Texas' new Official State Upside-the-Head Whacker:

The cast iron skillet!
Because I think our "representatives" have too damned much free time on their hands, if they can vote on things like "official" state symbols like the state pastry (sopapilla and strudel) and dog breed (the Blue Lacy?!?)(why not Mixed, 'cause that's what I see everywhere!). Oh, wait, they've already chosen the Dutch oven as the official state cooking implement. Nuts to all of them! (BTW, the pecan is the state health nut, along with the pecan tree as the state tree.)

UPDATE: The Lone Star Times has a more thorough critique of the Legislature's activities.