'Big Tex,' 60-year-old icon of Texas state fair, goes up in flames

[koalabear]

Stunned attendees at the State Fair of Texas witnessed the iconic Big Tex go up in flames Friday morning.

Some fabric that made up the towering structure's hand and sleeves could still be seen as firefighters gathered around the scorched area.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...on-of-texas-state-fair-goes-up-in-flames?lite

 

[XdOu™]

wooow

 

[BlueEyesInLevis]

After that thrashing OU put on UT last Saturday he just spontaneously combusted.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

We can rebuild him. Stronger, faster, more powerful than before.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

We can rebuild him. Stronger, faster, more powerful than before.

cool little action figure.

 

[bra_man69]

He matches the area around fair park much better now that he is black.

 

[CandiCame]

I can hear Hank Hill crying...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Are you saying Tex came out of the closet?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I can hear Hank Hill crying...

OK, that's funny...

 

[Squibbs]

It's Texas.

Who gives a shit?

 

[phrodeau]

He matches the area around fair park much better now that he is black.

That's the two definitions of "flaming" right there.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

That's the two definitions of "flaming" right there.

loool

 

[sircumvent]

It's Texas.

Who gives a shit?

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