# Kick a state out of the Union. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704 "2012-11-02T21:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/21 "2012-11-02T22:26:06Z")
Then again, if you lopped off Maine the only people who would even notice is a few people in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/22 "2012-11-02T22:33:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I vote California. Once we are free of the drag of the rest of you, we can bounce back to being the 5th largest economy on the planet. > > Of course, that means an immediate defensive war to secure our water supplies, so the new borders will be a bit more to the east that they are now. As a fellow Californian, I endorse this position. I’m not too worried about the water war, though. They’ll gladly share if they want to keep eating things like fruits and vegetables… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/23 "2012-11-02T22:38:56Z")
Kansas. Of course, they’d keep denying it ever happened. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/24 "2012-11-02T22:39:12Z")
Sorry. Can’t kick out family. Can ignore them, never visit them, wish they’d go away, stop responding to their calls, consider them dead to you, etc. But they’re still family. My ancestors shed blood to keep Texas and others a state. No way I’m gonna try to get rid of any of them now. [sub]and this nawthun boy has had lots of good times in Texas[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/25 "2012-11-02T22:46:04Z")
“If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell”–Gen. Philip Sheridan ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/26 "2012-11-02T22:51:11Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell”–Gen. Philip Sheridan Yeah, but he said that before air conditioning was invented. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/27 "2012-11-02T23:15:12Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell”–Gen. Philip Sheridan Or you could live in Lubbock and do both. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/28 "2012-11-02T23:17:55Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Yeah, but he said that before air conditioning was invented. In Buffalo of all places. It’s not like we suffered from a lack of natural cold in this area. It’s like somebody in Miami inventing the electric blanket. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/29 "2012-11-02T23:32:04Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > I went for Oklahoma, but debated about Kansas or Missouri for a while. I figure we could make it the entitled white men penile colony. > > Doesn’t have much to see and few resources that we can’t get elsewhere. What is a “penile” colony? Do you put white guys penises in prison there? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/30 "2012-11-02T23:40:53Z")
Mississippi. Instant solution to the obesity problem. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/31 "2012-11-02T23:48:25Z")
Maine. Personal reasons. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/32 "2012-11-02T23:52:37Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Who wants Mississippi? I mean really, what does it add? This ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/33 "2012-11-02T23:53:05Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > What is a “penile” colony? Do you put white guys penises in prison there? Maybe he thinks Oklahomans are a bunch of dicks. He’d be right, too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/34 "2012-11-03T00:02:40Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I’m not too worried about the water war, though. They’ll gladly share if they want to keep eating things like fruits and vegetables… Right. We’ll cut off their supply of water and they’ll cut off our supply of avocados. Let’s see who cracks first. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/35 "2012-11-03T00:18:36Z")
I voted New York off because: 1. I hate the Yankees 2. I hate the Yankees 3. I hate the Yankees 4. Manhattan is only a couple of Storms-of-the-Century away from being covered by salt water. 5. I really hate the Yankees ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/36 "2012-11-03T01:04:53Z")
I said Hawaii because then Canada could adopt it and I could move there with a lot less hassle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chris2011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Chris2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris2011)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/37 "2012-11-03T01:22:43Z")
I vote for Commiefornia. Rid the country of half the Looney Toons with the stroke of a pen. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/38 "2012-11-03T01:27:26Z")
Bye bye Masschusets… Can we choose more than one? Please, there are still a few states I dislike left 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/39 "2012-11-03T01:30:00Z")
The People’s Republic of Vermont. Really, they were only founded to piss off New York in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/40 "2012-11-03T01:59:35Z")
You know, I had to go with Rhode Island. See, sometimes size does matter. No hard feelings, I hope. Re: Texas-- My experiences visiting the state have been very positive. I hope to get back there again some day. One word of warning though: If you’re a celebrity on a tour bus, you may want to avoid Sierra Blanca. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704.md?page=3)