RIP Big Tex: 1952-2012
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The Mikado
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« on: October 19, 2012, 11:01:23 AM »


This hits me surprisingly hard.  I grew up in Dallas seeing the big guy every year at the State Fair.  I thought he would always be there.
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2012, 12:56:13 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3VZ7qRnS1s
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2012, 01:00:20 PM »
That thing is actually real? I remember it from King of the Hill.
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2012, 04:11:31 PM »
I went to the TX State Fair last year and had a picture near that statue. Sad
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2012, 08:09:15 PM »
This actually gives me a sad.
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2012, 09:34:20 PM »
My friend lives in Plano and she told me about this. Sad Sad
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2012, 05:08:38 AM »
He was a surreal icon and no doubt the star of many children's nightmares. He will be missed but at least he went out in a suitably epic and disturbing way.
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2012, 05:18:58 AM »
fire is a FF...as the great Presidents of the United States of America once sang
Nothing like a bath of fire to get this deep down dirt outta me.
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