Better State Mottos
Alabama -- At Least We're Not Mississippi
Alaska -- 11,623 Eskimos Can't be Wrong
Arizona -- Dehyd-rific!
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 -- On WHICH side of the Mason-Dixon?
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 -- More Than Just Potatoes... Well Okay, We're Not, But The
Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois -- Gateway to Iowa
Indiana -- 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave-Free
Iowa -- Land of James T. Kirk and Corn
Kansas -- First of the Rectangle States
Kentucky -- Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana -- We're Not All Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism
Campaign
Maine -- 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 -- For Sale
Mississippi -- Come Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri -- Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work
Montana -- Land of the Big Sky, the Unabomer, 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...
No Carolina -- Tobacco is a Vegetable
North Dakota -- Um... We've got... Um... Dinosaur Bones? Yeah,
Dinosaur Bones!
Ohio -- Don't Judge Us by Cleveland (or Cincinnati)
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
So Carolina -- Remember the Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
South Dakota -- Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee -- The Educashun Stat
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!
Wash, D.C. -- Wanna Be Mayor?
Steve - 25 Feb 2006 13:56 GMT
<SNIP>Ohio -- Don't Judge Us by Cleveland (or Cincinnati)</SNIP>
Why the jab on Cincinnati? It's a great city!
Plenty of shopping (in the suburbs)
Entertainment complexs (Nothern Kentucky)
Riverboat gambling (SE Indiana)
Two beatiful stadiums for our NFL and MLB teams (forget about how horrible
the teams have been for the last decade or so because they're getting
better)
Trust me, I should know since I live there (actually, I live in Indiana
because the homes are cheaper, taxes are about 1/2 what they are in the
city, the schools are better, and IN would never have elected Jerry Springer
as mayor)
Steve

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> Better State Mottos
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> Washington -- Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!
> Wash, D.C. -- Wanna Be Mayor?
badgolferman - 25 Feb 2006 14:02 GMT
> <SNIP>Ohio -- Don't Judge Us by Cleveland (or Cincinnati)</SNIP>
> Why the jab on Cincinnati? It's a great city!
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> Steve
I think you've answered your own question.
n5hsr - 25 Feb 2006 15:26 GMT
>> <SNIP>Ohio -- Don't Judge Us by Cleveland (or Cincinnati)</SNIP>
>> Why the jab on Cincinnati? It's a great city!
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> I think you've answered your own question.
Since my Mom's family left there in the 1850's it's fallen apart.
Cincinatti, that is. Now all they got left is Kroger. <GD&RRF>.
Wickeddoll® - 25 Feb 2006 18:06 GMT
>> <SNIP>Ohio -- Don't Judge Us by Cleveland (or Cincinnati)</SNIP>
>> Why the jab on Cincinnati? It's a great city!
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> I think you've answered your own question.
LOL I think so too...
Natalie
mark_digital© - 25 Feb 2006 16:30 GMT
> Better State Mottos
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> Washington -- Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!
> Wash, D.C. -- Wanna Be Mayor?
So true about New Hampshire. It's unfortunate they're being overrun by
Boston commuters. Their property values have skyrocketted but city services
such as water and sewer are almost nonexistent outside of the large cities
and well water is contaminated with high levels of iron and maganese.
Wickeddoll® - 25 Feb 2006 18:07 GMT
>> Better State Mottos
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> large cities and well water is contaminated with high levels of iron and
> maganese.
I'm pissed cuz we could have sold our NH house for nearly three times what
we sold it for back in 2002...
Natalie
Bioboffin - 25 Feb 2006 16:36 GMT
> Better State Mottos
(snipped a lot of negative comments)
> California -- As Seen on TV
> Maine -- Cheap Lobster
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> New Hampshire -- Go Away and Leave Us Alone
> New Jersey -- You Want a ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right
Thank you for this. As a potential visitor to your country, I will visit
Maine. (I have already been to California).
:-)
Scott in Florida - 25 Feb 2006 16:37 GMT
>> Better State Mottos
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>Thank you for this. As a potential visitor to your country, I will visit
>Maine. (I have already been to California).
Believe it or not...Lobster is cheaper in Mass....

