What do you "assign" to the Shire?

[Groin Redbeard]

Beautiful picture, Oddwen, what a perfect combination of colors.

I will also assign not being in Texas, they have this ego thing, thinking they are the greatest thing ever, well Alaska totally is better! We're bigger, we're better! Plus, it doesn't get too bloody freakin' hot here!

Hold one there. I have no argument with our country brothers in Alaska, but saying that Alaska is better than Texas is going way too far! Texas: sunshine all year round; Alaska: thirty days of darkness! Texas: Cowboys, guns, and rodeos; Alaska: Eskimo's and ice fishing! Texas: pleasant warm weather all year round; Alaska: cold weather all year round and flies in the Summer!

As for that ego thing I don't know what your talking about. Texas can survive without America, but America can't survive without Texas! Nope we don't have an ego problem!