This one is somethin of a throwback because it happened during my nyc trip. So apologies in advance if some of the details are sketchy. It all happened on one of the last days of the trip, so sometime in December. The weather outside was blisteringly cold. My feet were freezing and they were slowly losing feeling. I was looking for a good place to stop and get a cup of joe and some lunch when I happened upon this nice jewish deli. Now, I love myself some corn beef reuben, its just the beez-neez to me. But all of this is neither here nor there. The heart of the story is that I sat down next to some people from Texas...
There were two couples. And these guys were the real deal as far as Texans go. The two guys both had cowboy hats on (they actually didn't but it's more fun to imagine they did... so just go along with it) and cowboy boots. Their conversation that I was overhearing revealed that none of them had ever really been out of Texas and this was a new experience for them being in "The Big City". However, there was one smug guy in the group that was something of a know-it-all and really thought he was slick. At the deli he kept talking about how great matza ball soup was, and saying they should all order some and try some. He really thought he was a master at all things new york, and jewish, and food etc. Then he started talking about the theater, I chuckled to myself as this began happening. He started talking about this play, then that play, and how they could go about getting good tickets for the nights' shows etc. He was making sure these other regular Texas people knew that he was the man and knew everything about having a great time in new york, how cultured he was and everything. Was dropping names of plays and the whole nine yards.
So thats the story about the Texans in New York and their smug friend who I sat next to in a resteraunt in midtown.
the people wanted to texas/ny city and BM delivers. bravo.
ReplyDeletealso got me thnking about something. Guys from texas --> arrogance --> west texas oil fields --> Texas "Oil"garchs --> Halliburton. do u think it ever crossed these guys minds that Bush Lied People Died?
What an insightful and deep story. I feel like I had a friend tell me a similar story about some Texans in New York, although his did not have the same amount of detail and intensity.
ReplyDeleteI hope you guys really understand the point. It was a tale of Texans in NYC and how one of them thought he knew more than the rest.
ReplyDeletedid u sample the matza ball soup? was it as he described?
ReplyDelete@ Bryan: Sorry that my story wasn't clear. I might go into further description show that the story is completely unambiguous. I did NOT order the soup - the soup conversation was between the Texas people, I was not involved.
ReplyDeletedid the texas people get the soup?
ReplyDelete@ FW: Yes, those were the ones who got the soup. Found it interesting that they got it. The one smug guy was really pushing that agenda and the other regular texas people really had to act impressed by the taste and quality of the matza ball soup.
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