# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/121 "2012-11-29T16:39:02Z")
Idaho: Kind of Like Saskatchewan, but Easier to Spell ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/122 "2012-11-29T17:18:35Z")
Pennsylvania: Virginia may be for lovers but here we have Intercourse. “Virginia is for lovers” is Virginia’s official tourist slogan, and Intercourse, PA is a small town in PA famous for its suggestive name and not that far from Virginia. New Jersey: Pay Toll Illinois: Where the dead vote early and often ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/123 "2012-11-30T03:20:25Z")
Minnesota: [Twine Ball Or Bust!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9yqLbJ4Wk) Montana: [World-Famous Dental Floss](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TIVAMehnxM) Wisconsin: [Blessed Are the Cheesemakers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLUEMj6cwA) Virginia: What The Hell Is A ‘Commonwealth,’ Anyway? (Ditto Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky) Kansas: It’s Every Bit As Flat As They Say Idaho: [Addicted to Spuds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpZ72qDQX_Q) Haven’t seen this oldie but goodie yet: New Jersey: Which Exit? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/124 "2012-11-30T04:09:37Z")
We’ll if we’re going with oldies: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, & Alabama in between. Ohio: only one letter away from Oh No! ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/125 "2012-11-30T13:08:00Z")
Oh good, I get to add a motto for South Dakota: _Conform Or Die_. ---
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/126 "2012-11-30T13:53:16Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Georgia: I75 runs through it. > > Georgia: Where Alabamians come to get sophisticated. Georgia: I-95 tooooo! Georgia: No overtaking on the left. ---
**Author:** ![PotatoPeeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@PotatoPeeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PotatoPeeler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/127 "2012-11-30T15:09:24Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Oh good, I get to add a motto for South Dakota: _Conform Or Die_. I’m from South Dakota and I don’t get the reference. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/128 "2012-12-03T15:43:45Z")
Kansas - Home of Leavenworth and Fred Phelps. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/129 "2012-12-03T18:39:44Z")
Oregon: Washington’s Mexico, California’s Canada & Idaho’s Portugal ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/130 "2012-12-03T19:01:01Z")
Georgia: Atlanta and…the other parts. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/131 "2012-12-04T00:41:02Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > Georgia: Atlanta and…the other parts. Atlanta: A peach surrounded by the pits. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/132 "2012-12-05T06:58:14Z")
Florida: _We’re closer to Havana than we are to Atlanta_ Louisiana: _Your county is my Parish_ Tennessee: _Here a holler, there a holler, everywhere a holler_ Texas: _Walk to the center until you smell it, then walk south until you step in it_ Texas: _The longest day of your life - drive I-10 across me_ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/133 "2012-12-05T07:08:39Z")
California: _We’ll check your passport at the state line_ Nevada: _Dump your nuclear wastes here!_ Oregon: _Have you hugged your tree lately?_ Vermont: _In New York’s Shadow_ Alaska: _Our state bird is the mosquito_ West Virginia: _Everyone’s down in the coal mine_ Missouri: _The Show Me state? The Show me outta here state!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/134 "2022-08-03T03:38:26Z")
Does this thread need an update ten years on? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/135 "2022-08-03T04:07:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hawaii: One Giant Pimple Hey! We need some posters with real local cred to respond to this. Maybe @Didi44 ? ETA: if the"pimple" is a reference to Mauna Loa/Kiluaea, that sort of makes sense, but the STATE of Hawai’i is not defined by those geological features; they are part of something larger. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/136 "2022-08-03T07:28:08Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > … Alaska: _Our state bird is the mosquito_ … Actually, the Alaska state bird is the Willow Ptarmigan. The Mosquito is the Alaska Air Force. Washington: The Overgrown State. (I used to say this in regards to vegetation — particularly blackberries and morning glory — but of late it can be used about people as well.) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/137 "2022-08-03T11:47:05Z")
That post is so old I don’t even remember making it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/138 "2022-08-03T12:05:34Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Haven’t seen this oldie but goodie yet: > > New Jersey: Which Exit? I know this is nearly 10 years old, but seriously? It is “What Exit?” not “Which Exit?”. * * * * * * New Jersey; have your laugh, but hey, we’re better off than most states. New Jersey; even our shitty schools are National Average. New Jersey; Never far from the Beach New Jersey; The Jersey Turnpike no longer smells so bad. New Jersey; _“If Living Here Were Easy, It Would Be Another State.”_ (this one was offered up as a possible new motto a few years back. New Jersey; We’re paying for the rest of the country. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/139 "2022-08-03T12:16:51Z")
Florida: Natural habitat of Trump AND DeSantis (Or maybe, more simply, Florida: Home of the crazies) Texas: We may be crazy, but we ain’t Florida Vermont: Almost Canada ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116/140 "2022-08-03T14:01:56Z")
I’m not sure what I was thinking when I made _my_ post - usually I can spot and avoid zombies but not this time. Also, I don’t know why I thought a different motto was required, since they’re all just jokes anyway. I was half asleep, apparently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-state-mottos/593116.md?page=8)