# reinvent State mottos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2001, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316 "2001-07-05T08:17:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/21 "2001-07-05T15:25:09Z")
**Kentucky** - If you squint really hard, we sorta look like Virginia. **Florida** - More Canadian tags than any other state. **Florida** - You think you have it bad? We have Dubya’s brother, too! ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/22 "2001-07-05T15:29:21Z")
**North Dakota:** Have you dug Wall Drug? **Hawaii:** Ohayio Gozaimasu! **Pensylvania:** The dead deer state. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/23 "2001-07-05T15:38:40Z")
**Illinois** : (Chicago) Vote early and vote often **Illinois** : (rest of state) Nothing but corn! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/24 "2001-07-05T16:28:25Z")
Florida—“The Seamy Underbelly State” New York—“The GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY WAY State” New Jersey—“We’re Really Not As Bad As You’ve Heard” California—“For That Schoolgirl Complexion” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/25 "2001-07-05T16:38:00Z")
surprised we haven’t seen this one yet… Montana – At least our cows are sane! Minnesota – My governor can beat up your governor. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/26 "2001-07-05T17:00:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wishbone \* > \*\*Washington, The Puddle > > \*\* **HEY!** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/27 "2001-07-05T18:12:11Z")
Tennessee-- “We’re Moving Boldly Into The 19th Century Even As We Speak.” ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/28 "2001-07-05T18:47:36Z")
Arizona: “The next asshole who says, ‘Yeah, but it’s a dry heat’ will be beaten to death with our bolas.” Arizona: “Urbanly Sprawling into the 21st Century” Arizona: “We have stores! And restaurants! And everything! No shit!” Arizona: “A Circle-K for every half-mile of road by 2005” Arizona: “More Illinois License Plates than Chicago” Arizona: “No, I wasn’t born here either.” ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/29 "2001-07-05T19:35:25Z")
IOWA-- Road kill capital of the world IOWA–Gateway to Nebraska IOWA-- One big corn field and two interstates IOWA --Home of 19th Century thinking IOWA-- You think July is bad, wait until you see January IOWA-- Even Minnesotans think we’re backwards IOWA–We’re doing the best we can IOWA–Our kids don’t live here ---
**Author:** ![epeepunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@epeepunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epeepunk)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/30 "2001-07-05T19:35:27Z")
(Stealing from David Letterman) Connecticut - Try Our Thick Creamy Milkshakes ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/31 "2001-07-05T19:50:59Z")
Missouri - home of the corn cob pipe capital of the workd (Washington, MO - pronounced “Wohr-shington” Missouri - Misery ain’t just how it’s pronounced. Missouri - We got two baseball and football teams, and a river, and Mark Twain’s home, and . . . . .and. . . . .ah, fuck it! (Is a not ranty obscenity allowed outside the Pit?) Missouri - The Show Me (how the heck to get out of here) State. Illinois - A great place to live, if you know the Daley’s Minnesota - Practically Canada, but without all those pesky French. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/32 "2001-07-05T20:06:42Z")
New Jersey: The Garden State, because there’s only one left New Jersey: We’re not just a suburb of New York! Part of us is a suburb of Philadelphia. New Jersey: The Statue of Liberty is ours, dammit, and we’re not giving it back! New Jersey: Don’t be scared, you might actually enjoy yourself. New Jersey: Your high school football team can beat up our college football team. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/33 "2001-07-05T20:18:53Z")
Colorado: “Yes, it is very beautiful, now go back home” ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/34 "2001-07-05T20:29:31Z")
**Missouri** - We’re better than Iowa ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/35 "2001-07-05T20:58:14Z")
**Oregon** : “We’re the Beaver State. No, not _that_ kind of beaver, you deves.” **Florida** : “Turn signals are optional.” ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/36 "2001-07-05T21:01:57Z")
**Oregon:** It’s pronounced **ORY-GUN** , dammit! **Oregon:** We’re full - go home! **Oregon:** We are _not_ a suburb of Seattle! **Oregon:** Portland is just as cool as Seattle. Really. How come nobody believes us? There was a bunch of Oregon greeting cards out a few years ago, but these are the only ones I can remember: \*Oregonians don’t tan in the Summer , they rust. Last year 635 Oregonians fell off their bicycles, and drowned.\* ---
**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:** [July 5, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/37 "2001-07-05T21:15:01Z")
I have two for my home state … Maine: We are NOT a Canadian provence. and Maine: And you thought the South was the only place to find red-necks. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/38 "2001-07-05T22:42:15Z")
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 lakes and 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 mosquitoes. Two seasons: Shovel and swat. Or winter and road repair. Hawaii: Thank you for spending your money with us! Now go back to the Mainland. Vermont: We’re the ones on the left. No! Wait! Yeah, right - the left. Iowa: Where the men are men and the sheep are nervous (although I understand this one also applies to WV and SoDak 😛 ). ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/39 "2001-07-05T23:16:48Z")
You can find a list of “New State Mottos” [here](http://www.topfive.com/arcs/statemottos.shtml). It’s from [TopFive.com](http://TopFive.com), which is a very funny site. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/40 "2001-07-05T23:24:59Z")
\< hijack \> > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > **[OTS] I once saw an inane little cartoon that I couldn’t stop laughing at. There’s a guy in a car driving up to a sign that says: “Welcome to Rhode Island. Watch your head!” [/OTS]** Yep, that’s local artist Don Bosquet who did that. He’s also got another one that says “Welcome to Rhode Island. Keep your smart remarks to yourself.” \< /hijack \> [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316.md?page=3)