# Mottos/Taglines That Weren't Really Thought Out Fully **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814 "2008-04-03T16:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/41 "2008-04-04T13:52:28Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] I’ve got at least one restaurant in my area with a big sign identifying theirs as “Good Food.” You never see signs for “Excellent Food” or “Superb Food.” Then again, you also don’t see signs for “Bad Food” or “Terrible Food,” so I guess only “Good” is worth mentioning. Oh, and lest we leave it out of this thread, Nothing Sucks Like An Electrolux. [/QUOTE] I once drove by, but did not get a picture of, one of those big signs by the highway for an interstate nudie bar - you know, “Cafe Risque, Open 24 hours, Truckers and Couples Welcome”, etc. Anyway, there was a smaller sign tacked onto the larger sign that said “Hot Food”. In other words, we’re not promising it’s any good. We’re not even promising it’s safe. But it’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/42 "2008-04-04T14:21:47Z")
When I was in college, there was a women-only gym chain locally known as “Spa Lady”. For reasons that were clearly not well thought out, every single one of their locations had a large sign in the shape of a rear view (ending at the upper thighs) of a fit, curvaceous lady looking over her shoulder with “Spa Lady” in cursive letters across her shoulders, with her hair artistically parting around the letters. In a similar script immediately below the bottom of the lady-shaped sign, there was an additional sign reading “Entrance in rear”. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/43 "2008-04-04T14:37:27Z")
The McDonald’s [“I’d Hit It”](http://www.adrants.com/2005/01/mcdonalds-wants-people-to-fornicate.php) ads come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/44 "2008-04-04T14:53:33Z")
The minister of a church I used to attend use to encourage people to tithe (give 10% of their income to the church) by thinking of it as giving money to Jesus. Was 10% too much to ask for Jesus? I always wondered why I had to give money to Jesus through that church, and not through UMCOR\*, UNICEF, the Red Cross, the food bank, . . . A little more emphasis on The Money You put into Our Offering Plate pays for heat, light, health insurance, disaster insurance, phone bills, paper for bullitens, postage, etc. would not have been amiss. \*UMCOR–United Methodist Committee On Relief. Gives money and supplies to people in disaster areas. Most common way of giving money to UMCOR is probably by check written out to local church with UMCOR in the memo line. ---
**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 4, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/45 "2008-04-04T15:06:58Z")
Almost on-topic have you ever really looked at the symbol used by the United Methodists? It is a Latin Cross. With a flame coming out of the base. It is a burning cross. In truth I sort of like it, but still it makes you wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/46 "2008-04-04T15:07:10Z")
My current provincial motto - which has been the source of much anger and vitriol - Manitoba: Spirited Energy. What? What the hell does that mean anyway? ---
**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 4, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/47 "2008-04-04T15:12:55Z")
Beats the old one “Manitoba; Yield to Migrating Buffalo.” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/48 "2008-04-04T15:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Beats the old one “Manitoba; Yield to Migrating Buffalo.” [/QUOTE] I would think that motto would be better suited to [Alberta](http://www.head-smashed-in.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/49 "2008-04-04T15:53:45Z")
When they had the Olympics, Atlanta had a slogan, “The city too busy to hate.” So I guess if they happen to find a spare minute they will pick up the slack on their hating. “We still hate, it’s just not a priority right now” was rejected as being too wordy ---
**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 4, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/50 "2008-04-04T16:21:05Z")
My mental response, every time: [QUOTE=Ludovic] “What can Brown do for you?” [/QUOTE] Stay out of my underpants, that’s what. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/51 "2008-04-04T16:41:32Z")
There is a barbecue joint down here that advertises “The Worst Barbecue in Texas”. Odd, because it’s actually pretty darn good and I eat there now and again. I always wondered though how they would get new customers. I mean I’ve never thought about stopping someplace to see how truly bad their food could be. ---
**Author:** ![fuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuffle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/52 "2008-04-04T16:42:34Z")
My favorite has been the changing Qwest slogan. Originally in their commercials, the tag line was: “Our spirit of service in action.” But the actress paused after “service,” so it sounded like: “Our spirit of service: inaction.” This, of course, was perfect for Qwest (those bastards). Eventually someone in corporate must have caught on, because then it was changed to “Our spirit of service [long pause] IN [long pause] ACTION.” Even worse. And now it’s just “Our spirit of service.” Which I think is the worst of all. They have a spirit of service. Of course, that spirit could be “fuck you,” but they’re very spirited about it! ---
