State Mottos

Posted By: MichelleDawn

State Mottos - 07/20/06 12:21 PM

I thought these were funny ... especially New Jersey and Wisconsin.

KNOW YOUR STATE MOTTO

Alabama
[censored] Yes, We Have Electricity.

Alaska
11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!

Arizona
But It's A Dry Heat.

Arkansas
We may be next to Texas, but our mosquitoes are MUCH BIGGER.

California
By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda.

Colorado
If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother.

Connecticut
Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet.

Delaware
We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.

Florida
Ask Us About Our Grandchildren.

Georgia
We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism.

Hawaii
Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death To Mainland Scum,Leave Your Money)

Idaho
More Than Just Potatoes...
Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good

Illinois
Please, Don't Pronounce the "S"

Indiana
2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free

Iowa
We Do Amazing Things With Corn

Kansas
First Of The Rectangle States

Kentucky
Five Million People, Fifteen Last Names

Louisiana
We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism campaign.

Maine
We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster

Maryland
If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It

Massachusetts
Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's

Michigan
First Line Of Defense From Canada

Minnesota
10,000 Lakes...And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes

Mississippi
Come Visit And Feel Better About Your Own State

Missouri
Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work

Montana
Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and very Little Else.

Nebraska
Ask About Our State Motto Contest

Nevada
Hookers and Poker!

New Hampshire
Just Go Away And Leave Us Alone

New Jersey
You Want A F##$%##! Motto?
I Got Yer F##$%##! Motto Right here!

New Mexico
Yes, we ARE part of the United States

New York
You Have The Right To Remain Silent,
You Have The Right To An Attorney...

North Carolina
Tobacco IS A Vegetable

North Dakota
We Really Are One Of The 50 States!

Ohio
At Least We're Not Michigan

Oklahoma
Like The Play, But No Singing

Oregon
Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner

Pennsylvania
Cook With Coal

Rhode Island
We're Not REALLY An Island

South Carolina
Remember The Civil War?
Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet

South Dakota
Closer Than North Dakota

Tennessee
The Edoocashun State

Texas
Se Hablo Ingles

Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

Vermont
Ay, Yep

Virginia
Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?

Washington
We have LOTS more rain than you do

West Virginia
One Big Happy Family... Literally!

Wisconsin
Come Cut Some Cheese!

Wyoming
Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are REAL Scared
Posted By: Retired DQ

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 12:22 PM

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New Jersey
You Want A F##$%##! Motto?
I Got Yer F##$%##! Motto Right here!



Hey now, that's even rough for NJ!
Posted By: P*Q

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 12:40 PM

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Massachusetts
Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's
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We need to change this to...
Our taxes were lower than Swedens but then the Big Dig happened..... Don't even get me stared on this whole thing by the way....
Posted By: CelticsPride

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 12:52 PM

But at least Brigham's Big Dig Ice Cream is tasty!
Posted By: P*Q

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:02 PM

LOL CP!
Posted By: Sinatra Fan

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:03 PM

I think Louisiana can temporarily borrow Missouri's motto.

OK DQ, how's this for a NJ motto: "More Toxic Waste Sites Than Any Other State (and that's not even counting the statehouse in Trenton)?"
Posted By: TB 12

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:04 PM

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But at least Brigham's Big Dig Ice Cream is tasty!



I bought a carton of it the other day but it leaked out on the way home...
Posted By: P*Q

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:06 PM

Now that's funny sox, I don't care who you are!!!
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:08 PM

would you mass-holes ( just messing) explain the Brigham ice cream joke, please?
Posted By: TB 12

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:15 PM

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would you mass-holes ( just messing) explain the Brigham ice cream joke, please?



It is a particular flavor Brighams came up with-like when the sox won in 2004, they came out with Fenway Fudge, Reverse the Curse, etc.

I was referring to the fact that the Big Dig leaks like a sieve (sp?)
Posted By: TB 12

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:16 PM

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Now that's funny sox, I don't care who you are!!!


Posted By: Anonymous

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:17 PM

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would you mass-holes ( just messing) explain the Brigham ice cream joke, please?



