True" Facts about Texas

• Armadillos love to dig holes under tomato plants.
• Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
• "Backards" and "Forards" means I know everything about you.
• "Coldbeer" is one word.
• Country people don't have to buy a dog. City people drop them off at your gate in the middle of the night.
• Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
• "Fixinto" is one word.
• Graduating 1st in your class means you left in the 8th grade.
• Green grass DOES burn.
• If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
• It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
• Nothing will kill a mesquite tree.
• "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
• People actually grow and eat okra.
• Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know when they are ripe.
• Roadrunners don't say "Beep Beep."
• Texans really don't have an accent.
• The sound of coyotes howling at night only sounds good for the first couple of weeks.
• A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds drinkin' water for your cows.
• There are 10,000 types of spiders, and 10,001 live in Texas.
• There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 live in Texas.
• There are valid reasons for some people to put concertina wire around their house.
• A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
• When a buzzard sits on the fence and stares at you, it's time to go to the doctor.
• When the world ends, only cockroaches and mesquite trees will survive.
• The wind blows at 90 MPH from October 2 until July 15, then it stops totally.
• You cannot find a country road without a curve from corner to corner.
• You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.
• You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
• Texans will laugh harder at this than anyone because they KNOW the facts are true!