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2007-08-13 - 11:07 a.m.

Today I get to pick up Brin at the airport, and there are a few more things to do.

So I present this little tidbit from the M&B NG.

A little Geography lesson for all - Here's a list of actual places in Texas:

Need to be cheered up? Happy, Texas 79042 Pep, Texas 79353 Smiley, Texas 78159 Paradise, Texas 76073 Rainbow, Texas 76077 Sweet Home, Texas 77987 Comfort, Texas 78013 Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the sun? Sun City, Texas 78628 Sunrise, Texas 76661 Sunset, Texas 76270 Sundown, Texas 79372 Sunray, Texas 79086 Sunny Side, Texas 77423

Want something to eat? Bacon, Texas 76301 Noodle, Texas 79536 Oatmeal, Texas 78605 Turkey, Texas 79261 Trout, Texas 75789 Sugar Land, Texas 77479 Salty, Texas 76567 Rice, Texas 75155

And top it off with: Sweetwater, Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all! Detroit, Texas 75436 Colorado City, Texas 79512 Denver City, Texas 79323 Nevada, Texas 75173 Memphis, Texas 79245 Miami, Texas 79059 Boston, Texas 75570 Santa Fe, Texas 77517 Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861 Reno, Texas 75462

Feel like traveling outside the country? Don't bother buying a plane ticket! Athens, Texas 75751 Moscow, Texas 75960 Canadian, Texas 79014 China, Texas 77613 Egypt, Texas 77436 Italy, TX 76651 Turkey, Texas 79261 London, Texas 76854 New London, Texas 75682 Paris, Texas 75460

No need to travel to Washington D.C. Whitehouse, Texas 75791

They even have a city named after our planet! Earth, Texas 79031

And a city named after their State! Texas City, Texas 77590

Exhausted? Energy, Texas 76452

Cold? Blanket, Texas 76432 Winters, Texas 79567

Like to read about History? Santa Anna, Texas 76878 Goliad, Texas 77963 Alamo, Texas 78516 Gun Barrel City, Texas 75147

Need Office Supplies? Staples, Texas 78670

Men are from Mars, women are from... Venus, Texas 76084

You guessed it... it's on the state line... Texline, Texas 79087

For the kids... Kermit, Texas 79745 Elmo, Texas 75118 Nemo, Texas 76070 Tarzan, Texas 79783 Winnie, Texas 77665 Sylvester, Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas, to make you smile..... : Frognot, Texas 75424 Bigfoot, Texas 78005 Hogeye, Texas 75423 Cactus, Texas 79013 Notrees, Texas 79759 Best, Texas 76932 Veribest, Texas 76886 Kickapoo, Texas 75763 Dime Box, Texas 77853 Telephone, Texas 75488 Telegraph, Texas 76883 Whiteface, Texas 79379 Twitty, Texas 79079

P.S. Whoops, left out Muleshoe 79347 Cut n shoot 77303 Hoop And Holler Ding Dong 79029, and don't forget......

Farewell, Texas

And, of course, there is a place in Texas that is...... KNOTT, TEXAS 79748

And last but not least. The Anti-Al Gore City Kilgore, Texas 75662

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Onward to the airport. Oh joy.

Be seeing you.

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1 comments so far

artgnome - 2007-08-13 15:28:30 - http://artgnome.diaryland.com
awesome. really! Can you imagine telling someone that you are from Ding-Dong? What were those town fathers thinking? :)

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