# For US Citizens, here's YOUR STATE MOTTO\* \* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675 "2005-05-06T13:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/21 "2005-05-06T16:41:59Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Ah yea, The Royal anadian Mounted Police. Greatest feat of taxidermy ever! We keep the stuffed ones up in our giant igloo. 😃 Any fellow Canuck want to come up with mottos for our provinces / territories? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/22 "2005-05-06T16:48:42Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You know how doctors treat heart attacks in Jersey, right? No…how’s is dat? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/23 "2005-05-06T16:50:13Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > No…how’s is dat? GET UP BEFORE YOU FUCKIN’ DIE! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/24 "2005-05-06T16:57:31Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Hey! What, you think this is fuggin’ _funny_? Whaddaya sayin’ over dere? That we Jersey peoples gotta fuggin’ attitude? I’ll give ya a fuggin’ attitude! Come ova here and say that to my fuggin’ face, Mr. Funny Guy! I won’t have to look very hard to find somebody willing to break his legs … ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/25 "2005-05-06T18:23:35Z")
Along the same lines as Ohio: IOWA At least we’re not Minnesota MINNESOTA At least we’re not Iowa ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/26 "2005-05-06T18:39:16Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > _Michigan_ > First Line Of Defense From The Canadians\* \* This is inaccurate. Everybody knows that the first line of defense against Canadian aggression is the City of Plattsburgh Police Department. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/27 "2005-05-06T18:44:23Z")
Okay, I’ll start the Canadian ones - “Alberta - Just like Texas, only colder.” “Saskatchewan - Yeah, we got trees. Shut up.” ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/28 "2005-05-06T19:01:36Z")
The one for Indiana made me laugh. I also think this one would be accurate, though: Indiana - We have NO idea what time it is. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/29 "2005-05-06T19:11:40Z")
good thread… Mississippi probably my fav! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/30 "2005-05-06T19:24:24Z")
You got the Connecticut one wrong. It’s realy: “Not in my backyard!” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/31 "2005-05-06T19:38:29Z")
Truth is stranger than fiction. The motto of New Mexico is “It grows as it goes” whatever the hell that means. A bill was introduced to change it to something… well, comprehensible. A legislative committee amended the bill to make the new state motto “Thank God for Mississippi.” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/32 "2005-05-06T19:57:45Z")
Texas: Welcome to Texas, now get the fug out! ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/33 "2005-05-06T19:57:51Z")
> [@Dazzling White Diamonds](#): > > Indiana - We have NO idea what time it is. Not for long though, right? Aren’t they gonna make you guys finally accept daylight savings time? 5que Central **Daylight** Time, and damn proud of it. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/34 "2005-05-06T19:58:13Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > _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_ \*\* C O R R E C T I O N ! ! Our Motto in Hawaii actually is: A L O H A !! Which means several things: 1)Welcome to Our Luxurious, albeit Expensive, Hotels 2)Thanks for all Your Money 3)Now Beat It!! ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/35 "2005-05-06T20:11:17Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > Yup, sounds about right. Ohio’s worst nightmare would be to wake up one morning and realize that it has become Michigan. I imagine Michigan feels the same way about Ohio, when it’s not busy fending off the Mounties. It would terrifying to wake up and be in Ohio. I’d miss the sun actually coming out for more than five minutes. I’d miss being able to drive in a direction that doesn’t somehow lead to Cleavland. I’d miss…well, basic dignity. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/36 "2005-05-06T20:15:16Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > You scoff now, but just wait till those mounites come a’trottin on down. Actually, shouldn’t that be, “…till Gordon Lightfoot’s creepin’ 'round YOUR back stair”? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/37 "2005-05-06T21:03:37Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Okay, I’ll start the Canadian ones - > “Alberta - Just like Texas, only colder.” > “Saskatchewan - Yeah, we got trees. Shut up.” Quebec: “We fart in the general direction of Canada, for their mothers were hamsters and their fathers smelt of elderberries.” ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/38 "2005-05-06T21:25:11Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > _Iowa_ > We Do Amazing Things With Corn\* \* Also doubles as a strip club ad… ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/39 "2005-05-06T22:15:25Z")
> [@Not A Tame Lion](#): > > Actually, shouldn’t that be, “…till Gordon Lightfoot’s creepin’ 'round YOUR back stair”? Meh, everyone now that if the Canadians i nvade again, they can be easily defeated by the fact that [America is going to play some badminton. _So…_. no invasion.](http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/army) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675/40 "2005-05-06T22:33:23Z")
You’re wrong about Alaska. My sig line, which I rarely display, is our motto. Or “Spawn Til You Die”. Either way… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-us-citizens-heres-your-state-motto/302675.md?page=3)