to being a Texas rancher, Billy Tom was an avid Star Trek fan, from the original with Captain Kirk to Jean-Luc Picard to Captain Janeway.  As he watched his cattle, he was convinced that they might be part of some Borg-like collective–it took twenty cows  to reach a combined total of  100 IQ points, so no one of them did anything on their own.  But was the group’s collective intelligence planning on taking over the world, like with “Cows with Guns” . . .?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI 

By |August 31st, 2014|Categories: domestic animals, Texas|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Cows With Guns

Hothead

It’s true, thought Javier, I am a bit of a hothead, but the Spanish word for hothead is not Habanero, in spite of what the redneck Texas cowboys said at school . . .

By |August 28th, 2014|Categories: Pop culture, Texas|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Hothead