The City of Dallas was named after a Philadelphian – George Mifflin Dallas, pictured below (yes, on the right), who was Mayor of Philadelphia, a US Senator from Pennsylvania, and, from 1845 to 1849, the Vice President of the US under President James Knox Polk.

Are Texans really smarter than Philadelphians? You be the judge.

As for those Stetson cowboy hats Texans are so fond of wearing – they were invented by John B. Stetson, whose Philadelphia-based Stetson Hat Company was once the largest hat company in the world.

So the next time some dopey galoot in a Cowboys jersey gives you that old “Don’t mess with Texas” line (which was probably written by a Philadelphia ad agency), just politely respond: “Don’t f--- with Philadelphia.”

 

         

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