Tex-dar
Overheard at a lunch buffet yesterday, in Vancouver:
Guy 1: I don't get how Sheldon [from the Big Bang Theory] is supposed to be Texan. He's like the most un-Texan guy ever.
Guy 2: What do you mean?
Guy 3: No. There's no way he is. You mean the character? Or the actor?
Guy 2: Both I think. He grew up in Austin1 or something.
Guy 1: Yeah, but you'd think that it would figure into the story somehow.
Guy 2: It does, sometimes. Like that episode where he went over to Raj's house for chili and asked Raj if it had beans in it, and when Raj said yes, he answered, "Then that's not chili. In Texas chili doesn't have beans in it."
Guy 3: Oh yeah, and later he's saying, "Mmmm, this is good, this . . . whatever it is." Okay, now I remember I guess.
Guy 1: [To Guy 3] but you see what I mean, right? I mean, if he was in the room here, you'd have no idea he was from Texas. But if an actual Texan was here, I would probably know it. That's what I'm saying.
Considering I was the only other person eating in the restaurant at the time, I was really debating whether I should go introduce myself, or just sit there and laugh at them internally.
1 I'm well aware myself that Jim Parsons is from Houston and not Austin, but considering that most British Columbians in general have very little understanding of the geography of various cities in Texas, I can forgive these guys.
Guy 1: I don't get how Sheldon [from the Big Bang Theory] is supposed to be Texan. He's like the most un-Texan guy ever.
Guy 2: What do you mean?
Guy 3: No. There's no way he is. You mean the character? Or the actor?
Guy 2: Both I think. He grew up in Austin1 or something.
Guy 1: Yeah, but you'd think that it would figure into the story somehow.
Guy 2: It does, sometimes. Like that episode where he went over to Raj's house for chili and asked Raj if it had beans in it, and when Raj said yes, he answered, "Then that's not chili. In Texas chili doesn't have beans in it."
Guy 3: Oh yeah, and later he's saying, "Mmmm, this is good, this . . . whatever it is." Okay, now I remember I guess.
Guy 1: [To Guy 3] but you see what I mean, right? I mean, if he was in the room here, you'd have no idea he was from Texas. But if an actual Texan was here, I would probably know it. That's what I'm saying.
Considering I was the only other person eating in the restaurant at the time, I was really debating whether I should go introduce myself, or just sit there and laugh at them internally.
1 I'm well aware myself that Jim Parsons is from Houston and not Austin, but considering that most British Columbians in general have very little understanding of the geography of various cities in Texas, I can forgive these guys.