“Texas: illegally acquired; universally admired” has appeared on a list of humorous “Texas slogans.” The slogan has been cited in print since at least 2005. “KingYaba” has made it a tagline in posts to MacRumors: Forums since July 2006.
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Top 10 Tourism Slogans for the Republic of Texas
10. “Texas is for wackos.”
9. “We won’t have to hold *you* against your will.”
8. “Where the deer and the antelope play…and the weird guy across the street is probably packin’ an automatic rifle.”
7. “Get off our land!”
6. “Don’t wait for the next comet! Beam up…to Texas.”
5. “Sunny beaches, rolling hills, armed stand-offs.”
4. “Lien on us.”
3. “Texas: illegally acquired; universally admired.”
2. “Indulge your delusions of grandeur.”
...and the number one new tourism slogan for the Republic of Texas:
1. “It really *is* a whole ‘nother country!”
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August 10 (2005—ed.)
lmao
Texas: illegally acquired; universally admired
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KingYaba
Jul 9, 2006, 11:31 PM
Texas: illegally acquired; universally admired.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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