‘Merica’s addiction to fake

[Mister Agenda]

LOL I moved to Texas 16 years ago.  I still haven't seen that many Stetsons but what I did notice at first was lots of big hair and cleavage.  Sort of a letdown.  I am sure there are more Stetsons away from the city and out in the ranchland but here around the city it's big hair, big boobs, big jewelry, and heavy makeup.  

**I do see a lot of cowboy boots on men, women, and children.  Apparently, cowboy boots are appropriate with any style of clothing, from Wranglers to dresses to sweat pants.

Whenever I see people wearing Stetson or cowboy boots, I have to fight the urge to ask them, ‘So…how many cattle DO you have?’

Boru

When I was stationed in San Angelo TX back in 79, I had a habit of wearing cowboy boots and an old stetson off duty. One day an older sergeant, also off duty, started in on me about people not from Texas wearing cowboy boots and hats. I was pedantic even then, and pointed out that Stetsons were first manufactured in Philadelphia and the boots started in Spain. My smart assedness wasn't well-received and he demanded to know where I got my boots and hat. I told him from Florida. The hat was a gift from my uncle and I won the boots at a rodeo. Then I had to argue with him that yes, they do have rodeos in Florida.

I didn't tell him I didn't have to do any fancy riding to win the boots, all I had to do was ride my uncle's horses around the arena to display them and look young and charming while I was doing it. I think I won because of an especially handsome palomino of my uncle's, not really for anything I did better than other kids doing the same thing. I also helped collect stray livestock after events, but there wasn't any prize (or pay) for a teenager to do that, at least not from MY uncle. It meant a lot to me that he gave me the hat, though.