Everything Is Bigger In Texas?

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Texas_Mudflap_Cowgirl_stickerWhy do people say “Everything is bigger in Texas”? I have lived in Texas for most of my life, all but the first five years of it, and I can’t ever remember saying “Everything is bigger in Texas” as an answer, a statement, a comment, or even in general conversation. So why do people say it? In fact, I can’t recall hearing other Texans saying Everything is bigger in Texas. Why? Just because we don’t say it, ever. When people visit Texas they feel the need to express their disbelief in something by referring back to the whole Everything is bigger in Texas phrasing. Again, I must ask why? We can explore some more on that in a little bit, but first I must get into what brings us together right now.

I happened to go to the local autoparts store here close to where I work to get a tail light bulb for my Nissan Pathfinder. I parked to go in and this woman was walking up as well. I held the door open for her out of politeness, that is just the way I am. She looked up at me and exclaimed, “Everything really is bigger in Texas isn’t it”. If you say so. She asked how tall I was so I replied back with the fact that I’m 6’8″ tall. She looked at my boots (size 16) and looked me straight in the crotch. She walked away mumbling something about shoe size. Now come on, who does this to people? Disturbed as I was I was there to actually get something, not check out the scenery as some were doing. Light bulb in hand and waiting to check out when this woman asks the clerk if she agreed “that some things are bigger in Texas than others” while she eyeballed my crotch again. I should have offered to let them touch it!

I paid, then I left, bewildered. I waited in the parking lot because I wanted to see where in the hell this woman who is 50ish was from. To my surprise, I found out that she was lost, she had Vermont license plates on her Tahoe. She was smart, she had the attendant come out and replace her headlight bulb for her. Vermont? She was a long ways from home. Now, granted, around here we see our fair share of foreign license plates from all over the United States, Mexico, Central & South America, as well as the odd Canadian. No telling their business here, visiting, vacation, got smart and went ahead and moved here. Who knows.

Getting back to the whole bigger in Texas thing. I have noticed, witnessed, and been told things like this before. As I have family living up north we do travel to visit them on occasion. We always drive so people always notice the Texas license plates. But wait, what if I was from New Jersey or somewhere? Then what would people say? Y’all think about that a while. My challenge to Y’all is to tell me why you think people refer to “Everything is bigger in Texas” as a comment when they see someone/something from Texas that is above average in size. I’m curious as hell. I have Googled this question and the answers are funnier than most things I read. Makes me wonder who exactly writes these in depth reviews on what they know about Texas. Anyway, I found humor in my little encounter with the woman from Vermont and wanted to share for humors sake.

The Texas mud flap girl and the Everything is Bigger in Texas pictures were both acquired via a Google image search. The images do not belong to me or The Sting Of The Scorpion and were borrowed, used, and placed assuming they were royalty free. Meaning? If they belong to YOU and you don’t want me to use them just e-mail me with your proof and I will swiftly remove them. Otherwise just remember y’all are visiting The Sting Of The Scorpion …………… because everything else just bites!

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8 responses to “Everything Is Bigger In Texas?”

  1. I’ve been to America a few times but never Texas. In London, most people I know would always say everything is much bigger in America. I almost died when I saw the portion sizes when I visited restaurants and for 1/3 of the price. Supermarket shopping was a real eye-opener. Everything on the shelf was huge. We just don’t get that in England. No offence, but I could not believe the size of people over there either. I didn’t even know that clothes come that large and I must have looked like a dwarf. The cops were like giants with guns and they don’t mess about. I felt very uncomfortable to be surrounded by them one morning. In England you debate with cops, in America you comply. Simple. Getting past the airport security was a nightmare, but I held it down. Like I said, you don’t mess with cops in the States.

    And I can’t forget to mention the roads and large cars. I’ve never seen anything like it. We walk to the local shops and quite a few places but when I was in Atlanta, they had to drive for miles just to get something. We pop to the shops in 5 minutes, you pop to the shops in a 30 minute drive. I also noticed that in certain parts there was no pavements because everything is miles away. Now, don’t get me started on the RVs over there. It’s bigger than my home with the neighbours combined. I could do cartwheels in them. Everything is big at your end.

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  2. There are certain states-California, New York, Texas-which have a kind of mythology surrounding them. With Texas maybe it’s because of the Alamo, the oil rigs, the idea of cowboys sporting colt 45s and ten gallon hats, and the fact that for most of our history it was the largest state in the union.

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  4. SS in my opinion, I think it comes from the fact that you guys have so much land down there. I mean you can build a house and have acres of land. I remember as a kid, I was taking a social studies class and they showed a picture of a family in Texas and they had this REALLY huge meal on the table. I knew that day I needed to go to Texas just to experience the good eating. lol They say everyone surfs in California or everyone is an actor. I did fall into those stereotypes for a while but I actually liked them. However, there’s people in California who own large farms, the type you would see in Texas; as a matter of fact, most of the central valley is all farming and most the country’s agriculture but Cali is but everyone here is either a weed smoker, surfer, actor, musician, or Mexican. lol

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