**Author:** ![Renob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@Renob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renob)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/53 "2008-04-04T17:15:01Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] For many years, we Oklahomans drove around with auto license plates that said **Oklahoma Is OK.** Wow, what an inspiring inducement to come visit our fair state. It’s OK. It’s not good, it’s not great, but it’s OK. Meh. Whatever. If you say so. [/QUOTE] In a town near where I grew up the bowling alley was named OK Lanes. It’s a good name for it, to be honest. It’s not too great, but it’s not very bad, either. But you’d think the owner would actually try to inspire a little more enthusiasm for it than what is implied by just being OK. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/54 "2008-04-04T17:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Beats the old one “Manitoba; Yield to Migrating Buffalo.” [/QUOTE] Or “Manitoba: somewhere in the middle.” ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/55 "2008-04-04T17:30:02Z")
I have to tell the story first (sorry if it’s a hijack): While at work (several yrs ago) our department was having a slow day. I worked for a small but growing company, in the basement, with a bunch of country-folk (I was the only city-grown person in the dept). Anyways everyone was talkin about different farm chores they had to do . Well, I didnt know much about farm life except for the time my neighbor boy (who had a crush on me) invited me out to his uncles to visit one day in the summer when I was a teen. Being the curious person I am, and always excited to learn, I chimed in and asked a long thought out question I had about the ways of the country-people. Not gonna tell ya the question yet before explaining this: My neighbor-boy took me on a tour of the farm and when we got to the hen house he asked me if I wanted to learn to choke a chicken… “EEEEWWWWW! That’s just gross!” I cried out (assuming that this meant grabbing a chicken by the neck to kill for dinner). So, I asked my co-workers “Do you guys really choke chickens to serve for dinner?” All of them went silent and dropped their jaws as if I had said the worst thing on the planet. And then they started to laugh and couldnt stop - “What’s so funny?” I asked. the only guy in the department of 6 people took it upon himself to explain to me what “choking the chicken” meant. :eek: And so now, I present to you: [Crazy Cluck](http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/crazychic402.html?gid=KidsCorner) :smack: This is just wrong, so so wrong! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/56 "2008-04-04T17:33:50Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] The quote: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” For a _school_. :smack: [/QUOTE] Maybe he meant it in the sense that you need to have some imagination to _use_ the knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/57 "2008-04-04T17:57:42Z")
Battle Mountain, Nevada appears to have two slogans: **Battle Mountain: Halfway to Everywhere** **Battle Mountain: Gateway to Nevada’s Outback** The first one made me laugh. Their motto is that they’re in the middle of nowhere? The second one just seems nonsensical to me. Nevada has an outback? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/58 "2008-04-04T18:49:22Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] Battle Mountain, Nevada appears to have two slogans: **Battle Mountain: Halfway to Everywhere** **Battle Mountain: Gateway to Nevada’s Outback** The first one made me laugh. Their motto is that they’re in the middle of nowhere? The second one just seems nonsensical to me. Nevada has an outback? [/QUOTE] Keep in mind, though - those slogans are a lot better than what the [Washington Post called them.](http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Dec-18-Tue-2001/news/17692431.html) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/59 "2008-04-04T19:12:41Z")
[QUOTE=wolfstu] The Canadian province of British Columbia has a network of ferry service to connect its various communities scattered along islands, inlets, and elsewhere along, twisting, turning coast with its many narrow waterways and passages. Their slogan, for a while in the 1980s, was: _Cruise the straits with BC Ferries_ It’s rumoured that a gay employee had to point out the double entendre to mangement. [/QUOTE] Then there was the apocryphal slogal for a certain San Francisco area transportation medium, back in the '70’s, _a la_ certain airline ads: “Hi, I’m Bruce the Ferry. Ride me to Sausalito.” Like I said, totally made up, darn it. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/60 "2008-04-04T19:22:25Z")
_Nobody doesn’t like SaraLee_ I always thought it was “Nobody does it like SaraLee”. When somebody corrected me I thought "You’re kidding, that’s the dumbest thing I ever heard, a double negative? Why not just say Everybody likes SaraLee? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814.md?page=4)