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mark_digital© - 25 Feb 2006 16:43 GMT
>>> Better State Mottos
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> Believe it or not...Lobster is cheaper in Mass....
because they're missing a claw.
badgolferman - 25 Feb 2006 20:43 GMT
> > Believe it or not...Lobster is cheaper in Mass....
> > --
> > Scott in Florida
>
> because they're missing a claw.
Or maybe they're just missing guts, like most of their politicians.

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badgolferman - 25 Feb 2006 17:18 GMT
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> :-)
Go to Soutern Maine where the coast is. Forget Northern Maine where
Canada is. No knock on Canada, just anything north of Bangor is
forsaken.
Wickeddoll® - 25 Feb 2006 18:07 GMT
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> Canada is. No knock on Canada, just anything north of Bangor is
> forsaken.
Like Boring Loring AFB, ME
Natalie
badgolferman - 25 Feb 2006 18:18 GMT
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> Natalie
Got transferred there from Guam in January 1984. I considered it my
punishment for the Article 15 I got in Guam.
Wickeddoll® - 25 Feb 2006 18:56 GMT
"badgolferman" ...
>> "badgolferman" ...
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>> >>> Better State Mottos
>> >>> Maine -- Cheap Lobster
>> >>> New Hampshire -- Go Away and Leave Us Alone
Hubby (Massachusetts native) Loved the NH one.
>> > > Thank you for this. As a potential visitor to your country, I will
>> > > visit Maine. (I have already been to California).
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> Got transferred there from Guam in January 1984. I considered it my
> punishment for the Article 15 I got in Guam.
ROFL
Dare I ask what you got that for?
Natalie, who never got past an LOR for a uniform violation
badgolferman - 25 Feb 2006 20:21 GMT
> >>> Go to Soutern Maine where the coast is. Forget Northern Maine
> where >>> Canada is. No knock on Canada, just anything north of
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> Dare I ask what you got that for?
For being young and indestructable. Doing things I shouldn't have
done. Eventually the punishment sunk in and I changed my ways.
Wickeddoll® - 25 Feb 2006 21:42 GMT
>> >>> Go to Soutern Maine where the coast is. Forget Northern Maine
>> where >>> Canada is. No knock on Canada, just anything north of
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> For being young and indestructable. Doing things I shouldn't have
> done. Eventually the punishment sunk in and I changed my ways.
Thank goodness you did!
Natalie
Bioboffin - 25 Feb 2006 21:12 GMT
>>> Better State Mottos
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> Canada is. No knock on Canada, just anything north of Bangor is
> forsaken.
Thanks for the advice. I do definitely plan to go there one day. (I've
already been to Toronto etc... so no problem there).
Take care,
John. (In Peterborough, UK. Probably not worth a visit unless you are
planning a long stay in the UK. The Cathedral is impressive.)
NeedforSwede2 - 26 Feb 2006 11:08 GMT
>John. (In Peterborough, UK. Probably not worth a visit unless you are
>planning a long stay in the UK. The Cathedral is impressive.)
How is the enterprise zone? (vague UK space comedy reference).

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Bioboffin - 26 Feb 2006 13:27 GMT
>> John. (In Peterborough, UK. Probably not worth a visit unless you are
>> planning a long stay in the UK. The Cathedral is impressive.)
>>
> How is the enterprise zone? (vague UK space comedy reference).
Peterborough is growing significantly (business and population). As an
'older citizen' (not quite into Senior citizen status as yet, but not far
off), I preferred it when it was smaller and I could drive 15 miles into the
centre of Peterborough without passing a single set of traffic lights. Sadly
those days are long gone, and we have speed cameras and multiple traffic
lights - and a lot more traffic. But there are lots of exciting new
developments...
Beam me up, Scotty.
John.
Wickeddoll® - 25 Feb 2006 18:04 GMT
> Better State Mottos
> Florida -- Ask Us About Our Grandkids
More like: "Ask us about our hurricanes"
Natalie, native of Winter Park, FL