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Crazy Kooks in Texas County Wage War on 'Hello'

Posted by PZ Myers, Pharyngula at 12:29 PM on June 11, 2009.


Once again, Texas leads the way in absurdities.
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Once again, Texas leads the way in absurdities. One kook has decided he doesn't like to say hello, and has convinced the whole county to go along with him. Can you guess why?

In this friendly little ranching town, "hello" is wearing out its welcome. And Leonso Canales Jr. is happy as heck.

At his urging, the Kleberg County commissioners on Monday unanimously designated "heaven-o" as the county's official greeting. The reason: "hello" contains the word "hell."

For some reason, I now really want Michelle Obama to visit the Hellespont to collect seashells and read Percy Shelley, just so it can be reported in the Kleberg County newspapers.

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Tagged as: texas, crazy, hello, heaveno

PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris. He runs the science blog, Pharyngula.


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I bet he don't allow Halloween either
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Posted by: Sister_Lauren on Jun 11, 2009 3:36 PM   
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This is the kind of crap they dish up,

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weren't these douchebags seceding?
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Posted by: hurricane hugo on Jun 11, 2009 6:04 PM   
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we should at least let these morons gtfo!

#@!

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» RE: weren't these douchebags seceding? Posted by: tommy_slothrop
Leonsa Canales Jr., huh? I wonder what his birthname was...
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Posted by: pelican beak on Jun 11, 2009 7:31 PM   
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It must have bothered him to have several presidents (and governor) whose last name was slang for the female genital area. Did hearing it ever made him blush?

I wonder if Marin County ever had somebody seek to outlaw "No Right Turn" signs? I doubt it. This is screwball territory only the right wing seem to inhabit.

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What they didn't mention:
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Posted by: Longdream on Jun 11, 2009 7:44 PM   
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When you get to be six, you have to leave Kleberg County and go live somewhere else.

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Wow.
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Posted by: Xynyx on Jun 11, 2009 8:32 PM   
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Just... wow.

Is there more than one actual extended family in this county? I bet they're all related.

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» RE: Wow. Posted by: Longdream
» RE: Wow. Posted by: Dak
Wouldn't 'Hola' be more Appropriate?
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Posted by: Purple Girl on Jun 12, 2009 5:35 AM   
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Break off for the US and your only closest ally will be Mexico. Most of your resident, and esp your work force, are hispanic (legal or not) and with a mere two letter switch you got 'halo'- ain't that a Holy symbol!
don't tell me "Hi" was unacceptable because it gave the impression of drug use too?
Are they eating the mushrooms off the cow shit down there???

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Did ANY ONE of you read
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Posted by: AMERICAN VETERAN on Jun 12, 2009 6:33 AM   
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the date of this??

It's from 1997!!
How desperate is alterfake??!!

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» RE: Did ANY ONE of you read Posted by: Quannah
» RE: Did ANY ONE of you read Posted by: Bliss Doubt
Remind me again...
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Posted by: realist on Jun 12, 2009 7:11 AM   
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why we don't want Texas to secede?

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Why Don't They Say "Oh-hell"....
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Posted by: Razional Thinker on Jun 12, 2009 7:13 AM   
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Bush is from Texas?

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» RE: Why Don't They Say "Oh-hell".... Posted by: Razional Thinker
» RE: Bush is a Texan... Posted by: frank69
Christians are retards.
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Posted by: Bliss Doubt on Jun 12, 2009 7:33 AM   
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I'm not the one saying that. It's the first blog response to the actual article on the Univ. of Minnesota daily web news site.

I don't think it's limited to Texas, though as a Texan I'm fully aware of our unique social challenges.

However, this morning I listened to a discussion on NPR about using cap & trade to stem the use of the word "dude", allowing exemptions for people who can defend their need to use the word, like surfing instructors.

Wonder if the "heaven-o" group wants to change good-bi to good-hetero.

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» RE: Christians are retards. Posted by: Longdream
» RE: Xtians are retards. Posted by: pelican beak
» RE: Xtians are retards. Posted by: Longdream
» RE: Xtians are retards. Posted by: pelican beak
» RE: Xtians are retards. Posted by: Longdream
» RE: Xtians are retards. Posted by: pelican beak
Oh my!
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Posted by: Dak on Jun 12, 2009 10:45 AM   
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The more comments I read here, the funnier it gets. Yiyiyiyiyi!!!
Pastor Dak!

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"If I owned Texas and Hell
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Posted by: surfreality on Jun 12, 2009 3:13 PM   
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I'd live in Hell and rent out Texas".

Gen. Sherman

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"Heaven-o"? Jebus Crust!
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Posted by: jmmartin on Jun 13, 2009 7:00 AM   
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Please, I am wearying of hearing diatribes against my native state making it out to be ground zero for all the silly, preposterous, crackpot ideas ever born in our land. I live about 45 minutes from Kleberg County and I know it to be a mostly-sane, laid-back, quiet place (county seat: Kingsville), where most folks do not think like this halfwit. Such a law will never pass. On the other hand, we did give the nation the Rever-end (as in butthole) Hagee, who said Hurricane Katrina was "God's" vengeance on New Orleans for hosting a gay pride event. Hmmm...maybe I should move.

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» RE: "Heaven-o"? Jebus Crust! Posted by: Longdream
It makes you wonder...
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Posted by: mpwilliams on Jun 13, 2009 8:42 AM   
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... how they're dealing with the equally-disturbing shitake mushroom issue.

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» RE: It makes you wonder... Posted by: Longdream