G.R. Patterson III wrote:

It's a little known fact that George Washington was originally from Texas.
One day his father came home and found his favorite cherry tree lying on
the lawn. When he asked George how it happened, George said "I cannot tell
a lie; I did it with my little hatchet." George's father said "Well, if
you can't tell a lie, we're going to have to move, 'cause you won't get
anywhere in *Texas* politics."

Why? In Texas, it would have been called a "monster axe"?

- Andrew