Message-ID: <14905572.1075859055200.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:19:00 -0800 (PST) From: tracy.geaccone@enron.com To: jon.trevelise@enron.com Subject: Fw: Fw: Travel Advice from the Texas Tourism Bureau Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Tracy Geaccone X-To: Jon Trevelise X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \TGEACCO (Non-Privileged)\Geaccone, Tracy\'Sent Mail X-Origin: Geaccone-T X-FileName: TGEACCO (Non-Privileged).pst ---------------------- Forwarded by Tracy Geaccone/GPGFIN/Enron on 02/05/20= 01 02:26 PM --------------------------- "Jack Hurst" on 01/24/2001 12:05:08 PM To:=09"Wayne Guidry" , , "L= ou and Kathleen Dionne" , "Hurst, Julie A" , "Dianne Costa" cc:=09=20 Subject:=09Fw: Fw: Travel Advice from the Texas Tourism Bureau ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ross" To: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; = ; ; ; ; Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:38 AM Subject: Fwd: Fw: Travel Advice from the Texas Tourism Bureau > Travel Bulletin from the Texas Tourism Bureau >The new Texas White House in Crawford, Texas, will soon be drawing a >numberof people to that area and other areas of the south, including many >who are not used to southern hospitality, like Yankee, liberal reporters. >They might find useful the following travel advice issued by the Texas > > Tourism Bureau to all visiting Northerners and Northeastern Urbanites: > > > >> >1) Don't order filet mignon or pasta primavera at Waffle House. >It's > > >> >just a diner. They serve breakfast 24 hours a day. Let them cook > > >something > > >> >they know. If you confuse them, they'll kick your ass. > > > >> >2) Don't laugh at our Southern names (Merleen, Bodie, Bubby, Bobby > > >Ray, Tammy Lynn, Billy Joe, Sissy, Clovis, etc.). Or we will just HAV= E to > > >kick your ass. > > >> > > > >> >3) Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda down here. Down >here it's called Coke. Nobody gives a damn whether it's Pepsi, RC, Dr. > > Pepper, 7-Up or whatever - it's still a Coke. Accept it. Doing > otherwise can > > >lead to an ass kicking. > > >> > > > >> >4) We know our heritage. Most of us are more literate than you >(e.g. Welty, Williams, Faulkner). We are also better educated and generall= y >a lot nicer. Don't refer to us as a bunch of hillbillies, or ee'll kick >your ass. > > >> > > > >> >5) We have plenty of business sense (e.g., Fred Smith of Fed Ex, > > >Turner Broadcasting, MCI WorldCom, MTV, Netscape, Dell computers). > Naturally, we do sometimes, have small >lapses in judgment (e.g., Carter, Duke, Barnes, Clinton). We don't >care if you think we are dumb. We are not dumb enough to let someone move to > > our state in order to run for the Senate. If someone tried to do that, we > > >would CERTAINLY kick their ass. > > >> > > > >> >6) Don't laugh at our Civil War monuments. If Lee had listened to > > >> >Longstreet and flanked Meade at Gettysburg instead of sending Pickett >up the middle, you'd be paying taxes to Richmond instead of Washington. > > > >> > > > >> >7) We are fully aware of how hot the weather is in August, so > shut the hell > > >up. Just spend your money and get the hell out of here, or we'll kick > your ass. > > >> > > > >> >8) Don't order wheat toast at Cracker Barrel. Everyone will >instantly know that you're a Yankee. Eat your biscuits like God intended-with > > >gravy. And don't put sugar on your grits, or we'll kick your ass. > > >> > > > >> >9) Don't talk about how much better things are at home because w= e > > know better. Many of us have visited Northern hell-holes like Detroit, > > >Chicago, and DC, and we have the scars and the notches on our pistols > to prove it. If you don't like it here, > >Delta is ready when you are. Move your ass on home before it gets > kicked up between your shoulders and you have to take off your shirt to shit! > > >> > > > >> >10) Yes, we know how to speak proper English. We talk this way > > because we don't want to sound like you. We don't care if you don't >understand what we are saying. All other Southerners understand what we are > > saying,and that's all that matters. Now, go away and leave us alone, o= r >we'llkick your ass. > > >> > > > >> >11) Don't complain that the South is dirty and polluted. None o= f >OUR lakes or rivers have caught fire recently. If you whine about OUR > > scenic beauty, we'll kick your ass all the way back to Boston Harbor. > > >> > > > >> >12) Don't ridicule our Southern manners. We say sir and ma'am. We > > >hold doors open for others. We offer our seats to old folks because such > > >things are expected of civilized people. Behave yourselves around our > sweet > > >> >little grey-haired grandmothers or they'll kick some manners into your > > >ass just like they did ours. > > >> > > > >> >13) So you think we're quaint or losers because most of us live in > > the countryside? That's because we have enough sense to not live in >filthy, smelly, crime-infested cesspools like New York or Baltimore. Make fun >of our fresh air, and we'll kick your sorry ass. > > >> > > > >> >14) Nothing in California is Southern, so if you come down here, don't > > >> >think you're one of us just because you say you're from Southern > > >> >California. Your Mexicans didn't invent low riders, ours did. And the > > >food is Tex Mex. It isn't Cal Mex. You haven't contributed anything to > > >South so don't try to take or we'll kick your ass. > > >> > > > >> >15) Last, but not least, DO NOT DARE to come down here and tell us > > how to barbecue. This will get your ass shot (right after it is kicked). > >You're lucky we let you come down here at all. Criticize our >barbeque, and you will go home in a pine box. Minus your ass. > > >> > > > >> >_________________________________________________________________ > > >> >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > =7F > >