It is a particular flavor Brighams came up with-like when the sox won in 2004, they came out with Fenway Fudge, Reverse the Curse, etc.

I was referring to the fact that the Big Dig leaks like a sieve (sp?)


ah. thanks!
Posted By: CelticsPride

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:34 PM

Thanks Sox, I needed a good laugh today!
Posted By: Bimmer

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 01:59 PM

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Arizona
But It's A Dry Heat.



Yea, but so is the inside of my oven!!!
Posted By: steven1950

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 02:14 PM

I love plastic!!
Posted By: Beige

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 02:31 PM

Florida - where all nations come together...to die
Posted By: MB Guy

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 02:33 PM

Florida: "We don't care how you did it up North"
Posted By: Beige

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 02:39 PM

Florida: So, where are you from originally???
Posted By: Smilzsomuch

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 02:40 PM

Odd thing (and it's true), when Clinton was president, Arkansas motto was: Land of Opportunity.
After his stint in the white house, it was changed to "The Natural State"

Wonder why that was?
Posted By: Bimmer

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 02:47 PM

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Odd thing (and it's true), when Clinton was president, Arkansas motto was: Land of Opportunity.
After his stint in the white house, it was changed to "The Natural State"

Wonder why that was?



I thought the state motto was "Thank God for Mississippi"
Posted By: MadisonCali

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 02:47 PM

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Minnesota
...And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes





This is so not true!

We have WAY more than that!
Posted By: Smilzsomuch

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 03:06 PM

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Odd thing (and it's true), when Clinton was president, Arkansas motto was: Land of Opportunity.
After his stint in the white house, it was changed to "The Natural State"

Wonder why that was?



I thought the state motto was "Thank God for Mississippi"




(I really like your signature on your posts!)
Posted By: Mrs. Rizzo

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 03:07 PM

Too Cute Sweetpeas!
Posted By: cheekEE

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 03:32 PM

I would kill for some winds sweeping down the plain today.
Posted By: P*Q

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 04:09 PM

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Florida: "We don't care how you did it up North"

That's funny MB.
Posted By: Smilzsomuch

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 04:12 PM

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I would kill for some winds sweeping down the plain today.



LOL... come to our part of Oklahoma and we'll get you fixed up!
Posted By: Peepers

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 04:50 PM

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Wisconsin
Come Cut Some Cheese!



This is so accurate, it’s scary.
Posted By: Carly Girl

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 05:38 PM

Texas: A whole other spanish speaking country
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 05:39 PM

Georgia: We don't claim Fonda.
Posted By: Nanwa

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 06:14 PM

Wisconsin - a drinking state with a football problem.

How about a cheddar brat and a beer, hey?
Posted By: Smilzsomuch

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 06:36 PM

Have to say, those last three were great.

California: The granola state (where all the fruits, flakes and nuts are).
Posted By: Awesome Bill's #1 Fan

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 06:51 PM

Michigan, first line of defense from Canada..
Not for long, thanks to our wonderful governor, for years they've been sending their garbage over, pretty soon we'll just be another garbage dump...surrounded by lakes...
Posted By: tahdah

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 08:10 PM

Michigan-Last one leaving, turn out the lights.

United Van Lines reports that more people are moving out of Michigan than any other state. While the rest of the country is recovering (so I hear) we are just dying here.
Posted By: MichelleDawn

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 08:14 PM

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Michigan-Last one leaving, turn out the lights.

United Van Lines reports that more people are moving out of Michigan than any other state. While the rest of the country is recovering (so I hear) we are just dying here.



Well, who wants to live in a state with a rodent (Wolverine) for a school mascot. Everyone knows a Buckeye is the better choice.
Posted By: Beige

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 08:44 PM

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Michigan-Last one leaving, turn out the lights.

United Van Lines reports that more people are moving out of Michigan than any other state. While the rest of the country is recovering (so I hear) we are just dying here.



Well, who wants to live in a state with a rodent (Wolverine) for a school mascot. Everyone knows a Buckeye is the better choice.



