# Florida's new Motto **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563 "2013-02-07T05:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/21 "2013-02-07T13:05:16Z")
Florida: Not All Our Neckties are Colombian. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/22 "2013-02-07T13:22:33Z")
The necktie isn’t gender-inclusive but it does make you think of business. If they’d been promoting tourism they could have used a palm tree for the letter “I.” Everybody will benefit if the marketing works but I wish they could have included a flip-flop somewhere…maybe sideways for the letter “F.” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/23 "2013-02-07T13:32:26Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > The necktie isn’t gender-inclusive but it does make you think of business. What does a bright orange tie make you think of? President of a clown college? Also, I can see Rush Limbaugh is glancing at the OP nervously, worried abut his Arbitron numbers. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/24 "2013-02-07T13:37:47Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > The necktie isn’t gender-inclusive but it does make you think of business. Or autoerotic asphyxiation, which can be enjoyed in any of Florida’s numerous luxury hotels or budget motor lodges. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/25 "2013-02-07T13:51:59Z")
Orange=Florida oranges. Wouldn’t autoerotic asphyxiation be better enjoyed with black leather? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/26 "2013-02-07T13:56:57Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Orange=Florida oranges. > > Wouldn’t autoerotic asphyxiation be better enjoyed with black leather? Not if your thing is getting choked by clowns. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/27 "2013-02-07T13:59:58Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Florida: America’s Necktie Actually, looking at a map I see Florida more as America’s [something else that is not very gender-inclusive]… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/28 "2013-02-07T14:20:23Z")
Eh, some dipwad from Morrilton Arkansas, who misspells Einstein’s name in his sig, happens to be a racist. Why am I not surprised? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/29 "2013-02-07T14:20:49Z")
They could change the state’s name to FLOORIDA, and that would lend an opportunity to add a more feminine touch as well. Everyone’s happy! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/30 "2013-02-07T14:26:35Z")
I don’t care about this organization or its logo, but I wanted to make two completely unnecessary contributions. First, I kind of like wearing ties, and I miss ties in the workplace (I am a nearly 40 year old dude). And, second, a woman wearing a slightly askance necktie (with or without a shirt) is one of my peculiar fetishes. So, to this … what was the group again? … doing its part to bring back the necktie, I say: Huzzah! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/31 "2013-02-07T14:33:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Eh, some dipwad from Morrilton Arkansas, who misspells Einstein’s name in his sig, happens to be a racist. Why am I not surprised? Averages about 2 posts per month. I can’t wait to see what else February has in store for us! More insight into president Obongo’s 2nd term? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/32 "2013-02-07T14:39:18Z")
Somehow I think this whole pitting is either a desperate cry for attention, or else it’s a suicide-by-poorly-written-thread attempt. Not worth getting jacked up over. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/33 "2013-02-07T14:47:06Z")
> [@kp\_72110](#): > > So Florida is trying to get new businesses to move there. Wonderful! And now certain females are offended by not the motto itself but the depiction of a necktie saying it’s “sexist”. > > Fucking hosebag cunts. Over sensitive much? I guess if your hero Obongo had used a similar metaphor their huge vagina’s would be dripping with lust and they’d be on their saggy knees sucking his cock. > > Flame away. I probably deserve it. Not that I give a flying hairy rat’s ass fuck what you think of me. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/florida-business-logo-sexist-152636699--finance.html) Looking at your posting history, I see you claim to have done some time in the late eighties. I’m curious: what was the charge? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/34 "2013-02-07T15:02:47Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > Actually, looking at a map I see Florida more as America’s [something else that is not very gender-inclusive]… Prolapsed uterus? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/35 "2013-02-07T15:11:17Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Florida: America’s Necktie Florida: America’s Limp Penis ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/36 "2013-02-07T17:03:25Z")
Florida: At least we’re not Mississippi ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/37 "2013-02-07T17:05:33Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I don’t care about this organization or its logo, but I wanted to make two completely unnecessary contributions. > > First, I kind of like wearing ties, and I miss ties in the workplace (I am a nearly 40 year old dude). > > . . . > > So, to this … what was the group again? … doing its part to bring back the necktie, I say: Huzzah! You are _literally_ the only man I have ever heard/read expressing this sentiment. And yes, I do mean literally literally. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/38 "2013-02-07T17:11:02Z")
I’ve made a few mentions over the years that I prefer to wear neckties at work. The last office I worked at was so casual that I started wearing a tie on Friday, calling it “professional Friday.” The President of the company liked that so much that he eventually decreed the entire office staff is to wear professional clothes at all times. YES! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/39 "2013-02-07T17:15:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The President of the company liked that so much that he eventually decreed the entire office staff is to wear professional clothes at all times. How very popular with your co-workers you must have been :p. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/40 "2013-02-07T17:30:45Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Also not yet banned. Very odd. That’s what he wants! Obviously the ‘k’ stand for Kincannon [and he’s looking to get banned and then get paid for being a dumbass.](http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/former-head-south-carolina-gop-race-baiting) It’s all the rage these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563.md?page=3)