State Mottos

[Little6pack]

ALABAMA ~
"Yes, we have electricity"

ALASKA ~
"We also take American money"

ARIZONA ~
"But It's a Dry Heat"

ARKANSAS ~
"Litterasy Ain't Everthing"

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 Neo Nazi'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 Crap"

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 ~
Two words - "Whores and Poker"

NEW HAMPSHIRE ~
"Go Away and Leave Us Alone"

NEW JERSEY ~
"You Want a Frickin' Motto? I Got Yer Frickin' 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 State"

TEXAS ~
"Si' Hablo Ing'les"

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. ~
"Got crack?"

WEST VIRGINIA ~
"One Big Happy Family - No, really!"

WISCONSIN ~
"Come Cut Our Cheese"

WYOMING ~
"Where men are men and sheep are scared"

 

[IronEagle119]

Originally posted by littlesixsteve

WEST VIRGINIA ~
"One Big Happy Family - No, really!"

Hilarious list, but just for the record I'm not from WV I just live here against my own free will.

 

[orion681]

NEW JERSEY ~
"You Want a Frickin' Motto? I Got Yer Frickin' Motto Right Here!"

thats right. you got a problem with that?!

 

[gn85]

Funny list..

That's a pretty good list. I always called Delaware the exit ramp to New Jersey.

Many years ago, George Carlin did a real funny comedy about the things that states put on their license plates... don't have a copy of the script but it was funny.

 

[myclone]

Virginia should be:

"Whaddya mean the left lane on the freeway is for passing only?"

Trust me on that .........

 

[orion681]

Originally posted by myclone
Virginia should be:

"Whaddya mean the left lane on the freeway is for passing only?"

Trust me on that .........

that applies to more than VA, trust me.

 

[Boston GN]

Originally posted by myclone
Virginia should be: "Whaddya mean the left lane on the freeway is for passing only?" Trust me on that .........

Obviously never been to Boston or NY/NJ have you? VA is like a breath of fresh air with much better roads.

 

[myclone]

Originally posted by Boston Boy
Obviously never been to Boston or NY/NJ have you? VA is like a breath of fresh air with much better roads.

Actually I have. While I agree that VA roads might have a few less pot holes the VA left laners are always going 2-3mph UNDER the posted speed limit or better yet going the exact same speed as the car besided them. Nothing better than a blue hair/mini van rolling road block at 62.5mph for ~50 miles.

Up north there very well may be left laners but at least they're doing anywhere from 5-15mph over the posted limit so you can at least drive a ~100 miles without having to plan for an over night stay.

 

[Boston GN]

Ahhh, I gotcha now. I mistook it as saying they drive fast in the left lane down there, not slow. Makes sense now. Misunderstood only because I got pulled over down south for DRIVING in the left lane. They said I can only use it to pass, I said I was passing...everyone, lol.

 

[JayLashua]

George carlin said something like

"New Jersey, the garden state.. Yea maybe if you're growing SMOKE STACKS.."

thats the only one i could remember

 

[Pronto]

NEW HAMPSHIRE ~
"Go Away and Leave Us Alone" hehe ain't it the truth.
popular bumper sticker- Wecome to New Hampshire, now leave.
old bumper sticker- Make in Massachusettes, spend it in New Hampshire.

 

[Turtle TR]

Originally posted by littlesixsteve
HAWAII ~
"Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru"
(Death to Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)

Huh?

 

[kh440]

Wierd, I always thoght ny was "what the f are YOU lookin at"

 

[gn85]

George Carlin...

Originally posted by JayLashua
George carlin said something like

"New Jersey, the garden state.. Yea maybe if you're growing SMOKE STACKS.."

thats the only one i could remember

This is from a ten minute segment he talks about things that are annoying when you're driving. It's absolutely comic and so much the truth. I have it burned on CD.

"Florida and Georgia write the county on their license plates. In case these people forget where they live over night".

"Indiana says 'wonder'. Sure, just go get hit by a Greyhound bus."

"Pennsylvania says, 'You've got a friend in Pennsylvania'. Well, most of the people who look at these plates live in Pennsylvania. They've been living there 30 or 40 years, they're bound to make a friend or two.. well, maybe one or two anyways."

"But the most dramatic of all has to be New Hampshire which says; 'Live Free or DIE'. Well, I'm not going to move there. I get just a little bit nervous in a state where they mention death, right on the license plate! Then Idaho says "Famous Potatoes". I guess those are the two extremes in thought. It would seem to me that somewhere between, LIVE FREE OR DIE and FAMOUS POTATOES, the truth lies... probably a little closer to Famous Potatoes."