Texas Odd News

October 6, 2009 The really big whoppers? They’re probably not to be found at Burger King. Here are just a few examples of how convincing we can be when we’re only trying to convince ourselves: 1. I never tell lies....

November 9, 2009 Besides your name and the time span you’ve spent here - what words would you prefer to have on your tombstone? Or, instead, maybe the real question is this: How would you like to be remembered? Your...

"The Texas farmer was startled when the police cars came speeding on to his ranch. This young guy walked up to the farmer and told him, we think you are growing illegal drugs on your ranch. He told the farmer...

A man was rescued from a garbage truck, after the driver heard him screaming and pounding from inside. The man had been sleeping inside a dumpster when the garbage truck picked it up for disposal. After being tossed in with...

Writer and musician Kevin Coyne once advised that we should "Never test the depth of the water with both feet." Lois Judson made another very interesting observation concerning boundaries in a story entitled "I Am Not a Sex Goddess", which...

A Texas driver distracted by a low-flying pelican took an unexpected detour—into 3 feet of water. Andy House, 34, drove a Bugatti Veyron EB, worth about $1 million, into a saltwater lagoon near Galveston. "He was calm,” the driver of...

October 16, 2009 We’ve all been there . At a party, perhaps, or in social situations of virtually all kinds; the second question we're asked after the introductions is probably this one: "what do you do?" We may regard all...