# Live Free or Change Your Slogan **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714 "2006-04-07T13:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/21 "2006-04-07T15:36:55Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > It’s now “Birthplace of aviation” for Ohio. I don’t know how they can forgive those Wright brothers for taking their plane to North Carolina in 1903, so that NC plates can say “First in flight”. When I lived in NC, and drove my car to another state (I won’t say which), I was approached by someone who got a little belligerent with me about having a state motto like that on our license plates. I gave the guy a puzzled look, and he replied with “First to fight - that’s pretty rude!” I had to laugh. I should have asked him what he thought the picture of the airplane on the license had to do with fighting. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/22 "2006-04-07T15:40:49Z")
Florida: “Where old people come to die”. -foxy ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/23 "2006-04-07T15:47:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I agree that “Make it in Massachusetts” seems pretty lame, what with the recent losses of jobs and population. The suggested “Bring your Ass to Mass” has punch, but they’ll never OK it, I’m guessing. Remember “We Have A Place For You In Massachusetts”? I bailed a friend out of jail in Agawam once, and that bumper sticker was on the wall of his cell. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/24 "2006-04-07T15:50:19Z")
\*\*Michigan:There is more to us than Detroit & Flint! \*\* There use to be a t-shirt years ago: \*\*My MI \*\* which I adored, but never could find one. **Michigan: If our potholes don’t kill your car, our deer will.** ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/25 "2006-04-07T16:04:48Z")
Nevada: “Just ask yourself, Do you feel lucky?” ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/26 "2006-04-07T16:19:08Z")
Ottawa, Canada used the slogan “Technically Beautiful” in their tourism campaigns. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/27 "2006-04-07T16:55:39Z")
Florida: Only 65% as crazy as California. New York: Come for our grapes. Stay for our Prison System. Texas: You kill 'em, we grill 'em. New Jersey: Fuggedaboutit. (an actual suggested slogan in a recent competition.) ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/28 "2006-04-07T16:59:29Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Nevada: “Just ask yourself, Do you feel lucky?” Heh - I just saw a California tourism commercial use that line! Thing is, they got Clint Eastwood to say it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/29 "2006-04-07T17:21:16Z")
> [@Rasa](#): > > Longest state name 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/30 "2006-04-07T17:34:40Z")
New Hampshire - At least we’re not upside down like Vermont ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/31 "2006-04-07T18:35:38Z")
New Hampshire could have kept part of the old one. “Love It Here Or Die.” Indiana is officially “The Crossroads Of America.” That’s pretty cool, 'cause blues musicians come here from all over the world to make a deal with the Devil. The designer of Indiana’s current license plate was really steamed when the state removed his slogan and replaced it with the state’s web address. [www.in.gov](http://www.in.gov) They didn’t even tell him about the change until he saw one on the street. Missouri: “If God ever wants to pick us up, we’ve got a big steel handle.” Missouri: “Loves Company” ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/32 "2006-04-07T18:52:42Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > > [@Rasa](#): > > > > Longest state name > > 😕 The full official name of our most territorially challenged state is [the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations](http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/gen_assembly/RiConstitution/C01.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/33 "2006-04-07T19:05:49Z")
Nevada : Got Money ? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/34 "2006-04-07T19:16:17Z")
Florida: Where Blue and Grey meet the Bald. Florida: Land of 10,000 Morticians New Hampshire: We won’t tell if you’re compelled to sniff some glue. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/35 "2006-04-07T19:32:16Z")
Celebrating the three states in which I have resided: Texas: Alaska don’t count. Connecticut: Do drop in! If we don’t answer the door, we’ll be around the back in the tennis court. Oh, and while you’re at it, would you mind awfully telling Maria that Grey Poupon and Earl Grey should not be stored in the same pantry. Tennessee: You from out of state? Y’all better turn right around and git. NOW. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/36 "2006-04-07T19:41:00Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Here in the PNW, we are currently laughing/scratching our heads at Washington’s new tourism motto: “Say WA” I think our state motto should be: “Pending. Check back after the next statewide initiative, followed by an advisory resolution, followed by a signature-gathering effort, followed by a referendum reversal, followed by another initiative, after which we’ll probably just give up and scrap the whole thing and go back to fighting about freeway funding.” ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/37 "2006-04-07T19:46:27Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Here in the PNW, we are currently laughing/scratching our heads at Washington’s new tourism motto: “Say WA” > > Say WA? Tell me about it! When I heard about this a few weeks ago, I thought it was an early April Fools joke. Sadly, it is not. It gets worse. [This site](http://komotv.com/stories/42395.htm) says: > [@](#): > > The slogan, 18 months in development, is designed to promote Washington’s numerous tourist attractions, from hiking in the Olympic Mountains to visiting wine country to wind-surfing in the Columbia River Gorge. A replacement for “Experience Washington,” it was chosen with a lot of market research and the input of a 32-member “brand development task force,” which included Chamber of Commerce directors, tourism officials and business representatives from around the state. Beginning this spring, a $442,000 campaign will put “SayWA” advertisments into travel magazines and television programs. A lot of market research? 18 months to develop? 32-member “brand development task force?” That’s the best they could come up with? Methinks they spent more time skiing in Aspen and cruising the Caribbean, probably spending _our_ money rather than actually doing any work on our motto! They probably came in on the last day, drew one out of a hat and congratulated themselves on a job well done. But enough about me and my rant. Sorry your rock broke, New Hampshire. Wanna trade mottos? ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/38 "2006-04-08T01:34:19Z")
New Hampshire: We’re the ones on the right. No, wait! Yeah, that’s correct - on the right. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/39 "2006-04-08T01:50:20Z")
This is probably cheating, since it’s not original and has been floating around the web for a while, but: 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 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 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 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-free-or-change-your-slogan/351714/40 "2006-04-08T03:19:14Z")
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