# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/101 "2012-11-21T20:46:24Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Not to be over thought… just poking fun at the sprawling flat rural nothingness for miles on end. Yes, I know I am late to the joke, but my browser took a long while to load so I thought you had used this [image](http://blog.ericlamb.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/whitescreen-300x300.jpg) which I thought took the joke to a whole new level of awesome- and wouldn’t have answered the question at all 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/102 "2012-11-21T22:20:32Z")
> [@FlyByNight512](#): > > 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”. The flip side of this is that, until a couple of years ago, I seriously assumed the Reskins were from Washington state. I am still trying to figure out what happened in Idaho in 1928 to be embarassed about. 😛 How about Idaho: Skateboards are legal here now! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/103 "2012-11-21T23:50:14Z")
Missouri: Missouri Loves Company ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/104 "2012-11-22T00:49:01Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > Massachusetts: You think you hate it now, but wait till you live here! Mine: Pay MORE in Massachusetts! ---
**Author:** ![cougar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/105 "2012-11-22T06:38:00Z")
Indiana: Where the NFL uses astro turf to prevent the cheerleaders from grazing on the field ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/106 "2012-11-22T22:40:05Z")
> [@cougar58](#): > > Indiana: Where the NFL uses astro turf to prevent the cheerleaders from grazing on the field Ouch. North Dakota: Baja Manitoba Wisconsin: Enough with the cheese gags, guys. Minnesota: Bundle up. Puerto Rico: We want something different but have no %$€þ&@# idea _what_. Vermont: Hemp AND Guns Delaware: No Exit Before Toll ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/107 "2012-11-23T02:45:12Z")
Colorado: A tourist based economy with Legal Weed. (Yeah, we went there.) ---
**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 23, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/108 "2012-11-23T12:42:36Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > North Dakota: Baja Manitoba Genius. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/109 "2012-11-23T14:37:13Z")
Rhode Island: Size doesn’t Matter Florida: It is a PENISula ---
**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:** [November 23, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/110 "2012-11-23T16:50:30Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > North Dakota: Baja Manitoba North Dakota: where people from Saskatchewan go to get warm. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/111 "2012-11-23T17:08:40Z")
Ohio: We decide who’s President. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/112 "2012-11-26T22:22:04Z")
California: One Dust Bowl away from returning everyone back to their former states/countries. ---
**Author:** ![gms453](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@gms453](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gms453)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/113 "2012-11-26T23:49:26Z")
Pennsylvania: We vote for you (in Philadelphia). ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/114 "2012-11-27T07:15:44Z")
Delaware - You’ve already been pre-approved! Virginia - Since 1788, A Proud Speedtrap Pennsylvania - The Satellite State of the Dirty South Georgia - A Debtors’ Haven No More! Or Less! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/115 "2012-11-27T08:25:20Z")
New Jersey: I got your motto right here. (The only motto to feature hand gestures). ---
**Author:** ![PotatoPeeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@PotatoPeeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PotatoPeeler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/116 "2012-11-27T18:17:17Z")
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/117 "2012-11-29T13:50:23Z")
Texas: For three reasons 1.) Big 2.) Friendly, and 3.) …Uhhh Rhode Island : size doesn’t matter ---
**Author:** ![timid1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@timid1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timid1)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/118 "2012-11-29T14:16:21Z")
Massachusetts: The Wicked Pissah State or Massachusetts: You CANNOT Pahk Your Cah in Hahvahd Yahd. Seriously. Try it sometime ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/119 "2012-11-29T14:21:25Z")
Maine: We are \*too \*a state! ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/120 "2012-11-29T16:20:26Z")
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