# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/141 "2012-11-15T03:51:41Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > [That was me.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15666268&postcount=97) Childish, I know, but I wanted a 100 on my spelling test damn it. :mad: I see. Hmmm. Say, I suppose it would be awkward to kick out Washington DC? ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/142 "2012-11-15T04:24:11Z")
Voted Alabama. Starting to think I should’ve voted Texas, or maybe Mississippi. Consider some ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/143 "2012-11-15T04:27:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > With all this potential for hard feelings, I think it’s important for people to remember the real nature of the [fifty states](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68UJaHvG_c). That was funny! ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/144 "2012-11-15T07:56:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Right. We’ll cut off their supply of water and they’ll cut off our supply of avocados. Let’s see who cracks first. If you think all you would miss is the avocados, you are sorely misinformed. Plus, we probably don’t need your water. California is probably the state which would suffer the least from being its own country. We have manufacturing, vast and enormously varied agriculture, fisheries, oil, water, high-tech, major universities, one of the great natural harbors of the world . . . We got your desert, temperate rain forest, chaparral, grassland, tallest mountains, lowest valley, blah blah. And also, we’re kind of snotty about it. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/145 "2012-11-15T13:17:38Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Utah. Sorry Utes. > And as of right now, the most popular states (or at least the least offensive), with no votes, are: > Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. I messed up my vote; it should’ve gone to Indiana. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704/146 "2012-11-19T16:28:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Utah. Sorry Utes. > And as of right now, the most popular states (or at least the least offensive), with no votes, are: > Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. Perhaps Colorado has zero votes because the OP misspelled it in the poll. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-a-state-out-of-the-union/639704.md?page=7)