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Old Feb 27, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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Talking State Mottos

Alabama : Hell Yes, We Have Electricity
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Alaska : 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
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Arizona : But It's A Dry Heat
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Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything
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California : By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
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Colorado : If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
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Connecticut : Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy's Don't Own It yet
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Delaware : We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
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Florida : Ask Us About Our Grandkids
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Georgia : We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
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Hawaii : Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)
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Idaho : More Than Just Potatoes...Well, Okay, We're Not,
But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
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Illinois : Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
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Indiana : 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
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Iowa : We Do Amazing Things With Corn
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Kansas : First Of The Rectangle States
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Kentucky : Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
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Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
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Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
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Maryland : If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
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Massachusetts : Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)
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Michigan : First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
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Minnesota : 10,000 Lakes...And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
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Mississippi : Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
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Missouri : Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
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Montana : Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber,Right-wing Crazies, and Very Little Else
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Nebraska : Ask About Our State Motto Contest
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Nevada : Hookers and Poker!
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New Hampshire : Go Away And Leave Us Alone
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New Jersey : You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right here!
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New Mexico : Lizards Make Excellent Pets
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New York : You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have
The Right To An Attorney...
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North Carolina : Tobacco Is A Vegetable
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North Dakota : We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
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Ohio: At Least We're Not Michigan
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Oklahoma : Like The Play, Only No Singing
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Oregon : Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner
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Pennsylvania : Cook With Coal
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Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY An Island
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South Carolina : Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
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South Dakota : Closer Than North Dakota
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Tennessee : The Educashun State
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Texas : Si, Habla Ingles
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Utah : Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
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Vermont : Yep
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Virginia : Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
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Washington : We have more rain than you do
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Washington , D.C. : Wanna Be Mayor?
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West Virginia : One Big Happy Family...Really!
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Wisconsin : Come Cut The Cheese
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Wyoming : Where Men Are Men...And The Sheep Are Scared

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Old Feb 27, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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Alberta > Where ALL Canadians would Love to Live

British Columbia > Do you believe in the Supernatural?

Saskatchewan > Would the last one leaving,please shut off the lights ?

Manitoba > We're the one in the Middle.

Ontario > Welcome to the Centre of the Universe.WE have Cars,Trucks,Agriculture, &

Quebec > Where's our Cheque ?

Nova Scotia > We have one of the most beautiful cities in Canada.

New Brunswick > No, we don't raise Sardines heer .

Prince Edward Island > We get visits from the Royal Family

Newfoundland > Hayyyy yu thar Byy ! When you moving to Alberta?

Labrador > We're just North of Newfoundland
 
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Old Feb 27, 2005 | 11:28 PM
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I thought Ohio's motto was "Keeping Lake Erie out of Kentucky...."

Colorado : Welcome to Colorado, now GO home.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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Illinois, the suburb owned by Chicago, ruled by idiots.

I could come up with several others, but they are inapproprate for FTE forums.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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One to anger my nieghboors: Why doesn't Michigan fall off into the Great Lakes and sink? Becuase Ohio and Indiana suck. J/k.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Steina
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Minnesota : 10,000 Lakes...And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
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Mississippi : Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
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i like these two.

btw, the one for kentucky is supposed to be for arkansas.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 10:44 AM
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My father in law in Hot Springs AR claims the Arkansas motto is:

"Thank God for Mississippi!"
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 11:11 AM
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I like New Hampshires "live free or die"

New version...."let me wear my mullet, and not my helmet"

Massachusetts "don't tread on me"
New version...."why pay less" "era era era pass the era scotch"
"it's so bazaa it's retaaded"
 
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Texas: "Welcome to Texas, now get the *#$@ out."
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 11:46 AM
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A friend of mine just bought a Michigan Motto shirt... kind of like the one you have for Ohio... "At least it's not Ohio"... well, at least the feeling is mutual...
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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Mississippi: Guilty until Proven Innocent.

I swear this state has some of the most retarded law enforcement ever. And thats putting it mildly.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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I disagree with the washington one.. the eastern half of oregon and washington are arid, my hometown only gets 9" of precip. per year.
Oh well...
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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I woud suggest that numerous American's may have noticed no one has disputed my Provincial motto's yet
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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New Mexico: Land of Entrapment

South Carolina: Our State Bird is a Mosquito
 
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 04:08 PM
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NJ's (armpit of the country) is perfect. Most of the others are too. I especially like Kentucky and Wyoming. Thanks for the laughs.
 
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