"Never ask a man where he is from! If a man is from Texas,you
won’t have to ask, he’ll tell you! And if he isn’t from Texas, you
shouldn’t embarrass him by calling attention to it!" —-Chuck’s
Dad

A New Yorker traveling through west Texas stopped in the little town
of Rankin for lunch. As he stepped out on to the little Main Street,
the 40 mile per hour wind practically pulled the car door off! He
started towards the diner, leaning into the wind, with on hand on his
hat to keep it from being blown off.

As he approached the stores he saw an old-timer leaning against the
corner of the building, reading a newspaper. The New Yorker was
fascinated that he held the paper just right so the wind wouldn’t even
ruffle it as he read. He asked the man, "Sir, does the wind blow
like this all the time?"

The old timer looked up and faced into the wind, as if he suddenly
just noticed it, turned back, eyed the stranger from head to foot, and
said, "Noooope. Sometimes it comes from the other direction."