If someone is on the carpet, it means they want to jump the broom. They want all their kinfolk down to take pictures that will end up on the mantelboard. They want a full band, complete with a French harp. You can’t worrit them about that. After that, it’s time to move out of the rent house and into their own house, complete with a majestic gallery shaded by a post oak and enough room for the hound dog.
Communities where DARE conducted interviews:
- Abilene
- Alpine
- Amarillo
- Athens
- Austin
- Bay City
- Big Spring
- Brady
- Brookeland
- Brownsville
- Cisco
- Clarksville
- Clint
- Cotulla
- Crockett
- Crystal City
- Del Rio
- Dime Box
- El Paso
- Fort Worth
- Fredericksburg
- Galveston
- Goliad
- Houston
- Jasper
- Karnes City
- Kennard
- Kingsville
- Laredo
- Lubbock
- Marshall
- Mauriceville
- Mentone
- Mission
- Nacogdoches
- Orange
- Ozona
- Port Bolivar
- Refugio
- Rockport
- San Angelo
- San Augustine
- Sulphur Springs
- Timpson
- Turkey
- Uvalde
- Waco
- Wichita Falls
- Woodville
See also: Same thing, different words — synonyms by region of the country
