Texas Religion

Here in Texas, people take religion seriously along with their high school football. To disrespect either is to be a sinner and possibly a communist sympathizer. Baptists have a strong influence. Coaches have a strong influence in little towns and if the coach is a Baptist preacher or church deacon then by golly your little man son is gonna get on his knees and praise Jesus. Like I said, we take religion and football seriously here in Texas. At one time, it was almost a hanging offense to disrespect a Texas football team. Now there are too many out of state folks moving in so the folks here just look at you funny when the team is disrespected.

Now,back to religion.The first time I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a car that read "when the rapture comes, take my wheel" I thought that the driver was awful self confident and certainly had never hit his or her hand with a hammer or bumped their head accidently. But later on, as I got older, I realized that there was a reason for this. You see, Texas is a large state. You have a hundred miles between towns more or less. That means lots of accidents in the state. I have a theory on that bumper sticker. Lets say Gertrude has just taken her elderly aunt Ethel to the doctor and they have a fender bender. Gertrude is upset that her husband will accuse her of not being a good driver. She suddenly explains to her husband."Oh god Daddy! I wuz drivin' the car and me and aunt Ethel saw this bright light. We thought it wuz the rapture and us bein' christian women, I gave the wheel to Ethel and she says "Oh,lord, I can't take the wheel cause I'm goin' with you." So you see, religous people have to use a lot of excuses and what a better way than put a bumper sticker on your car to cover up.