# Suggestions for the 51st state **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152 "2002-04-06T06:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/41 "2002-04-08T11:32:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manach \* > \*\*Ireland please, one is quite willing to seceed from the EU to avoid the Strasbourg parliment and it’s eurocrats. > \*\* But yet _another_ currency switch? Starts to get annoying, no? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/42 "2002-04-08T18:15:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BigKahunaBurger \* > \*\*Make the Upper Peninsula its own state. I never got this. Michigan lost Toledo so they get a frozen strip of forest in return? At least Toledo has a zoo. What exactly does it contribute to Michigan anyway? Snow? Plus, if the Yoopers get their own state we’d get our first Finnish senator. > \*\* I’m from there. There was this one crazy lady who’d periodically hold bake sales to fund her secessionist campaign. I’m not making this up. Wish I could remember her name. Besides the fact the economy would collapse in moments, it would be worth it to have Karl Pellonpaa as our first governor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/43 "2002-04-08T18:52:54Z")
Greenland… to keep those Canadians surrounded. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/44 "2002-04-10T02:50:20Z")
OK, Osiris, in the interest of initial alphabetic completeness, let’s try this: **B:** Entry for British Columbia **E:** Rename Virginia “East Virginia.” Vermont still has initial V. **J:** New Jersey officially becomes “Joisey” which we call it anyway. **Q:** Michigan’s UP a separate state called “Queboincque.” _(k-boink!)_ **X:** West Texas becomes “Xatcho.” **Y:** Yukon admitted as a state **Z:** Southern California split off into “Zanzacali” Two renamings, two admitted from outside previous borders, and three administrative divisions, bringing the total to 55 states. If Hawaii leaves the Union, we’ll need an H, so New Hampshire should become “Hampshire Nouveau.” ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/45 "2002-04-13T03:43:38Z")
Once again, I apparently have the last word:confused: ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/46 "2002-04-13T03:51:18Z")
Man, you Americans are dumb. 44 messages, and no one has mentioned Alberta, with some of the largest oil reserves in the world, an American-like population, and money up the wazoo. It even _sounds_ like 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:** [April 13, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/47 "2002-04-13T05:09:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by foolsguinea \* > \*\*OK, Osiris, in the interest of initial alphabetic completeness, let’s try this: > > **B:** Entry for British Columbia > **E:** Rename Virginia “East Virginia.” Vermont still has initial V. > **J:** New Jersey officially becomes “Joisey” which we call it anyway. > **Q:** Michigan’s UP a separate state called “Queboincque.” _(k-boink!)_ > **X:** West Texas becomes “Xatcho.” > **Y:** Yukon admitted as a state > **Z:** Southern California split off into “Zanzacali” > > Two renamings, two admitted from outside previous borders, and three administrative divisions, bringing the total to 55 states. > \*\* Mmmmm, I like it. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/48 "2002-04-13T05:19:04Z")
Unconciousness ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/49 "2002-04-13T05:57:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > \*\*Man, you Americans are dumb. 44 messages, and no one has mentioned Alberta, with some of the largest oil reserves in the world, an American-like population, and money up the wazoo. > > It even _sounds_ like a state. \*\* I beg your pardon. You didn’t think I wanted the eastern provinces did you? In no way am I interested in a state starting with “Q”. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/50 "2002-04-13T08:05:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Kahuna Burger \* > \*\* > Make the Upper Peninsula its own state. \*\* There have been rumors for quite some time that the UP wanted to become its own state, called Superior or something. (You know, since Michigan was already named after a lake…) I don’t know if this rumor was prevalent anywhere else but in my glorious state, but it makes its rounds every few years 'round these parts. I say do it already. We southern peninsula people (at least most of the ones I know) have strong negative feelings for Yoopers anyway - even if they are only in jest.🙂 My vote has been cast. -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/51 "2002-04-13T08:14:46Z")
Sorry - I forgot to look and saw that my idea was already covered, by a fellow Kalamazoo’er, no less! Sincerest apologies… -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/52 "2002-04-13T18:58:37Z")
-Puerto Rico -Iceland -Greenland -Guam -Marshall Islands ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/53 "2002-04-14T01:23:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dirty Earthworm \* > \*\* We southern peninsula people (at least most of the ones I know) have strong negative feelings for Yoopers anyway - even if they are only in jest.🙂 My vote has been cast. > > -Dirty \*\* Don’t listen to da trolls, eh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-the-51st-state/102152/54 "2002-04-14T08:11:24Z")
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