Texans: Ranger or Riot

toddnjoyce · Jun 20, 2018

I grew up knowing one riot, one ranger. Some folks I know in south Texas grew up with it the other way around.

I know the history more decent than most and don’t want to derail into conduct none of us can change through arguing.

Just interested in what you grew up hearing and what area of Texas it was in.

I’ll settle for North/East/Central/South/West/Panhandle.

I grew up in central Texas.

Vaquero · Jun 20, 2018

I heard same as you.
Out west

TxStetson · Jun 20, 2018

I grew up in North Central and heard the same.

diesel1959 · Jun 20, 2018

One riot, one Ranger. That's the only way it makes sense. Seriously. I grew up in Iowa and that's how I learned it.

MTA · Jun 20, 2018

Same as you from sort of east Texas(Allen)

jrbfishn · Jun 20, 2018

Yup, Central Texas. Did not get here until I was 15 but that is always what I heard.

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Tremors · Jun 20, 2018

Growing up in California it was a little different. I would hear, "Hi-yo, Silver, away!"

robertc1024 · Jun 20, 2018

Same here. I grew up in Austin.

General Zod · Jun 20, 2018

The other way around implies that the Ranger starts the riot. "One riot, one Ranger" implies that the Ranger will end it.

vmax · Jun 20, 2018

I need to dust off my copy of the book One Ranger and read it again
Juaquin Jackson just died a couple years ago out in Alpine

diesel1959 · Jun 20, 2018

General Zod said:
The other way around implies that the Ranger starts the riot. "One riot, one Ranger" implies that the Ranger will end it.

Exactly. And no idiot would state, much less imply, that Rangers start riots.

avvidclif · Jun 20, 2018

Go to Dallas Love Field and look at the statue of the ranger. It shows, "One riot, One Ranger". Been there since the 60's that I know of.

Moonpie · Jun 21, 2018

Never heard of it.

Dad_Roman · Jun 21, 2018

http://tx.cpusa.org/rangers.htm

Heard it same, Houston way.

AustinN4 · Jun 21, 2018

diesel1959 said:
One riot, one Ranger. That's the only way it makes sense. Seriously. I grew up in Iowa and that's how I learned it.

Same for me up north.

toddnjoyce · Jun 21, 2018

Thanks all.

Turns out the people I know come from a family that was active with UFW back in the day. Apparently, they (the older generation) didn’t appreciate some of the LE response to their actions.

Oh well; explains a lot.

majormadmax · Jun 21, 2018

It's always been "one riot, one Ranger"...

The one I am still trying to figure out is "All cattle, no hat?!?" :clown:

Cheers! M2

Ole Cowboy · Jun 21, 2018

One Ranger, One Riot! S Tx San Antonio. Rangers to me were near GODS, they ranked up there with John Wayne, Davy Crockett and Roy Rogers. I grew up in the era that the only shows on TV were Westerns.

ZX9RCAM · Jun 21, 2018

One riot, one Ranger.

Kingsville

toddnjoyce · Jun 21, 2018

Ole Cowboy said:
One Ranger, One Riot! S Tx San Antonio.

So at least two people have heard it this way. Your context sounds positive. The people I know use it contextually as a negative.

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