DeV
04-29-2004, 03:53 PM
It may have been done before, but Im bored so here goes.
State Mottos
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 Kennedys don't own it yet!
DELAWARE: We really do like the chemicals in our water!
FLORIDA: Home of the headless drivers!
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, not, but the potatoes sure are real good!
ILLINOIS: Please don't pronounce the "S"!
INDIANA: Two 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 mosquitoes!
MISSISSIPPI: Come and feel better about your own state!
MISSOURI: Your federal flood relief tax dollars hard 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: Home of Lake Erie and the "mistake-by-the-lake" (Cleveland)!
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 edjucashun state!
TEXAS: Si' hablo Ingles!
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!
State Mottos
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 Kennedys don't own it yet!
DELAWARE: We really do like the chemicals in our water!
FLORIDA: Home of the headless drivers!
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, not, but the potatoes sure are real good!
ILLINOIS: Please don't pronounce the "S"!
INDIANA: Two 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 mosquitoes!
MISSISSIPPI: Come and feel better about your own state!
MISSOURI: Your federal flood relief tax dollars hard 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: Home of Lake Erie and the "mistake-by-the-lake" (Cleveland)!
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 edjucashun state!
TEXAS: Si' hablo Ingles!
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!