He's Wetting on My Leg, but It's Warm and It Feels Good: The Texas Thesaurus of Good Ol' Boy Expressions and Sayings

by Bob Bowman

Nearly three decades ago, Bob Bowman started listening carefully to the way Texans expressed themselves in their conversations. He soon found a linguistic potpourri of farm boy homilies, logger expressions, and ranch-hand proverbs. His attentiveness resulted in two books dealing with Texas expressions, "If I Tell You A Hen Dips Snuff" and "I Ain't Sure I Understand Everything I Know About This". Both immediately won widespread acclaim and are now distributed all over the nation. Since then, Bowman has heard from other Texans who were entralled by regional sayings and idioms. Readers often wrote him, "You've left out my grandpa's favorite saying." Audiences at his speeches often came forth with suggestions. Friends bomboarded him with new offerings. The result is Bowman's third book on Texas expressions, "He's Wetting on My Leg, But It's Warm and It Feels Good." Bob Bowman is one of Texas' most respected historians and folklorists. He has twice been honored as "East Texan of the Year" by civic groups. Bowman has deep roots in Texas. He is a descendant of Jesse B. Bowman, who died at the Alamo in 1836. He has served as chairman of the Texas Committee of the Humanities and the East Texas Historical Association and as a member of the Texas Sesquicentennial Commission and the Texas Capitol Centennial Commission. He lives in Lufkin where he owns Bob Bowman & Associates, the largest public relations and marketing company in East Texas.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998