But the Wolverine will eat your Buckeye and then...
You silly Ohio people, you have to think things all the way through before you try to dish Michigan
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 08:48 PM

South Carolina: It's hot, we smell funny, and we're morons because we like the Tigers.
Posted By: MadisonCali

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 08:59 PM

Minnesota: 98 Degrees Today, 30 Below Tomorrow...
Posted By: Carly Girl

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 09:25 PM

Texas: Where the definition of Tex-Mex is a mexican who crossed the Texas border illegally
Posted By: Raymond

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 09:28 PM

Missouri: Our sports teams are great only on leap years... well, some leap years.

Welcome to Missouri! Your car will need an alignment in 3, 2, 1..
Posted By: MichelleDawn

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 09:48 PM

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Michigan-Last one leaving, turn out the lights.

United Van Lines reports that more people are moving out of Michigan than any other state. While the rest of the country is recovering (so I hear) we are just dying here.



Well, who wants to live in a state with a rodent (Wolverine) for a school mascot. Everyone knows a Buckeye is the better choice.



But the Wolverine will eat your Buckeye and then...
You silly Ohio people, you have to think things all the way through before you try to dish Michigan



Ah, grasshopper, it's you that didn't think it through. The Buckeye is poisonous. It kills the rodent.
Posted By: CRAatBOK

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 09:56 PM

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Missouri: Our sports teams are great only on leap years... well, some leap years.

Welcome to Missouri! Your car will need an alignment in 3, 2, 1..



Raymond you really hit this one on the head.

We could also be the land of construction barrels. Around KC they are closing so many roads for construction that the saying "you can't get there from here" is actually true.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: State Mottos - 07/20/06 11:50 PM

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Well, who wants to live in a state with a rodent (Wolverine) for a school mascot.



Wolverines aren't rodents. The only rodent that's a state mascot is the gopher in Minnesota. They actually pay a bounty to kill gophers in many places in Minnesota, Tough crowd.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:02 AM

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Texas: Where the definition of Tex-Mex is a mexican who crossed the Texas border illegally



Careful! The Texas motto above was on the verge of offending some here.
Posted By: MichelleDawn

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:07 AM

Please don't make my thread political by making comments some of us view offensive. Thank you in advance for respecting that request.
Posted By: tahdah

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 03:11 AM

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Please don't make my thread political by making comments some of us view offensive. Thank you in advance for respecting that request.


Hey SP, I enjoy a little sparring, but I do have to say that Ann Arbor is much more cooler than Columbus, IMHO.
Posted By: Beige

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:11 PM

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Michigan-Last one leaving, turn out the lights.

United Van Lines reports that more people are moving out of Michigan than any other state. While the rest of the country is recovering (so I hear) we are just dying here.



Well, who wants to live in a state with a rodent (Wolverine) for a school mascot. Everyone knows a Buckeye is the better choice.



But the Wolverine will eat your Buckeye and then...
You silly Ohio people, you have to think things all the way through before you try to dish Michigan



Ah, grasshopper, it's you that didn't think it through. The Buckeye is poisonous. It kills the rodent.



Drat - foiled again.
But then.....the Spartan comes and reigns terror all through the Buckeye State claiming the territory for it's own and making all of the Ohioians (Ohioites?) ball kids at every major sporting event. The older ladies are sent to be maids for the Michigan Militia
Posted By: MichelleDawn

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:21 PM

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Michigan-Last one leaving, turn out the lights.

United Van Lines reports that more people are moving out of Michigan than any other state. While the rest of the country is recovering (so I hear) we are just dying here.



Well, who wants to live in a state with a rodent (Wolverine) for a school mascot. Everyone knows a Buckeye is the better choice.



But the Wolverine will eat your Buckeye and then...
You silly Ohio people, you have to think things all the way through before you try to dish Michigan



Ah, grasshopper, it's you that didn't think it through. The Buckeye is poisonous. It kills the rodent.



Drat - foiled again.
But then.....the Spartan comes and reigns terror all through the Buckeye State claiming the territory for it's own and making all of the Ohioians (Ohioites?) ball kids at every major sporting event. The older ladies are sent to be maids for the Michigan Militia



Drat - foiled again.
Posted By: Nanwa

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:34 PM

What's a Buckeye?

