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12. I just spat a mouthful of scotch on my monitor.

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Desperate Residents of Austin Completely Surrounded by Texas [View all] ghostsinthemachine Jun 2015 OP

Gotta love Borowitz! longship Jun 2015 #1

It's reported they have, gasp, Gay People there contributing to the economy and living normal lives. libdem4life Jun 2015 #2

Gay people living normal lives is an oxymoron... Wounded Bear Jun 2015 #7

Fortunately, I have two beloved nieces who are doing just that. One in Colorado and one in DC. libdem4life Jun 2015 #8

That's good to hear... Wounded Bear Jun 2015 #20

Absolutely. They had gigantic hurdles in our Right-Wing family. Seems like once they libdem4life Jun 2015 #24

Could we do something like the Berlin Airlift hifiguy Jun 2015 #3

South Florida feels your pain. Scurrilous Jun 2015 #4

Guess that's why the rest of Florida is letting you drown.. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #15

I'd probably consider moving there... moondust Jun 2015 #5

k and r niyad Jun 2015 #6

As a native Texan, we smile at the people in Austin and say "Aren't they cute at that age?"nt clarice Jun 2015 #9

Keep Austin Weird dumbcat Jun 2015 #21

I have a T shirt just like it. nt clarice Jun 2015 #25

The Peoples' Republic of Austin, I heard it was called. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2015 #10

or Moscow-on-the-Colorado. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #30

One of my favorite cities! zappaman Jun 2015 #11

Austin Free City hifiguy Jun 2015 #16

I just spat a mouthful of scotch on my monitor. Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #12

LOL. I think of Austin as the oasis in the middle of a desert. ananda Jun 2015 #13

The intellectual desert. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #14

Conservative Coloradans love to mock Boulder as the "people's republic of Boulder." mountain grammy Jun 2015 #17

Meh. Spent 5+ years there. Too hippy-dippy-crunchy-tofu-crap for me. X_Digger Jun 2015 #18

I don't know about Ft Worth, but your point about Austin is spot-on UTUSN Jun 2015 #22

Well said! Hangingon Jun 2015 #26

Thanks, one of my least erratic and most cogent posts ever!1 n/t UTUSN Jun 2015 #38

Maybe Obama should send in some troops to take over Texas rurallib Jun 2015 #19

I'm not desperate. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #23

Austin should secede from Texas. We could airdrop Austin supplies in exchange for Zorra Jun 2015 #27

Although I know this is the Borowitz Report, kentauros Jun 2015 #28

Most folks who left Austin for S.A. didn't come back. I like it, too. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #32

I haven't visited in years. kentauros Jun 2015 #34

S.A. has better water conservation policies than Austin, and a more consistently liberal Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #36

Try getting in or out without paying a toll to a Spanish company... Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #29

I don't use those toll roads. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #31

Haven't used 'em yet! Tis hell getting out to the hunting fields, but the old heads know the way. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #33

"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #35

Hancock is a gas. Ran into him some at the Continental Club Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #37

Saw Butch a couple of weeks ago. ghostsinthemachine Jun 2015 #40

Back before finding a "cool place" to live became hep and profitable... Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #39