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post #11 of 34
8/18/12 at 8:24am
And of course... Nervous as a cat in a roomful of rockers.

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post #12 of 34
8/18/12 at 8:35am

So tight he could eat coal an poop diamonds..

 

 

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" -A quote from Congressman David Crockett

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post #13 of 34
8/18/12 at 8:47am
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So tight he could eat coal an poop diamonds..


"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" -A quote from Congressman David Crockett
If he lived here now he'd probably choose hell instead.

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post #14 of 34
8/18/12 at 9:13am
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So tight he could eat coal an poop diamonds..


"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" -A quote from Congressman David Crockett
If he lived here now he'd probably choose hell instead.

Remember he died at the Alamo right after saying this an going to Texas. He never got the chance to "live" in Texas. When someone says it now they usually mean for you to do what you want cause they are going to do what they want even if it kills them.

 

Here is the actual whole quote though "I told the people of my district that I would serve them as faithfully as I had done; but if not ... you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." 

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post #15 of 34
8/18/12 at 9:44am
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So tight he could eat coal an poop diamonds..



"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" -A quote from Congressman David Crockett
If he lived here now he'd probably choose hell instead.
Remember he died at the Alamo right after saying this an going to Texas. He never got the chance to "live" in Texas. When someone says it now they usually mean for you to do what you want cause they are going to do what they want even if it kills them.

Here is the actual whole quote though "I told the people of my district that I would serve them as faithfully as I had done; but if not ... you may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." 
You many not know this, but until very lately, all Texas school children were taught Texas History in the 7th grade and thereafter. Being a native Texan, I took those classes. But I realize not all states do this, in fact as far as I'm aware, Texas was the only one that ever did, being that state was once a country in it's own right.

The history lesson is appreciated though for those that might not know what the quote means.

I was being tongue in cheek. big_smile.png

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post #16 of 34
8/18/12 at 10:05am

State history needs to be taught but it is not here. I dont figure most people even in Tn would get the way the quote is used without knowing its history.

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post #17 of 34
8/18/12 at 10:19am

who let the cat out of the bag

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post #18 of 34
8/18/12 at 10:33am
Not only were most of the people fighting the Mexicans for Texas' freedom from Tn originally but my own folks were from 'round Knoxville. Go Volunteer state! A well earned state nickname.

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post #19 of 34
8/18/12 at 1:05pm
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who let the cat out of the bag

 

directly related to "buying a pig in a poke"   :)

 

people used to buy live piglets at the market and the seller would put them in a burlap sack to be carried home.   Unscrupulous sellers would put a cat in the bag instead.     "who let the cat out of the bag" means to let others in on a secret.    "buying a pig in a poke" means to get ripped off  

 

 

 

Here is a favorite of mine

 

person 1  "ughh!   you're driving me crazy!"

person 2 "short trip, might as well walk...."

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post #20 of 34
8/18/12 at 1:15pm
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people used to buy live piglets at the market and the seller would put them in a burlap sack to be carried home.

Still do in Collinsville AL.

 

 

The sack swap is still a big con. Usually a camera swapped for a brick in a camera box in a bag. Didnt know the "cat out of the bag" was related.

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