As for the last one out of Michigan, turn out the lights, we make a joke of that each year in December after Christmas as we head down to Florida. Every RV on the road has Michigan license plates!
Posted By: MichelleDawn

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:43 PM

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What's a Buckeye?

As for the last one out of Michigan, turn out the lights, we make a joke of that each year in December after Christmas as we head down to Florida. Every RV on the road has Michigan license plates!



A Buckeye is a poisonous tree nut.
Posted By: Skittles

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:44 PM

It's dark brown with a small lighter brown circle at one end. There's also a treat called a buckeye - a peanut butter ball dipped almost completely in chocolate - leaving a ligher brown circle at one end.
Posted By: Beige

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 12:47 PM

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What's a Buckeye?

As for the last one out of Michigan, turn out the lights, we make a joke of that each year in December after Christmas as we head down to Florida. Every RV on the road has Michigan license plates!



A Buckeye is a poisonous tree nut.



It seems funnier when it's actually in print! Can you just imagine that team mascot meeting? "OK...we could be the Bears, or the Tigers, or Thunder" and then from the corner of the room, Cletus (who up until this evening had not actually been in public - EVER) shouts out, "Oooooo, a nut, we should made the mascot a nut!!!"

And the people all agreed.........
Posted By: MichelleDawn

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 01:05 PM

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What's a Buckeye?

As for the last one out of Michigan, turn out the lights, we make a joke of that each year in December after Christmas as we head down to Florida. Every RV on the road has Michigan license plates!



A Buckeye is a poisonous tree nut.



It seems funnier when it's actually in print! Can you just imagine that team mascot meeting? "OK...we could be the Bears, or the Tigers, or Thunder" and then from the corner of the room, Cletus (who up until this evening had not actually been in public - EVER) shouts out, "Oooooo, a nut, we should made the mascot a nut!!!"

And the people all agreed.........



It always cracks me up, too. My mother works for Ohio State and my sister is an alum and they are real touchy about the whole "killer nut" thing. My college mascot was a Polar Bear, much better in my opinion.
Posted By: Nanwa

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 02:42 PM

Yeah, you wonder who picks the names for some teams. MOML's high school team were the Midgets. Midgets??? The shortest guy I met from that town was 6'2"! And a neighboring town was known as the "Speed Boys". Well, yeah, when they picked it, they had a race track in town, but in this day and age, "speed boys" takes on a whole new meaning.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 03:48 PM

Okay, so this really has nothing to do with the topic, but I keep seeing people say "MOML" and I have no clue what it means... anyone care to share?

-=ThePaul=-
Posted By: MichelleDawn

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 03:48 PM

Man of my life
Posted By: Nanwa

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 04:22 PM

It's nicer than saying "He Who Must Be Obeyed". Remember that line from Rumpole of the Bailey?
Posted By: tahdah

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 04:39 PM

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What's a Buckeye?

As for the last one out of Michigan, turn out the lights, we make a joke of that each year in December after Christmas as we head down to Florida. Every RV on the road has Michigan license plates!


I actually stole it from that. Since so many leave Michigan for the winter we always said "last one out..." but I thought it was appropriate for whats happening now, all the houses for sale and people leaving because we don't have any jobs.
Posted By: Nanwa

Re: State Mottos - 07/21/06 06:13 PM

Tahdah, it's everywhere! I don't understand it. My area in Wisconsin is not losing jobs, yet everywhere you look, there are for sale signs. It is expected in Florida; those places are always turning over. You know, Gram and Gramps move south , buy a house, Gramps dies, Gram moves back up by the kids.
Posted By: Carly Girl

Re: State Mottos - 07/27/06 10:01 PM

Texas: where you can saddle up the mosquitos and ride them
Posted By: P*Q

Re: State Mottos - 07/28/06 12:29 PM

Massachusetts: Check out our new tunnel system to alleviate traffic to the airport, and it only cost a life and $15 billion dollars!