'Big Tex' destroyed by fire

Jimbuna · 10-20-12, 10:27 AM

Anyone seen Neal around lately?

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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.

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"

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

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Originally Posted by August

If I know Texans Big Tex will be back next year bigger and better.

You can't keep a good Texan down

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"

August · 10-20-12, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by geetrue

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"

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

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

10-20-12, 11:02 AM	#3
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	And this is why we need to fill Statues with explosives (or at least fireworks), He could have went out with a "bang" __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-20-12, 11:15 AM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If I know Texans Big Tex will be back next year bigger and better. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-20-12, 12:06 PM	#6
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	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" __________________

10-20-12, 10:56 AM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Aww man, not Big Tex! And on his sixtieth birthday too.