State Mottos - from Joke du Jour - Thanks Ladyhawke!

[tigira]

State Mottos

This is not meant to offend - my former home states are rather ridiculed here, too.


Alabama: Yes, we have electricity

Arizona: But It's a Dry Heat

Arkansas: Litterasy Ain't Everthing

California: As Seen on TV

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

Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less
Character

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: Haka Tike Mow Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death to Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)

Idaho: Potatoes and NeoNazi's ... What More Could You Ask For?

Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"

Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free

Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn

Kansas: Where Science Don't Mean Crap!

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: A Thinking Man's Delaware

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 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes

Mississippi: Come... Feel Better About Your Own State

Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work

Montana: Land of the Big Sky, the Unibomber, 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 f*****n Motto? I Got Yer f*******n
Motto Right Here!

New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets

New York: The Welfare State

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 Ing'les
(Yes, I speak English)

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, DC: Wanna Be Mayor?

West Virginia: One Big Happy Family...Really we are!

Wisconsin: Come Cut Our Cheese

Wyoming: Where men are men and sheep are scared!!!

Comments

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

I've lived in a bunch of those states, and not one motto is inaccurate.

[tigira.livejournal.com]

I'd have to agree. I've lived in 6 of them.

Missouri

[meadmaker.livejournal.com]

Missouri's motto of Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work is dated enough to be inaccurate. There was that trouble in 1993, and a bit more in 1995, but that's been a decade...

[sweetpeatn.livejournal.com]

i have had this in my email forever. but it still cracks me up.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Nope, can't object to a-one of 'em.
Those are good. :)

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

"Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free"

YEAH! Damn right! I'm so proud of my home state right now I could weep. *giggles madly*

[tigira.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, no tidal waves in Indiana. Frozen pipes? yes! Tornadoes? Yes! Refusal to bow to the US convention of Daylight Savings Time? You betcha!

Hmmm - now if only it didn't have Notre Dame...

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

My corner of the state does follow it, so there. But that probably means we're Communists. (Frozen pipes...ah, that takes me back.)

[notshakespeare.livejournal.com]

>Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal

Huh - my cousin who lived his entire life in PA was the one that taught me the phrase "Now you're cooking with gas".

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

What about Alaska? "We swear there's more than oil here.... ummm... look! A pack of dogs!"

Then again, you need provinces. "Quebec: We don't remember anymore but we're still bitter. Buy us another round."

-just askin', Dante