(Take note: I am in fact cool enough to use the word homies.)
I have heard many jokes cracked by Yankees about how Texans are fat. Since I'm not a confrontational person, my general response to these jokes is to think to myself, "Have you seen the rest of the country?"
Today, I was reading an article about obesity in America, and I came across this eye-opening sentence: "A number of impoverished states — including Montana, Texas and New Mexico — have relatively low levels of obesity." That's right. We have a "relatively low" level of fatness. We may be fat, but we're not that fat when you start looking around the rest of the country.
I've decided that most of the insults thrown at Texas (and believe me, insulting Texas is a favorite pass time of people outside of the Lone Star State) are due to the inferiority complexes of other states. These kicks below the belt really have nothing to do with Texas, and they have everything to do with those who like to throw the insults. So people, don't hate us because we are relatively skinny. It's all the jalapenos burning calories within us.
(As a side note, my Mom is contributing to making Texas skinnier. She has officially lost 25 pounds this year! Go Mom!)
3 comments:
Uhm, on the list of fattest states, Texas is number 15. Kentucky is in the top ten.
http://calorielab.com/news/2008/07/02/fattest-states-2008/
exactly. which means there are fourteen states of which we are skinnier. it's a victory.
Haha! Although, I think I did read somewhere that San Antonio is the fattest city in the U.S. Maybe that's where all the fat jokes come from. (But, hey, Britt's from SA, and she's super-skinny!)
My mom has lost 25 pounds this year, also. Go moms!
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