Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette: Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth

by Kinky Friedman

Book Overview

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit Kinky Friedman is back and at his outrageous best in this hilarious guide to the Lone Star State. With George W. Bush in the White House, Americans are taking a second look at the state made famous by the Alamo, the armadillo, Willie Nelson, and, well, Kinky Friedman. As the oldest living Jew in Texas who doesn't own any real estate, Kinky considers it his duty to educate Texans and non-Texans alike about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0066209889
• ISBN13: 9780066209883
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

pass the biscuits

Fun to a Texas Expat stuck in California to read and compare the arugala culture v the pass the biscuits culture. To find "big hair" in Ca. you have to live in Bakersfield. I enjoy Kinky in spite if his democrat politics.

Hilarious, especially for Texans

I disagree with the reviewer who stated that Texans would not find this book amusing. I am a Texan and I find This book to be absolutely fantastic, hilarious, and honest. Kinky is not disrespecting people from the lonestar state, just having a laugh. He is proud of Texas and this book shows that in addition to making fun of things we make fun of all the time! Texans, you need this book- you'll understand it perfectly. Non-Texans, you need it as well, I promise that you will laugh.

James Joyce was never as much fun...

James Joyce writes about Dublin like Friedman writes about Texas.I suspect the Dubliners could no more understand Kinky than could Texans understand James nor do I expect either would want to.This book is a collection of stuff that, though not too deep, is very enjoyable. How's this for some simple philosophy that can be applied to anywhere.. "It's no disgrace to come from Texas;it's just a disgrace to have to go back there." Or think about this... "Somewhere in the universe there is a planet inhabited principally by sentient armadillos who occasionally carve up dead humans and sell them as baskets by the roadside." Enjoy!

Hah!

This book is great! Also check out Everything Texans Need To Know About The Other 49 States (Brook & Julie Syers)...

So Funny My Sides Ached

This book kept me laughing until my sides ached. Friedman is one of this countries great humorists. This book is a perfect toilet read.