Nov10
A Long Tall Texan Tale
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Update: Here's a sweet quote from PETA campaigner Lindsay Rajt in the Amarillo Globe News: "We just thought Tex would be a huge help to us to expose the whores in the leather industry." Apparently Lindsay needs to work on her enunciation a bit. She swears she said, "horrors"!
I'm not going to repeat the cliché that "everything's bigger in Texas"—though I guess I just did—because, as a Texan, I know that some things are actually smaller in Texas. In the computer age alone, it was Texas-based companies that pioneered "small" technologies such as semiconductors and the portable PC.
Still, there's no denying that Texans have a thing about big stuff. Heck, some folks here haven't come to terms with the fact that a larger state (Alaska, natch) was admitted to the union—nearly 50 years ago. So think about how Lone Star residents would feel about a super-sized version of that most Texan of icons: the cowboy.
Now one such giant buckaroo might find himself homeless. "Tex Randall," a 47-foot-tall, 7-ton cowboy sculpture in Canyon, Texas, faced eviction when the owner of the property he stands on decided not to keep him there. Another business owner purchased Tex, but doesn't have enough money to move him.
So, despite our opposition to ranching, PETA is stepping in to see if we can find a permanent home. Why? 'Cause what could be a better symbol than a big ol' cowboy to help us make a huge statement about how cows are hurt by the leather "bidness"? All we have to do is add a little sign, like so:
Posted by Jeff Mackey
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Excellent idea!
Posted by: Beau Broughton | November 10, 2008 08:31 PM
I think ole Tex should be laid to rest. Poor buggar's pretty well done in.
Actually, I like the idea of a BIG statue with a Peta sign, but not ole behemoth Tex. Too costly to move, methinks.
Posted by: lynda downie | November 10, 2008 11:22 PM
Thats a awesome idea, the statue about a bock from by brothers house!!:)
Posted by: Elijauh Frausto | November 12, 2008 08:25 PM