Do You Know Your State Motto? ;)

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A friend of mine e-mailed me this. I thought it was funny, and decided to share it with everyone...


Alabama: Hell 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: 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 The Canadians

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

Mississippi: Come 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: 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, 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 Edyoocashun 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 more rain than you do

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

Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese!

Wyoming: Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared
 
Berlin has some financial problems, so our Mayor created the slogan "Broke, but sexy" and it's no joke :sad:

But this list is great. :D We don't usually have mottos here.
 
Maryland: If you can do something now, it would be better to do it later, and best if you never do it at all.

That's why pretty much everyone in my town (except for my family) is straddling the poverty line. :huh:
 
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone

:lmao: I'm from NH..soooo true!!!


Vermont: Ay, Yep

I now live in VT....we don't say Ay..thats Maine:madwife: but the Yep is right:lmao:
 
U2MaNaIcWeIdO said:


I think it because the state might not have one of them :shrug:

I'm just saying, I'm FROM Indiana, and I dont' really understand...obviously we've never had a tidal wave...we're situated on a lake...I am too tired for jokes I think, taking things way to literally, just ignore me.
 
bono_212 said:


I'm just saying, I'm FROM Indiana, and I dont' really understand...obviously we've never had a tidal wave...we're situated on a lake...I am too tired for jokes I think, taking things way to literally, just ignore me.

Don't worry about it....I'm next to you in terms of the lake.

And I also take most jokes VERY literally...so don't worry about that either :hug:
 
bono_212 said:


Are you serious :lmao:



Yeah, I've just been in a bad mood like I said, but now it's funny because it is apparently true :lol:

yup:wink:

as an Archaeology major in college I can say...yes, you did have an ocean running thru your state at one time! And it's not illinois but I found fossilzed seashells in Kentucky a couple years back:nerd:
 
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