Texas State Pastime: Making Up New State Symbols

Texas mayors want CFL to be state light bulb

Posted at 2:50 PM on 04 Dec 2007

The state bird of Texas is the mockingbird. The state song is "Texas, Our Texas." The Texas state footwear is the cowboy boot, its tie the bolo tie, and its pepper the jalapeño. Now, five Texas mayors have called for the Lone Star State to have an official state light bulb: the compact fluorescent. Which, while laudable, sheds no light on why Texas is the only state with an official state cooking implement: the Dutch oven.

sources: Reuters, San Antonio Business Journal, Associated Press
straight to Wikipedia: List of Texas state symbols

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