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Jimbuna
10-20-12, 10:27 AM
Anyone seen Neal around lately? :hmm2:


Big Tex, a 52ft (16m) tall cowboy who watched over the Texas State Fair for 60 years, has been destroyed by a fire.
The flames quickly engulfed Big Tex's structure, leaving behind little more than a charred metal frame.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20012494
Oberon
10-20-12, 10:56 AM
Aww man, not Big Tex! And on his sixtieth birthday too. :nope:
Task Force
10-20-12, 11:02 AM
And this is why we need to fill Statues with explosives (or at least fireworks), He could have went out with a "bang":D
August
10-20-12, 11:15 AM
If I know Texans Big Tex will be back next year bigger and better.
Oberon
10-20-12, 12:05 PM
If I know Texans Big Tex will be back next year bigger and better.

You can't keep a good Texan down :yep: :up:
geetrue
10-20-12, 12:06 PM
This is great news ... I'm from Fort Worth and most of ya'll don't know, but Fort Worth and Dallas has always had this thing about who is bigger and better.

Now they have to start all over again, poor poor Big D what will the fair do with out "Big Tex" :woot:
August
10-20-12, 12:12 PM
This is great news ... I'm from Fort Worth and most of ya'll don't know, but Fort Worth and Dallas has always had this thing about who is bigger and better.

Now they have to start all over again, poor poor Big D what will the fair do with out "Big Tex" :woot:


I wouldn't put it past Dallas to rebuild him so big that he can pee on Fort Worth from where he's standing... :yep:

Wow this must be how Europeans feel when discussing American politics! :D
Betonov
10-20-12, 12:36 PM
I here they make it like one of their steakes. You should see the statue of liberty from the wiewing platform in his hat


Wow this must be how Europeans feel when discussing American politics! :D

We're mostly: it's the economy stupids :/\\!!
Jimbuna
10-20-12, 12:53 PM
I wouldn't put it past Dallas to rebuild him so big that he can pee on Fort Worth from where he's standing... :yep:

Wow this must be how Europeans feel when discussing American politics! :D

LOL :)

In reality though I'd be interested to see what happens next regarding Big Tex.
mookiemookie
10-20-12, 02:03 PM
Obama did it. :rotfl2:

That statue was always pretty creepy looking. Hopefully the replacement is less spooky.
Buddahaid
10-20-12, 02:28 PM
It will be rebuilt better than ever with ultra hi-tech spying apparatus able to spot illegal immigrants crossing the border, likeness of Bush, and internet hot-spot. :O:

Looks like the drought is getting serious.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63607000/jpg/_63607480_63607473.jpg
Oberon
10-20-12, 02:32 PM
Actually, what we've witnessed is a secret false flag op by Texan special forces. This will be used as a cassus belli to declare war on Washington and secede.
geetrue
10-20-12, 03:05 PM
I wouldn't put it past Dallas to rebuild him so big that he can pee on Fort Worth from where he's standing... :yep:




If Big Tex could pee he could've put the fire out all by himself :har:
kraznyi_oktjabr
10-20-12, 03:06 PM
Actually, what we've witnessed is a secret false flag op by Texan special forces. This will be used as a cassus belli to declare war on Washington and secede.From what I have heard I would say that feds in D.C. will be jumping in joy if that is true. :O:
kraznyi_oktjabr
10-20-12, 03:07 PM
If Big Tex could pee he could've put the fire out all by himself :har::har: ...and flood Dallas while doing it!
Onkel Neal
10-20-12, 06:23 PM
Actually, what we've witnessed is a secret false flag op by Texan special forces. This will be used as a cassus belli to declare war on Washington and secede.

Ha, our plan was to get Rick Perry elected President and have the US kick us out, but Perry flubbed it.



That statue was always pretty creepy looking. Hopefully the replacement is less spooky.

yeah, I always thought so too.

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-VA570_1019bi_G_20121019134559.jpg