Rejected State Mottos

Every state has an official motto. And for every inspiring, lofty state motto there's the slogan it should have instead. Here's all 50:

Alabama: At Least We're Not Mississippi
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Arizona: Dehyd-rific!
Arkansas: Litterasy Ain't Everthing
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: Too Wimpy to Cross the Mountains So We Stopped Here
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only the Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet
Delaware: We Really Do Like the Chemicals In Our Water
Florida: Senior Citizen Discounts Available
Georgia: Confederate Money Welcome
Hawaii: Come, Get Lai-ed
Idaho: We Don't Care If You Spell Potato With an "E"
Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas: Don't Blame Us, We Voted For Dole
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's
Michigan: Land of the Free, Home of the Buick
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes...and 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come and Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars Hard at Work
Montana: It's Where You're Wanted
Nebraska: More Corn Than Kansas
Nevada: Hookers and Poker!
New Hampshire: Go Away and Leave Us Alone
New Jersey: You Want a ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
New Mexico: We Really Are One of the 50 States!
New York: You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an Attorney...
North Carolina: Tobacco Is a Vegetable
North Dakota: Um, We've Got, Um...Dinosaur Bones? Yeah, Dinosaur Bones!
Ohio: Home of Lake Erie and the Mistake by the Lake
Oklahoma: We're OK, You're NOT
Oregon: Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY an Island
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Edjucashun State
Texas: Si Hablo Ingles
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: Yep
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family...Really!
Wisconsin: Say "Cheeeese"
Wyoming: Why Are You Here?

Originally posted by AF1
Every state has an official motto. And for every inspiring, lofty state motto there's the slogan it should have instead. Here's all 50:

Alabama: At Least We're Not Mississippi
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Arizona: Dehyd-rific!
Arkansas: Litterasy Ain't Everthing
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: Too Wimpy to Cross the Mountains So We Stopped Here
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only the Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet
Delaware: We Really Do Like the Chemicals In Our Water
Florida: Senior Citizen Discounts Available
Georgia: Confederate Money Welcome
Hawaii: Come, Get Lai-ed
Idaho: We Don't Care If You Spell Potato With an "E"
Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas: Don't Blame Us, We Voted For Dole
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's
Michigan: Land of the Free, Home of the Buick
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes...and 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come and Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars Hard at Work
Montana: It's Where You're Wanted
Nebraska: More Corn Than Kansas
Nevada: Hookers and Poker!
New Hampshire: Go Away and Leave Us Alone
New Jersey: You Want a ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
New Mexico: We Really Are One of the 50 States!
New York: You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an Attorney...
North Carolina: Tobacco Is a Vegetable
North Dakota: Um, We've Got, Um...Dinosaur Bones? Yeah, Dinosaur Bones!
Ohio: Home of Lake Erie and the Mistake by the Lake
Oklahoma: We're OK, You're NOT
Oregon: Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY an Island
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Edjucashun State
Texas: Si Hablo Ingles
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: Yep
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family...Really!
Wisconsin: Say "Cheeeese"
Wyoming: Why Are You Here?

BRAHAHAHAHAHA Nice 1

I have to agree with the NC one i think thats all the farmers grow here.

Well I live right across the line of WV. in ohio....and I think that the WV. moto should have been:

We talk in the middle of in the middle of an aisle at the store!

But anyway most of those are funny...

[Edited on 28-7-2003 by Curiosity]

Florida: God's Waiting Room....
Florida: Where a Mouse is King
Florida: The Sunshine State, except every summer afternoon (when it rains)

I've always figured MI's motto was "At least we're not Ohio." either that or "The Pass on the Right State". I swear, NASCAR has got nothin' on Michigan's freeways.

Those mottos are pretty funny. Thanks for the laughs.

Originally posted by AF1
New Jersey: You Want a ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!

LMAO, thanks for the laugh AF1 !

We don't talk like that here in Jersey. Well, not always.

But anyone driving through certainly does!

Crap! I missed my exit, because the sign was only 6 inches high, and I'm driving at 70 mph! Damn! That means I have to continue driving till I get to the next city, and exit, because there's a stupid 3' high block of concrete keeping me from making a freakin' U-Turn!

I remember thinking "Great, I'll end up in frickin' Hoboken!" Come to find out, there is actually a Hoboken NJ, as I see the sign!

Originally posted by Gazrok
I remember thinking "Great, I'll end up in frickin' Hoboken!" Come to find out, there is actually a Hoboken NJ, as I see the sign!

You always have the nicest things to say about Jersey Gaz. You must have had a bad experience or ten here but it would all make sense to you if you lived here, we dont cater to tourists well. I'd also like to point out that North Jersey and South Jersey are VERY different. BTW Gaz, driving in Florida isn't much better, all you see are senior citizens driving 10 mph with their blinker on the whole way!!

Hoboken is a very cool city, bars on every corner, never a dull moment in Hoboken. And of course it is the birthplace of the late great chairman of the board, Frank Sinatra.

California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda. LMAO!

I've never been to Jersey - but I am a huge Springsteen fan

"At least we're not Ohio." LOL (I live in Ohio)


as far as out motto: Mistake by the Lake is more about Cleveland. Thanks to the then mayor, Cleveland defaulted in '78. This paticular mayor claimed to have met Shirley Maclaine in a past life. After surviving a recall by a few votes, he went on to be rated one of histories worst mayors and thus Cleveland, broke, became known as the Mistake on the lake. After losing race after race this mayor went on to become a US congressman, coming from Cleveland, he was a pro-life catholic, typical for the area. Recently he dropped the 'pro-life' stance and became a vegan - to appeal to a broader liberal base.

This former worst mayor ever is none other than Dennis Kucinich, presidential candidate.


[Edited on 30-7-2003 by Bob88]