# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/81 "2003-12-20T02:09:16Z")
**Ohio** A lovely place to stop and piss when on route to someplace more exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/82 "2003-12-20T02:10:45Z")
**Mississippi** We Don’t Lynch Negroes So Much Anymore. **Mississippi** A Little Slice of Redneck Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/83 "2003-12-20T02:11:16Z")
\*\*West Virginia \*\* Where four out of five dentists are [unemployed.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=7&u=/nm/20031219/od_nm/teeth_dc) ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/84 "2004-01-02T06:19:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > \*\*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. \*\* At first I read that as “Virginia is for Lobsters”. Yeah, it sounded kind of cool too. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/85 "2004-01-02T06:24:26Z")
**Nebraska** - Gateway to Iowa ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/86 "2004-01-02T07:44:38Z")
**Alabama** : At least we’re not Mississippi. **Oklahoma** : Welcome to Oklahoma, like in that musical, only more mind-numbingly boring. **Georgia** : The chode of America. **Lousianna** : America’s anus. **New Jersey** : America’s armpit. **Mississippi** : Hey say what you want about us, but we give all visitors a free coke at the welcome center. **Texas** : When you can’t execute a retard, elect 'em. **Texas** : The home of the Chainsaw Massacre **New Mexico** : Mexico version 2.0 Now with drinkable water! **Arkansas** : The state that keeps getting Kansas’s mail **Delaware** : The screw-me state. **Delaware** : Yes, we really do exist. **Utah** : Being different is being great … a message paid for by the church of Jesus Christ Latterday-Saints. **Utah** : We may not have any jazz but we do have a team named jazz. **West Virgina** We concider everyone part of the family in West Virgina , but thats probibly because we’re all related. ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/87 "2004-01-02T07:45:03Z")
A few for my hometown, New York: 1. New York- No, Fuck YOU, PAL! 2. New York- Ahh… smell the fresh pollution… 3. New York- 10 dollars for a bottle of water! 4. New York- Mmm… you can see the gridlock for miles… 5. New York- Yeah, yo mama. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/88 "2004-01-02T08:47:02Z")
**Pennsylvania** - The Pothole State ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/89 "2004-01-02T13:40:11Z")
Rhode Island- Now entering Rhode Island! Now Leaving Rhode Island! Delaware- Dela where?! New Jersey- Land bridge Blah, thats all I can think of. I’m from NY and all the good ones about there have already been said. When I lived in Baltimore I came up with a bunch of insulting Baltimore slogans but that’s not fair to the rest of Maryland. : ) ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/90 "2004-01-02T18:08:33Z")
**Illinois** - we put the “noise” back into statehood! **Oregon** - just don’t Californicate us and no one gets hurt **California** - “license, registration, green card, por favor” **Utah** - we still have that silly alienation of affection law! **Wisconsin** - land of 2 seasons, winter and road construction **Minnesota** - ya, you betcha! - Scandihoovians unite! - I can’t feel my toes! ---
**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:** [January 2, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/91 "2004-01-02T18:12:00Z")
**Wyoming** - The Other Square One ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/92 "2004-01-02T19:36:16Z")
**North Carolina** - Cheaper smokes! ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/93 "2004-01-02T20:18:25Z")
**North Dakota** - Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. **Delaware** - Five counties, three at high tide. **Texas** Mississippi with good roads. (Molly Ivins) ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/94 "2004-01-02T22:07:34Z")
**Michigan** - The Nevada of the Midwest! (but without the hookers and warm winters) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/95 "2004-01-03T01:38:48Z")
**Minnesota** - Garrison who? **Oklahoma** - Texas Lite ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/96 "2004-01-03T04:02:44Z")
**Texas –** the original Mexican-Americans ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/97 "2004-01-03T04:43:12Z")
**California** : Actually, it’s mostly just suburbs. **Texas** : He’s not our fault, we swear! **Kentucky** : It’s that friendly. (Oh, wait a minute.) ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/98 "2004-01-03T04:53:36Z")
Pennsylvania: Our snack foods are better than yours! Robin ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/99 "2004-01-03T05:03:07Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by bayonet1976 \* > \*\* 5. White powder everywhere, and sandy beaches too_\* **Michigan** - White powder everywhere. Unfortunately, it’s snow. **Michigan** - Just take the fudge and go home! **Michigan** - Not quite Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788/100 "2004-01-03T05:13:13Z")
**Utah** - Mormons moved here at some point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-state-mottos/219788.md?page=6)