# What Nickname Would You Give Your State? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297 "2015-02-10T15:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/101 "2015-02-28T18:24:35Z")
Arizona - At least our family trees fork. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/102 "2015-02-28T22:37:51Z")
North Dakota: why cruise control was invented. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/103 "2015-02-28T22:52:34Z")
Pennsylvania – like the teapot, we’re short and stout ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/104 "2015-03-01T00:02:32Z")
New Hampshire: At least we’re not Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/105 "2015-03-01T04:02:23Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > New Mexico - Land of Entrapment (speed traps). Yes, but not because of speed traps. It’s because once you get here you either never leave, or you do leave but are bound to eventually return. Whether this is good or bad is up for discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/106 "2015-03-02T09:59:54Z")
California-The Land of the Sun and the Sea ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/107 "2015-03-02T13:56:05Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > California would definitely be The Granola State. Because it’s all fruits, flakes, and nuts. Nuts & fruits, [Gypsy Boots,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_Boots) the original flake. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/108 "2015-03-02T17:55:07Z")
Kansas - (just an image of the Picard Facepalm) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/109 "2015-03-02T19:03:53Z")
Missouri’s “official” designation as the Show-Me State works on a practical level. As in, “Show Me” your diver’s license when you get pulled over on an I-70 speed trap. “Show Me” the way out of this damned cave. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/110 "2015-03-02T19:10:12Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Missouri’s “official” designation as the Show-Me State works on a practical level. As in, > > “Show Me” your diver’s license when you get pulled over on an I-70 speed trap. Could I show you my Muff Diver’s license? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/111 "2015-03-02T19:12:06Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Could I show you my Muff Diver’s license? Damned edit window. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/112 "2015-03-02T19:38:59Z")
A few years ago the Kansas Dept of Tourism came up with the slogan “Kansas - As Big As You Think” (whatever the heck that’s supposed to mean). It wasn’t long before bumper stickers started popping up with “Kansas - As Bigoted As You Think.” So, I’m gonna go with that. And I always thought Missouri should change from the “Show Me” state to the “Blow Me” state. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/113 "2015-03-02T20:32:16Z")
Most folks I know refer to it as the People’s Republic of Komifornia. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/114 "2015-03-02T21:06:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Indiana: Screw Daylight Savings Time, except here and there All of Indiana has observed DST since 2006. How about Indiana… where South Bend is in the North, and North Vernon is in the South and French Lick isn’t nearly as fun as it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/115 "2015-03-03T17:24:34Z")
Tennessee: Hillbillies to the East, Poor White Trash to the West, Country Music in the middle! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/116 "2015-03-03T17:55:50Z")
Washington (State): Gas Taxes R Us! ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/117 "2015-03-03T19:33:23Z")
Georgia (for Atlanta residents): Atlanta, in GA, but not by choice" Georgia (rest of the state residents): “Ignorant, and proud of it” ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/118 "2015-03-04T01:49:25Z")
Illinois-Chicago, corruption and corn. Michigan-sometimes it’s not cold. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297/119 "2015-03-04T01:56:33Z")
Missouri-Home of Legitimate Rape What? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nickname-would-you-give-your-state/712297.md?page=5)