OH. MY. GOD.
Big Tex burned down today! NOOOOOOOOO! He was 60 this year. All that's left of him is the wire armature and his hands!
The pictures of him burning are just freaking disturbing. Like Burning Man but somehow worse. I feel like a friend caught fire today.
For those of y'all that don't know, Big Tex is a giant fabric, paper-mache and metal cowboy that stands at the entrance to the State Fair grounds in Dallas. He's 52 feet tall, and wears a 75-gallon Stetson, and his jeans are the largest pair of Lee's ever made (of actual denim, and his shirt is actual cotton, too which is why he burned so effectively). His hand waves and he greets all fair-goers with, "Howdy, folks!" and several other phrases and announcements because there's actually a dude in a trailer nearby doing the voice live. If you've seen the musical State Fair, you know who I'm talking about.
The State Fair people swear that they'll fix him before next year. Because the Texas State Fair without Big Tex is just plain WRONG. I mean, if you're at the fair, you end up saying "I'll meet you under Big Tex" at some point during the day.
The pictures of him burning are just freaking disturbing. Like Burning Man but somehow worse. I feel like a friend caught fire today.
For those of y'all that don't know, Big Tex is a giant fabric, paper-mache and metal cowboy that stands at the entrance to the State Fair grounds in Dallas. He's 52 feet tall, and wears a 75-gallon Stetson, and his jeans are the largest pair of Lee's ever made (of actual denim, and his shirt is actual cotton, too which is why he burned so effectively). His hand waves and he greets all fair-goers with, "Howdy, folks!" and several other phrases and announcements because there's actually a dude in a trailer nearby doing the voice live. If you've seen the musical State Fair, you know who I'm talking about.
The State Fair people swear that they'll fix him before next year. Because the Texas State Fair without Big Tex is just plain WRONG. I mean, if you're at the fair, you end up saying "I'll meet you under Big Tex" at some point during the day.