# New State Mottos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116 "2011-08-18T04:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/41 "2011-08-18T18:35:11Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Kansas: For the Last Time, Kansas City is in _Missouri._ Actually, there ARE two cities named Kansas City. One is in Kansas and the other is, as stated above, in Missouri. Depending on how the border runs, in some places you can walk across the street and be in the _other_ KC. Kansas: Fred Phelps lives here, 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/42 "2011-08-18T19:17:36Z")
Ohio: round at both ends and high in the middle (stolen from Bugs Bunny) ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/43 "2011-08-18T19:25:28Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I was thinking: > > **Colorado: Wait…uh…what?** > But maybe that’s just Boulder. Yes, probably! **Colorado** : The rest of the Southwest is downstream from us. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/44 "2011-08-18T19:28:53Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Washington: Canadian money at Par! Come buy your Gas and Milk from us! :: scratches head trying to figure out whether that’s a good deal, and, if so, for who :: ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/45 "2011-08-18T20:01:42Z")
Washington: Canadians and Idahoans blissfully separated by a volcanic mountain range. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/46 "2011-08-18T20:23:26Z")
New York: Fuhgeddaboudit! ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/47 "2011-08-18T20:35:47Z")
Pennsylvania: You Can’t Get There From Here West Virginia: Some of Us Still Have All of Our Teeth Utah: Not Just for Mormons Anymore Oregon: Not as Think as You Drunk We Are Iowa: More than Just a Caucus Bri2k ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/48 "2011-08-18T20:40:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > North Dakota: More Than Just Boring Seriously, I recall driving through Iowa, and seeing souvenirs (ball caps, T-shirts, and other items) proclaiming “Iowa’s Not Boring!” New York: More than just a city … _really_! Rhode Island: Remember us? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/49 "2011-08-18T20:41:44Z")
New York: We have this other part, with cows and apple trees and shit. Really! ETA, aw… dang **Spoons** beat me! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/50 "2011-08-18T20:42:59Z")
New Hampshire: Why does everyone forget us? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/51 "2011-08-18T20:53:52Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > [Oklahoma](http://www.myonlinemaps.com/images/oklahoma-map.gif): Teabagging Texas since 1907 That is funny. Oklahoma: At least we’re not Florida. Florida: At least we’re not…uh…damn. > [@cmyk](#): > > Nebraska: > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > 😃 > [@cmyk](#): > > (i’m glad someone got that) I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/52 "2011-08-18T20:58:03Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Florida: At least we’re not…uh…damn. Cuba? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/53 "2011-08-18T21:19:24Z")
Delaware: We’re not witches. - or - Delaware: Come smell the refineries and chicken farms. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/54 "2011-08-18T21:28:04Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I don’t get it. May not be what cmyk meant, but my interpretation was…[Nebraska](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=nebraska&hl=en&safe=active&sa=G&biw=1079&bih=703&tbm=isch&tbnid=XkSyZSWPFJXcOM:&imgrefurl=http://coloradoguy.com/nebraska-highest-point/panorama-point.htm&docid=IbdFhOC7y3xO9M&w=1014&h=367&ei=i4NNTqGMDOOBsgLP19nXBg&zoom=1). (not much there to say anything about) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/55 "2011-08-18T21:29:57Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I don’t get it. Not to be over thought… just poking fun at the sprawling flat rural nothingness for miles on end. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/56 "2011-08-18T21:31:05Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > May not be what cmyk meant, but my interpretation was…[Nebraska](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=nebraska&hl=en&safe=active&sa=G&biw=1079&bih=703&tbm=isch&tbnid=XkSyZSWPFJXcOM:&imgrefurl=http://coloradoguy.com/nebraska-highest-point/panorama-point.htm&docid=IbdFhOC7y3xO9M&w=1014&h=367&ei=i4NNTqGMDOOBsgLP19nXBg&zoom=1). (not much there to say anything about) Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/57 "2011-08-18T22:02:17Z")
FLORIDA: The more south you go, the more north you get. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/58 "2011-08-18T22:03:24Z")
South Dakota: Flat Land And Cheap Labor Ohio: Four Dead In O-hi-o If we’re going to put these on license plates, I heartily recommend the following for New Jersey: Jersey Driver. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/59 "2011-08-18T22:05:19Z")
Welcome to California! Please take someone with you when you leave. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/60 "2011-08-18T22:09:18Z")
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