Word from Dallas today that “Big Tex†– the iconic, 52-foot cowboy that greets visitors to the State Fair of Texas – caught fire and burned this morning.It’s a bizarre end to the State Fair, which closes this Sunday. Big Tex celebrated his 60th birthday this year.Details on the blaze are still sparse at this time.WFAA quotes Mitchell Glieber, the vice president of marketing for the State Fair, as saying it appears to have been an electrical fire. "There's obviously some electronics inside of Big Tex that leads to the ability for his mouth to move when he speaks," Glieber said. "I believe there was an electrical short, but that hasn't been confirmed or investigated."Update: YouTube member TexasStormChasers was rolling tape on fire dispatch radio when the Big Tex call came in. "There's a tall cowboy with all his clothes burnt off," says one responder. "Howdy folks – it’s hot,†says another.
looks like someone crossed the streams.
So, apart from some morbidly obese, funnel-cake snarfing, Texans....who gives a fuck?
Big Tex was a Texas icon. I never expected a cynical attorney type to care about this unless there was some sort of frivolous legal claim that could be made as a result. Carry on...
Big Tex was a Texas icon.
I repeat:Fuck Texas and their "icons."
If you ask me I think it looks better.
Pffttt.
How's my sandwich coming?
Be patient.
weskie is just lashing out - he has found himself agreeing with me too often lately, and he is just trying to reasert control over his little world...
Was that a short joke?
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