OK...yes, but WHY???

[Deevil]

I see Elvira has grown up. All that was missing was the "ok I love you buh bye"

From what I can recall Elvira is quite grown up looking Elmira on the other hand.....

[Geek King]

From what I can recall Elvira is quite grown up looking Elmira on the other hand.....

...and "I love you buh-bye" was Mindy.


Elvira

Elmyra

Mindy

I always felt bad for Buttons. He was a good dog.

[wolfie]

Living in Texas, I have to remind myself that other states are smaller,

Ah yes, Texas - the only state which managed to lose its status as the largest state in the U.S. to a state SMALLER than itself.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Living in Texas, I have to remind myself that other states are smaller, and some are really, really small, and thus it's reasonable to drive from one state to another regularly, possibly even multiple times a day.

The sun has riz
The sun has set
And here I iz
In Texas yet.

"But why?"

BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT IS!!!

This made me think of Johnny Vegas' breakdown on Q.I. when they discussed the Parthenon, vis-a-vis straight lines.

[Victory Sabre]

I've got some lottery tickets I bought for the hell of it when I was in Iowa a few months back. One was a winner. Now I just have to remember to take said winner the next time I go to Iowa for beer... I mean business.

[XCashier]

Ah yes, Texas - the only state which managed to lose its status as the largest state in the U.S. to a state SMALLER than itself.

I'm not sure what you mean. Alaska is 665,384.04 square miles; Texas is 268,596.46.

[dalesys]

I'm not sure what you mean. Alaska is 665,384.04 square miles; Texas is 268,596.46.

Popullution is smaller...

... as are the egos...

[Seanette]

I've got some lottery tickets I bought for the hell of it when I was in Iowa a few months back. One was a winner. Now I just have to remember to take said winner the next time I go to Iowa for beer... I mean business.

I think you may need to worry about an expiration date. I'd check on that.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Living in Texas, I have to remind myself that other states are smaller, and some are really, really small, and thus it's reasonable to drive from one state to another regularly, possibly even multiple times a day. Otherwise, sometimes I find myself scratching my head wondering how people do that.

This reminds me of the Texas farmer and the Maine farmer who were comparing their farms. The Texas farmer said it took him all day to drive his truck from one side of his farm to the other. The Maine farmer replied, "Yep, I had a truck like that once."

[wolfie]

I'm not sure what you mean. Alaska is 665,384.04 square miles; Texas is 268,596.46.

I never said anything about Alaska. Texas lost its title of largest state in the U.S. TWICE - the first time was to California (but they re-gained the title a few years later). Let's see who can figure it out.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I never said anything about Alaska. Texas lost its title of largest state in the U.S. TWICE - the first time was to California (but they re-gained the title a few years later). Let's see who can figure it out.

Something to do with the territorial size adjustments made by the Compromise of 1850?

Or perhaps they lost the largest status when they seceded from the Union, and regained it after the US Civil War?

[wolfie]

Or perhaps they lost the largest status when they seceded from the Union, and regained it after the US Civil War?

Bingo! Would any Texan, at any point in history, have bragged about Texas being the biggest country in Europe? Of course not - Texas is not a country in Europe.

When they seceded, they ceased to be a state in the U.S., and were therefore disqualified from being the (pick any superlative) state in the U.S. Of the states which didn't secede, California was the largest.

I wonder - do any restaurants in Alaska, in the children/seniors/"smaller appetites" section of their menu, describe the food as "a Texas-size serving of..."?