# 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:** 4
**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 19, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/61 "2003-12-19T07:26:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > **Hawaii** - the pizza state. Do you know something I don’t? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/62 "2003-12-19T09:27:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fern Forest \* > \*\*Do you know something I don’t? \*\* You don’t have Hawaiian pizza = ham and pineapple? ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/63 "2003-12-19T09:28:41Z")
**Arizona** At least it’s a dry heat. **Arizona** Bienvenidos a Arizona! **Oregon** That’s not rain, it’s liquid sunshine. **Oregon** Those aren’t clouds, they’re an Oregon Eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/64 "2003-12-19T10:52:23Z")
**Oregon** : We Inexplicably Get _Really Pissed_ If You Pronounce It the Way Any Sane Person Would Think It’s Pronounced, So Please Pronounce It Sounding Sort of Like “Organ” **Rhode Island** : No, We’re Not Part of New York. Yes, We’re Sure. **Rhode Island** : Please Join Us in Acting As If Quahogging and Coffee Milk Makes Something Smaller Than Many Cattle Ranches a “State” ---
**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 19, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/65 "2003-12-19T10:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*You don’t have Hawaiian pizza = ham and pineapple? \*\* Oh, we just call it pizza. Nah, I just don’t eat much pizza and when I do not those weird types. ---
**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 19, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/66 "2003-12-19T11:02:28Z")
**Delaware** - We Know Your Credit Card Number **New Jersey** - Yes, We’ve Heard the “Which Exit” Joke, Thanks Very Much **Hawaii** - Just Leave the Money and Go Home ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/67 "2003-12-19T14:20:33Z")
**Arizona** - It’s like living in an oven **Florida** - God’s waiting room **Idaho** - We’re more than just potatoes, really! **Nevada** - Since we ain’t got no scenery, we might as well open casinos to get the tourists **Texas** - Executions every hour, on the hour ---
**Author:** ![Labor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/68 "2003-12-19T14:57:40Z")
**Iowa** Mountain removal project complete! **South Dakota** The more tropical of the dakotas. **Nebraska** Where N stands for knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/69 "2003-12-19T14:57:55Z")
Smamtopia - Building Bridges Just for the Fun of Whipping Some Slaves. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/70 "2003-12-19T16:24:38Z")
Some of those posts are pretty funny! My recommendations: **Minnesota:** A cut above Iowa **North Dakota:** “Don’t do anything until I get back” – George Armstrong Custer **South Dakota:** Where the capital means “worse” in French **Massachusetts:** The Red Sox will rise again **Kansas:** Scientifically proven _flatter_ than a pancake [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/25/kansas030725](http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/25/kansas030725) ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/71 "2003-12-19T17:01:14Z")
**Vermont:** The state that makes New Hampshire nervous **District of Columbia:** “Gimme your money and no one gets hurt!” …and that’s just the POLITICIANS talking! **West Virginia:** Inspiring jokes for more than TWO centuries! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/72 "2003-12-19T17:48:22Z")
**Alberta** : Not a state, but we really want to be, pretty pretty please, President Bush? **Ontario** : Keeping Quebec and Manitoba apart since 1854. **North Dakota** : Sounds warmer as “South Saskatchewan”. **BC** : the _other_\* Col\*mbia. \ ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/73 "2003-12-19T19:30:45Z")
**Ohio** - _you want old, rickety barns? we got 'em!_ ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/74 "2003-12-19T19:36:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by krisolov \* > \*\ ***Maryland:** Yeah, we got crabs… \*\* You might recall (if you recall back to the 70s) that Maryland used to run a “Maryland is for Crabs” campaign - without irony - at the same time Virginia was running “Virginia is for Lovers.” But there was no Dave Letterman then. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/75 "2003-12-19T19:46:41Z")
**Delaware** : A wholly owned subsidiary of Dupont® **Washington** : The Radiant State (Bring Your Geiger Counter!) **Connecticut** : Stepford Wives for Stepford Husbands! **Rhode Island** : Is It Really Corruption If The Whole State’s In On It? **Texas** : Um, well, not _everything_’s bigger **Louisiana** : Proudly Petrochemical ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/76 "2003-12-19T19:56:19Z")
Washington: My geoduck is this big! What, why are you laughing? > **[New England/Mid-Atlantic](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/new-england-mid-atlantic#science)** > > The New England and the Mid-Atlantic region's work to ensure sustainable fisheries and protect marine life is a joint effort of the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office and Northeast Fisheries Science Center. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/77 "2003-12-19T21:04:05Z")
**Pennsylvania** -Drive through our state, but make sure your affairs are in order. ---
**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 19, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/78 "2003-12-19T21:49:34Z")
**California** - Our Governor is More Famous Than Yours ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/79 "2003-12-20T01:19:06Z")
**Arizona** : When we impeach, it works! ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/80 "2003-12-20T01:29:16Z")
**Maryland-** Our state song advocates spurning “Northern scum”! **Maryland-** Had any good speeding tickets lately? **Maryland-** Heart of the East Coast **Maryland-** We even brag about how small we are! **Maryland-** Come drive 495! **Maryland-** Come see Upper AND Lower Marlboro! **Maryland** No, Our Capital is _not_ Baltimore **Maryland** Home of Cell-Phone Gabbing, SUV Driving Lacrosse Moms. **Maryland** Come see Assawoman Bay! [http://www.bartleby.com/69/90/A07790.html](http://www.bartleby.com/69/90/A07790.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788.md?page=5)