Shadow, tut tut, have more respect for a bribe than that
Michigan’s state quarter should be either:
1)A pothole
2)A car falling into a pothole the size of Rhode Island
3)Something reflecting the only cultural thing that we have in our state, the mall.
4)A couple of fat white guys in militia outfits and guns.
5) A couple of fat white guys in flannels and guns with empty beer cans at their feet and no deer again this year.
6)A traffic jam on I-75 going north on the first day of deer hunting season.
7)A rusted out American made car broken down on the side of the road, destroyed by an axle eating pothole.
8)Homage to a big pile of road salt ( that ate the metal that ate the car that the pothole ate.)
9) A cell phone and SUV.
10) The state in February when nearly everyone who has a Grandma still alive living in Florida, goes to visit her.
Reporting from Indiana: I believe our design will feature a prominent picture of a Hoosier . . . . whatever that is.
Really, it will be harder to design the different state quarters than you think. I believe on the US Mint site it gives the rules for submitting designs and there are so many things it CAN'T be: sports things, famous people, etc. etc. It is supposed to be something that, even far into the future, will be symbolic of that particular state. I must be terribly unimaginative, but I can't think of a single thing that says, "Indiana" that wouldn't also apply to many other states.
Some friends and I decided that our state quarter (Kentucky) would feature either:
1.) a cigarette,
2.) a bottle of bourbon, or
3.) a pregnant 13-year-old.
Ideally, all three. Unfortunately, it will probably be a horse or something boring like that.
If you don’t want the Alamo, perhaps Texas can do John F. Kennedy, as seen from the grassy knoll?
Some (serious) possibilities (for other states):
New Mexico: Mushroom Cloud?
California: Sutter’s Sawmill, or some Hollywood icon?
Louisiana: Louis Armstrong?
South Dakota: Mount Rushmore
North Dakota: Teddy Roosevelt as a cowboy
And now for some not-so-serious ones…
Nevada: This quarter is for adults only…
Ohio: The Cleveland Browns
Maryland: The Cleveland Browns
From Tennessee, ours will probably be Davey Crockett or something goofy. I just have to say that on the off chance that it has something to do with the Tennessee Vols, I am going to start killing people.
(Sorry, TennHippie–I know you’re from Knoxville and all but if I hear “Touchdown, Tennessee!!” one more time, I will not be held responsible for my actions!)
Born O.K. the first time…
If you are born again, do you have two belly buttons?
Colton Hall in Monterey. The State’s constitution was ratified there afterall.
-Something like a pile of gold ingots and the California poppy. Gold, and a golden flower.
Personally, I like Georgia’s quarter with the peach on it. I rather like the more plant inspired one’s better (but that’s just me).
Shadow, I think the fat drunk no game again hunters is a true representation of our state, but something is missing…a pothole. Or a brick of Mackinac Fudge at their feet.
As for the Georgia Peach butt quarter, that’s what I thought it was at first glance and I thought, " Gee, this is awfully odd for a state that has outlawed that kinda stuff."
That’s not entirely true Shirley. Here in Georgia we can legally shove all the leaves we want up our own butt, just don’t get caught helping someone else.
The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik
I’m guessing that California’s will be:
a) Sutter’s Mill or some other “gold rush” icon
b) A Spanish mission building
c) The Golden Gate bridge
d) Some eco-freako thing, like a whale or a redwood tree or a lesser banded snail darter
What I’d like to see instead:
a) “Tanning Liberty” … I loved that suggestion
b) A border checkpoint station
c) Disneyland
d) The outline of the state with a huge crack running through it along the San Andreas fault, superimposed on a seismograph chart
e) The Watts towers
f) Granola
Mississippi; Seeing as our soon to be the hell-outta-here Guv has sold the state economy to Las Vegas-“You wanna economic desert? We’ll show ya an economic desert!!! And raise ya by no policies!” I’d say it ought to be a slot machine token.
My personal choice: Blues musician Robert Johnson, W/O cigarette airbrushed out of his mouth.
Tennessee: Elvis. Yeah. The 70’s incarnation. The Hunka Burnin’ Love quarter!
I’ve asked people what they think will be on our quarter (Wisconsin) and about 95% thought they were being original and saying “cheese”. I heard that it may be Frank Lloyd Wright. But I think that since the Packers are so revered around here that Vince Lombardi should be on it.
>>The ‘sunbathing Lady Liberty’ is a great idea. Somebody e-mail this idea around to folks in California, quick.<<
Why quick? The CA coin isn’t coming out until 2004, I believe. It’ll likely be a plant, maybe a golden poppy, or a redwood, or a bristlecone pine or something.
North Carolina’s quarter should be completely blank. This would symbolize four things:
(1) Eric Rudolph.
(2) What remains of the eastern third of the state, after Hurricane Floyd hit it.
(3) A group shot of everyone in the state who follows the Hurricanes NHL team.
(4) The number of things Jesse Helms and Bill Clinton agree on.
