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Offline midnight Target

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State Mottos (redux)
« on: November 21, 2002, 10:22:54 AM »
Got these in an E-mail, thought they were worth repeating:
BTW, I didn't change the Washington motto just to fit Rips persona. ;)


>"KNOW YOUR STATE MOTTO"
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>Alabama: Heck Yes, We Do Have Electricity!
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>Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
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>Arizona: But It's A Dry Heat
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>Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything
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>California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
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>Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
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>Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet
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>Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
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>Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
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>Georgia: We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
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>Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, but leave Your Money)
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>Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes ... Well Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Are Real Good
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>Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
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>Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
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>Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
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>Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
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>Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
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>Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
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>Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
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>Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
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>Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)
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>Michigan: First Line Of Defense - From The Canadians
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>Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
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>Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
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>Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
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>Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and Little Else
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>Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
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>Nevada: Hookers and Poker!
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>New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
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>New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
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>New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent pets
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>New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To an Attorney
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>North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
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>North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
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>Ohio: At Least We're Not Michigan
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>Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
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>Oregon: Spotted Owl... It's What's For Dinner
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>Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
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>Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY An Island
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>South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
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>South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
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>Tennessee: The Educashun State
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>Texas: Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English)
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>Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
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>Vermont: Yep
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>Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
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>Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
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>Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
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>West Virginia: One Big Happy Family... Really!
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>Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
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>Wyoming: Where Men Are Men ... and the sheep are scared!

Offline gofaster

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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2002, 10:35:44 AM »
To be more accurate, the motto for Florida should be "Ask Me What Other State I'm Originally From!"  :cool:

Offline H. Godwineson

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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2002, 10:58:28 AM »
Why don't we try to brainstorm alternative state slogans to those listed by Midnight:

Arkansas - Sho'nuff? That there litracy give us pollution and nuclar weppons.  Ya'll gots more than is good fer ya.


There, I broke the ground for anyone else that wants to add their own slogans.

Shuckins

Offline Bonden

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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2002, 11:22:12 AM »
Massachusetts - "Commonwealth my arse"

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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2002, 12:20:32 PM »
Texas: No, we're NOT all cowboys!