# Rejected State Mottos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788 "2003-12-18T17:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/1 "2003-12-18T17:14:48Z")
**Florida** - Where old people go to die. **California** - We’re crazy, crazy I tell you. **New York** - Not just a city anymore. **South Carolina** - First to secede. **Texas** - Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/2 "2003-12-18T17:20:04Z")
**Wisconsin** - Smell Our Dairy Air **Minnesota** - 10,000 Lakes and A Few Weirdos **Montana** - At Least Our Cows Are Sane **Indiana** - We Don’t Need Smart People Anyway ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/3 "2003-12-18T17:23:55Z")
**Pennsylvania** Where even the Amish deal drugs ---
**Author:** ![Dave3L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dave3L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave3L)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/4 "2003-12-18T17:30:01Z")
**Mississipi** Five million people, 12 surnames. **Alabama** Thank God we’re not Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/5 "2003-12-18T17:38:20Z")
**Kansas**. It’s boxy, but it’s safe. **North Dakota**. Hey, at least we’re not _South_ Dakota! **South Dakota**. Hey, at least we’re not _North_ Dakota! ---
**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:** [December 18, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/6 "2003-12-18T17:39:36Z")
**Arkansas** - You Got a Purty Mouth, Boy **Nebraska** - For God, Corn and College Football **Connecticut** - NYC’s Biggest Suburb **Nevada** - Home to Whores and Gambling and Proud of It! **Idaho** - Enough About the Potatoes Already! ---
**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:** [December 18, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/7 "2003-12-18T17:49:11Z")
**Oregon** - Marching proudly into the 19th century! Or **Oregon** - Going out of business sale! - Everything must go! ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/8 "2003-12-18T17:56:35Z")
Texas - The Execution State Oregon - The “We Hate Californians” State Vermont - Moo. By the way, how were researchers able to confirm for sure that the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas? Because if it was invented anywhere else, it would have been called a _teeth_brush. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 18, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/9 "2003-12-18T18:01:17Z")
**West Virginia** - Now With Indoor Plumbing **Tennessee** - If You Don’t Like Country Music, You Can Get the Hell Out **Washington** - Starbucks Uber Alles ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/10 "2003-12-18T18:05:18Z")
Virginia Is For Lepers ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/11 "2003-12-18T18:07:58Z")
**Alaska** - Please send women. **North Dakota** - We don’t all talk like the people in the movie Fargo. **New Mexico** - No, you don’t need a passport to come here. **Florida** - Fark mocks us. Come see why. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/12 "2003-12-18T18:11:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyrate \* > **Connecticut** - NYC’s Biggest Suburb I’m pretty sure that honor goes to **New Jersey**. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Marko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@El\_Marko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Marko)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/13 "2003-12-18T18:21:19Z")
Wyoming - Now with 25% fewer wackos Colorado - There’s other stuff to do besides ski…wait, never mind. New York - There’s a whole freakin’ state here! Maine - Ya cahn’t get thah from heah ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/14 "2003-12-18T18:22:54Z")
**New Jersey** : A Great Place To Be\* From. Far Away ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/15 "2003-12-18T18:31:12Z")
**New York** –Fuhgeddaboudit. **Pennsylvania** –Even the Potholes have Potholes. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/16 "2003-12-18T18:41:09Z")
**Maryland** - the state north of DC ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/17 "2003-12-18T18:50:35Z")
Since I think it’s unfair to mock states where I have not lived, here’s my collection of rejected Florida mottos: **10. Big mosquitos, Bigger roaches** \*\* 9. E Cubanum, Miami\*\* \*\* 8. Topless Models, what more do you want? \*\* \*\* 7. English? We don’t need no stinking English!\*\* \*\* 6. Here even Granny drives like a maniac\*\* \*\* 5. White powder everywhere, and sandy beaches too\*\* \*\* 4. An alligator in every pool\*\* \*\* 3. More sunburned tourist than any other state\*\* \*\* 2. More hanging chads than Pat Buchanan voters\*\* \*\* 1. Our politicians aren’t just corrupt, they’re incompetent too!\*\* On preview, that looks more like a Letterman top 10 list. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/18 "2003-12-18T18:50:40Z")
**Ohio** - The Blackout starts here! **Rhode Island** - Check out our state quarter! ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/19 "2003-12-18T18:51:04Z")
**Arizona** – The only state with a ‘z’ in the name. ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/20 "2003-12-18T18:54:24Z")
**Hawaii** – It’s like an island that is in the Pacific that is right here. (according to Dan Quayle) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788.md?page=2)