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Gomer · 11-02-2003, 04:59 PM

State Mottos
Or what they should be, anyways...

Alabama: Yes, we have electricity

Arizona: But It's a Dry Heat

Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything

California: As Seen on TV

Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother

Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less character

Delaware: We Really Do Like the Chemicals in our Water

Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids

Georgia: We Put the �Fun� in Fundamentalist Extremism

Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death to Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)

Idaho: Potatoes and NeoNazi's ... What More Could You Ask For?

Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the �S�

Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free

Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn

Kansas: Where Science Don't Mean Spit

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: A Thinking Man's Delaware

Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)

Michigan: First Line of Defense From the Canadians

Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes

Mississippi: Come Feel Better About Your Own State

Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work

Montana: Land of the Big Sky, the Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, and Very Little Else

Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest

Nevada: Whores and Poker!

New Hampshire: Go Away and Leave Us Alone

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

New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets

New York: You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an Attorney...

North Carolina: Tobacco is a Vegetable

North Dakota: We Really are One of the 50 States!

Ohio: At Least We're Not Michigan

Oklahoma: Like the Play, only no singing

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 Educashun Stayt

Texas: Si' Hablo Ingles (Yes, I speak English)

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!

Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?

West Virginia: One Big Happy Family-Really!

Wisconsin: Come Cut Our Cheese

Wyoming: Where men are men and sheep are scared

M_Six · 11-02-2003, 05:02 PM

John Prophet · 11-02-2003, 05:50 PM

"Sic semper tyrannis" baby.

Flag with justice having her foot on the neck of the tyrant.

Hmm, seems linux should be the state os of virginia.

Mntsnow · 11-02-2003, 05:57 PM

I personally take offense
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus .....

That is NOT the Utah state motto... and It rubs me the wrong way and I actually am not even an active member of the faith that settled the state of Utah

I know that this was supposed to be a joke but this one is over the top for me....

The real state motto is
http://pioneer.utah.gov/motto.html

Motto
"Industry" officially became the State Motto on March 4, 1959. "Industry is associated with the symbol of the beehive. The early pioneers had few material resources at their disposal and therefore had to rely on their own "industry" to survive. The word "industry" appears on both the State Seal and the State Flag.

Utah�s Emblem
The beehive became the official state emblem on March 4, 1959. Utahns relate the beehive symbol to industry and the pioneer virtues of thrift and perseverance. The beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in 1848 and was maintained on the seal of the State of Utah when Utah became a state in 1896.