# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/41 "2001-07-05T23:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spavined Gelding \* > \*\*IOWA --Home of 19th Century thinking > > \*\* HEY! GET YER OWN, KID! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/42 "2001-07-05T23:42:05Z")
**Texas:** Who cares if he’s not the real killer? **Wisconsin:** Moooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/43 "2001-07-06T00:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\* > Minnesota – My governor can beat up your governor. \*\* ROFLMAO I am definitely saving that one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/44 "2001-07-06T01:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Nymysys \* > > \*\*It’s still just too easy to pick on Delaware. \*\* > > 😛 > > **Delaware** : Still more chickens than people. \*\* You realize I will have to hunt you down and beat you to death with an oven stuffer. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/45 "2001-07-06T03:06:31Z")
**Puerto Rico** - Joannes est nomen eius (His name is John) no wait, that’s a real one. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/46 "2001-07-06T05:49:29Z")
**New Mexico** - We’ll Come Up With a Motto _Mañana_. **New Mexico** - Really, We _Are_ One of the United States. **New Mexico** - Low Discount Financing on Fleetwood Single Wides Now! **New Mexico** - 3 … 2 … 1 … BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! **New Mexico** - Land of Entrapment. **New Mexico** - If It’s South of I-40, It Might As Well Be In Texas For All We’re Concerned. **New Mexico** - Where the First and Third World Collide **New Mexico** - Red or Green? **New Mexico** - Less Talk, More ROCKS! **New Mexico** - America’s Dustbin **Colorado** - The Real Estate State. **Colorado** - I am KBCO. **Colorado** - Fat Tire On Tap **Colorado** - Spanish For SUV. **Colorado** - You Can’t Afford It. **Colorado** - Black, Yellow or Chocolate Lab? **Colorado** - Minnesota With Mountains. **Colorado** - We Apologize For Colorado Springs. They Get That Way Sometimes. **Colorado** - This Sign Made From Organic Tibetian Hemp. **Upstate New York** - PAY TOLL 1 MILE AHEAD. **Upstate New York** - Now With 33% Fewer Buffalonians. **Upstate New York** - Where The Skies And Economy Are Both Overcast. **Upstate New York** - Mild, Medium or Hot? **Upstate New York** - Will You Downstaters Finally Quit Crying About The Bagels Here? **Upstate New York** - Will The Last Resident To Leave For North Carolina Please Turn Off The Lights? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/47 "2001-07-06T14:15:47Z")
Iowa: Bring us your children Iowa: Almost always the butt of some joke Iowa: The jello[TM] capital of the world ---
**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:** [July 6, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/48 "2001-07-06T15:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*You realize I will have to hunt you down and beat you to death with an oven stuffer. \*\* Hey, I live _north_ of the canal. Bring it on! 😉 **Delaware** : The home of tax-free shopping and Purdue Chicken… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/49 "2001-07-06T17:17:44Z")
**Kentucky** : 4 million people, six last names **Kentucky** : What do you mean “college basketball sucks?” **Indiana** : Yeah, we know we gave the world Michael Jackson. But Janet’s from here, too! **Florida** : America’s wang! (stolen from Homer Simpson) **Florida** : Where old people go to die. **Idaho** : No, that “Who da ho” joke _STILL_ isn’t funny. **Idaho** : We’re a state, too, dammit. **Washington** : There’s more than just Seattle. There’s also the part you have to drive through to get to Seattle. **Virginia** : Just because Utah’s team is the Utes doesn’t make ours the Virgins. **Alaska** : 35 Eskimos can’t be wrong. **Texas** : Come on, Mexico. Try to make it past our armed pick-up truck squadrons. ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/50 "2001-07-06T17:48:40Z")
**Utah:** Straight Pride! ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/51 "2001-07-06T18:05:31Z")
**North Dakota** Yes it gets cold here. Too cold for your sorry ass. Go home. **North Dakota** Would the last one out please turn off the lights? **North Dakota** Cold, Flat and Desolate, but at least we’re not Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Home\_of\_the\_Braves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Home\_of\_the\_Braves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Home_of_the_Braves)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/52 "2001-07-06T19:47:51Z")
\*\* Florida \*\* – where election dreams are made or (if you aren’t related to the Governor) broken! ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316/53 "2001-07-07T00:38:50Z")
**California:** Just try to find a more expensive house! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinvent-state-mottos/71316.md?page=2)