Posted by Jacque - WA on March 06, 2001 at 21:53:16:
We only had 1 day of snow, bah humbug…
Got this as a joke from a student today and since you left the state blank…thought I’d post it…
*NEW STATE MOTTOES
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Alabama:
At Least We’re not Mississippi
Alaska:
11,623 Eskimos Can’t be Wrong!
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 Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru
(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 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 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 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:
Ya Wanna ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##!
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:
We Wish We Were In 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
(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, D.C.:
Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia:
One Big Happy Family – Really!
Wisconsin:
Eat Cheese or Die
Wyoming:
Wynot?