http://www.mndaily.com/1997/01/17/texas-town-says-goodbye-hello

This hurts me to the marrow.

it hurts me as well.

This is almost the dumbest thing i've heard all week..... and i work in an office...

How about that other word I invented, Dukelicious? No one's using it?! What a Duketastrophe.

they should change Texas to Texbutt

Hahahahaha

Everybody there should be exterminated.

Gonna do it now.

Heaven-O, y'all.

Only things in texas are steers and queers. This falls into the queer category.

what do they call their traffic helicopters?

I wonder if there are a lot women in town named Helen.

Come on now.. I was born and raised in Texas. state's not that bad, but it gets pretty fucking pathetic when you get outside of the cities.

wow. That brought serious lulz.

I thought I had no hope for humanity before...

........and I second sinistas' sentiment

I think sinistas meant the town, not the whole state

in before conservationist declares these texas religious nutjobs genetically superior and posts 85 links

Anyone notice this story is 12 years old?

from the comments:
Not all Christians...

This is clearly a publicity stunt for the town, and a poor one at that. It does come across as ignorant.

...but don't lump all Christians into this. There are plenty of Christians who understanding things like etymology and besides, this changing hello to heaven-o comes off as superstitious, which is inherently un-Christian according to the tenants of the faith (Christians who are superstitious, shouldn't be.)

Besides, heaven-o just sounds stupid.

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Thu, 06/11/2009 - 2:35am — Jim (not verified)
Not all Christians

(Christians who are superstitious, shouldn't be.)

My irony meter just exploded.

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haha, duped...

Just because it happened twelve years ago doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Sounds more like a Hispanic thing. At least, everyone instrumental to getting this happen has a Spanish last name.

I think if we have "freedom," that includes the freedom of others to do things we might think are a bit wacky.

Especially if they come from some extreme Roman Catholic background infused with the pagan spirits of the new world.

You're just a barrel of fun.