Comments on: “H-E-Double Hocky Sticks Oh” instead of “Hello”??????

By: Kammy

Kammy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:19:32 +0000

@ Shula: Slow night in Texas, hon? Got tired of all the niceties in real life and thought you’d let off some steam on the intartubz?

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:30:12 +0000

Wow, Shula. Way to represent. I’m now completely convinced that your adopted town and its citizens are rational, thoughtful people.

By: Shula

Shula — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:07:39 +0000

I’ve seen this blogged about in a few places recently as if it were *new*. It’s been noted the article is from 1997. From this blogs beginning to it’s end I’m not sure if the author is making fun of the topic of the article or the fact that the article leaves out many editorial formalities.

I’m not a native to Kleberg county or Kingsville but I do live here now – not since ’97 but several years. I know Mr. Canales, he’s one of the very first people I met here. He’s creative, productive, cheerful, all in all a very pleasant person to be around. The city adopted his greeting as their own much in the same way our federal government comes up with resolutions declaring some day to be such and such day… a little nicety, a little formality… and quickly forgotten. Some people in town do know the heaveno story but it’s not commonly said, by any means.

Some of you commenters ought to “saunter” on down… to any part of south Texas. You’re obviously metro nitwits. We tend to squash your types like annoying gnats.

By: Shula

Shula — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:04:24 +0000

Some of you commenters ought to “saunter” on down… to any part of south Texas. You’re obviously metro nitwits. We tend to squash your types like annoying gnats.

By: DebinOz

DebinOz — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:33:46 +0000

One of my brothers used to say ‘hoptercop’!!! So cute, and had no religious connotations..

By: Paul Murray

Paul Murray — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:48:16 +0000

The sheer superstitiousness of it! Black cats, walking under a ladder, and saying words that start with “hell” – the horror!

By: Nathan Myers

Nathan Myers — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:27:57 +0000

Speaking of etyomology and helicopters, it only recently struck me that “helicopter” splits neatly not into “heli-” and “-copter”, but “helico-” and “-pter”, i.e. “screw-wing”.

(“What are you two doing in there?” “Helico-pter”)

By: Barn Owl

Barn Owl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:07:59 +0000

As Steve pointed out, the original "source" is over 10 years old. I guess some people are still stuck in the 1990s. Like their ... hahaha, how ironic. Guess it's better than being stuck in the 1980s. Crikey, the music. The hair! Uff da, indeed. :-D

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:30:22 +0000

Or a football game announced by Dick Butt Kiss.

By: Science Avenger

Science Avenger — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:17:16 +0000

I guess that’s why so many here in Texas just say “howdy”. Personally I have the urge to saunter on down to Kleberg country, order me some cocktails and kumquats, then sit down for a good rerun of that old James Bond classic “Octopussy”, or a golf match featuring Dick Trickle and announced by Dick Shaft. Just sayin.