# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/21 "2003-12-18T18:54:39Z")
**Idaho** - No, you da ho! ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/22 "2003-12-18T18:55:13Z")
**Vermont** : We’re the ones on the left. No! Wait! Oh, right…the left. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/23 "2003-12-18T18:57:29Z")
**Oklahoma** - We lied to the Indians again! **Texas** - More people than cows since 1986. **California** - I lied **New York** - It’s a whole state, people! More than just one city here, you know. **Alaska** - Are you _sure_ I’m a Polar Bear? **Puerto Rico** - We don need no stinkin’ statehood! Ha ha ha! **New Hampshire** - Live free or die, mother f\_\_ker! **Idaho** - No, _you_ da ho! ---
**Author:** ![mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmm.forbidden_doughnut)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/24 "2003-12-18T18:57:40Z")
**Oklahoma:** Not Great, Just OK ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/25 "2003-12-18T19:06:00Z")
**Georgia** Check us out on your way to Florida! No, really, please stop, we could use the mo … oh, geez … **Tennessee** More fun than a barrel of monkey trials. **Louisiana** We’re not yet buried in primordial ooze, but our politicians are working on it! **Texas** Where the cops are corrupt and kids get the death penalty! So bring the whole family! **Mexico** Hey, how’d they get in here? ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/26 "2003-12-18T20:05:16Z")
**Arizona** : Like southern California, only no beaches. **Nevada** : Where you can piss in the middle of the highway. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/27 "2003-12-18T20:10:51Z")
Bayonet, you forgot the best one: **Florida:** America’s wang ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/28 "2003-12-18T20:14:01Z")
**Wisconsin** - Eat Cheese or Die! **Connecticut** - Gateway To New England **New Hampshire** - Welcome to New Hampshire. Now Go Home! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/29 "2003-12-18T20:24:30Z")
**Illinois** : There’s more to us than Chicago! (Really! Aw c’mon, we need the tourism money elsewhere too…) ---
**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, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/30 "2003-12-18T20:59:27Z")
\*_Iowa_. Everybody forgets about us in joke threads. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/31 "2003-12-18T21:08:56Z")
**Maryland:** Yeah, we got crabs… ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/32 "2003-12-18T21:20:31Z")
**Wyoming** –Come on in. There’s plenty of room. ---
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/33 "2003-12-18T21:52:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \* > \*\*\*_Iowa_. Everybody forgets about us in joke threads. \*\* Okay then: **Iowa** - 300 miles o’ nothing. **Iowa** - We matter…for a couple of weeks every four years **Iowa** - Give us a try! Then move to Wisconsin. **Iowa** - The Other White Meat ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/34 "2003-12-18T22:18:00Z")
**Pennsylvania** - Road construction next 497 miles. Speed limit 15 MPH ---
**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/35 "2003-12-18T22:27:20Z")
**Iowa** : No, _Idaho_ Is the Potato State ---
**Author:** ![WhiteyFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@WhiteyFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhiteyFoo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/36 "2003-12-18T22:36:47Z")
**Texas** - Now with 30% more executions! **New York** - Now with 15% less muggings. **Maine** - Wicked lobstah! **Connectucut** - Hmmmmm…WASPy! alternatly **Texas** - No one would convict a baby…well, maybe Texas. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/37 "2003-12-18T23:03:03Z")
**Louisiana:** Go Wild! **New Jersey:** You’ll pay to leave here! **Massachusetts:** Learn to drive all over again! **Minnesota:** Proud home of Walter Mondale. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/38 "2003-12-18T23:14:22Z")
[ol] **Hawaii** [li]It’s 70° and we’re freezing. Muwahahahaha![/li][li]You can’t hear the ocean over the shirts.[/li][li]Land of $7 per gallon milk & honey. (Actually that’s only in Waikiki.)[/li][li]The American Australia.[/li][li]Yes, we’re a state. And we even speak English.[/li][li]The Land of Yesterday.[/li][li]It’s 90° and we’re burning up. Muwahahahaha![/li] [/ol] ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/39 "2003-12-18T23:17:13Z")
**Pennsylvania** - Civilization in the corners but just scary in the middle **New York** - Hey, we’re _livin’_ here! **Virginia** - Yes, we know we’re really two different states **Mississippi** - Thank heaven for Arkansas **Arkansas** - Damn you, Mississippi! ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/40 "2003-12-19T00:42:59Z")
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