# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/81 "2011-08-22T04:17:39Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > South Carolina: Hiking the AT. What am I missing here? [Appalachian Trail - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail) ---
**Author:** ![foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolscap)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/82 "2011-08-22T04:36:01Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Nebraska: This is pretty much on the mark.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/83 "2011-08-22T14:33:53Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > What am I missing here? [Appalachian Trail - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail) The previous governor of South Carolina went missing for a few days. His staff claimed he was hiking the AT, when in fact he was meeting his mistress for a tryst. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/84 "2011-08-22T15:19:47Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > The previous governor of South Carolina went missing for a few days. His staff claimed he was hiking the AT, when in fact he was meeting his mistress for a tryst. :smack: Of course! I just knew there was some cultural reference I was not catching, but as I have hiked some of the AT myself, I was wondering how SC suddenly got a slice. Thanks for the clarification. Now I will endorse the slogan! ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/85 "2012-11-21T04:42:22Z")
Colorado: The Popular Rectangular State. Wyoming: The Other Rectangular State. Utah: Not Rectangular, But Made of All Straight Lines. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/86 "2012-11-21T10:51:15Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > Colorado: The Popular Rectangular State. > > Wyoming: The Other Rectangular State. > > Utah: Not Rectangular, But Made of All Straight Lines. Or as Achewood put it, “one of those states you can draw with a straight edge and a time limit”. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/87 "2012-11-21T15:17:14Z")
Pennsylvania: We’re doing something about the national obesity problem… we’re causing it! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/88 "2012-11-21T15:23:16Z")
Pennsylvania: All Your Amish Are Belong to Us. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/89 "2012-11-21T15:43:58Z")
Oklahoma:Only Two Things Come From Here! ---
**Author:** ![Nerdessence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@Nerdessence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nerdessence)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/90 "2012-11-21T15:49:44Z")
Indiana: Land of Fundies, Exhaust Fumes, and a Million Screaming Babies ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/91 "2012-11-21T15:49:56Z")
Mississippi: We’re a state because Missouri loves company. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/92 "2012-11-21T15:59:00Z")
Washington, DC: We’re the capital, bitches! ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/93 "2012-11-21T17:28:00Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > South Dakota: We Carve Fucking Presidents Into Our Mountains. Huh, all the photos I’ve ever seen only show their faces. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/94 "2012-11-21T17:34:16Z")
Rhode Island: small is cute. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/95 "2012-11-21T18:40:39Z")
California - Traer toda la familia! ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/96 "2012-11-21T18:51:23Z")
Washington: Not D.C., dammit! It’s a little harder to poke fun at the state’s cliches since there’s such a big split between West of the Cascades (hippies with coffee and computers) and East of the Cascades (indistinguishable from Idaho), but we’ve all learned not to say we’re “from Washington”. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/97 "2012-11-21T18:52:56Z")
Massachusetts: Come join the argument! ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/98 "2012-11-21T18:53:03Z")
Missouri: We ain’t Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/99 "2012-11-21T19:27:26Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > I am not making this up. One of the largest crops in Idaho is rapeseed, from which an oil is processed that is used in paints, etc. > > Some years ago there was a movement to change the state motto on their license plates from referencing Idaho Potatoes. The new proposed motto was “Idaho - the Land of Rape”. > > Somehow they never got very far with that. [Can’t see why not.](https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=tisdale,+sk&hl=en&ll=52.84183,-104.06789&spn=0.000919,0.002642&sll=52.139654,-106.642186&sspn=0.237258,0.676346&t=h&hnear=Tisdale,+Division+No.+14,+Saskatchewan&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.84183,-104.06789&panoid=x2edrP5uMJ-kuOBkRe85xg&cbp=12,207,,2,6.3) If you head east a bit there’s a bigger, better sign, but it’s just far enough off the road that the motto is blurry. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/100 "2012-11-21T20:45:35Z")
Louisiana - Booting Mississippi in the ass since 1812. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116.md?page=6)