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"Unofficial State Mottos"
Alabama: Yes, we have electricity! Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos can't be wrong! Arizona: But it's a dry heat Arkansas: Literacy ain't everything 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 grandkids! Georgia: We put the "fun" in fundamentalist extremism Hawaii: Death to mainland scum, but 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 (for most tax brackets) Michigan: First line of defense from the Canadians Minnesota: 10,000 lakes...and 10,000,000,000,000 mosquitos Mississippi: Come and feel better about your own state Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief 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: Whores and poker New Hampshire: Go away and leave us alone New Jersey: You want a ##$%## motto? I got yer ##$%## motto right here! New Mexico: Lizards make excellent pets 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, only 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? We didn't actually surrender South Dakota: Closer than North Dakota Tennessee: The Educashun State Texas: Si, hablo Ingles Utah: Our Jesus is better than your Jesus Vermont: Yep Virginia: Who says government stiffs and slackjaw yokels don't mix Washington: Help! We're overrun by nerds and slackers! Washington, D.C.: Wanna be Mayor? West Virginia: One big happy family...Really! Wisconsin: Come cut the cheese Wyoming: Where men are men...and the sheep are scared! |
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