What state mottos should really be.
 

I found this in another thread. Old, but still funny.
original thread---> http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=18015
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Originally posted by AOX81

This is is a list of what state mottos should really be :

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:
At least we're first in something

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

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 Unabomber, and Very Little Else

Nebraska:
Ask About Our State Motto Contest

Nevada:
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:
Um... We've got... Um... Dinosaur Bones? Yeah, Dinosaur Bones!

Ohio:
Don't Judge Us by Cleveland

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:
Se 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!

Washington, D.C.:
Wanna Be Mayor?

West Virginia:
One Big Happy Family -- Really!

Wisconsin:
Come Cut Our Cheese

Wyoming:
Wynot?

This is soooo true!

My persnal favorites:

Kentucky:
Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names :eek: :p eeewww..

West Virginia:
One Big Happy Family -- Really!

Mississippi:
Come Feel Better About Your Own State

Not a state motto, but I remember when I first moved to Florida, someone had me cracking up because they said that the state bird was the MOSQUITO!

They ain't nevah lied!:D

btb, I didn't know you were in Florida. Where at?

We say that in Minnesota, too. :D

Don't get the For Sale reference, tho.

Right on the East Coast, 'bout an hour away from Orlando. Matter of fact, I'll be coming to Tallahassee March 2-4 for work. I haven't been to Tallahassee in about 3-4 years.

Ha ha! too funny!!
 

North Carolina - "Tobacco is a vegetable" I remember riding through North Carolina on the way to GA as a child and seeing nothing but "the stuff that people smoke" as my grandmother put it. So true.

Florida:
Ask Us About Our Grandkids

Add: God's waiting room

Mississippi:
First in fried foods

California should be:

Northern California: They might be strange, but at least they're down to earth.
Southern California: Plastic Bodies, Plastic People

They should have name Illinois
Sex, Bribe and Budget Cuts

WOW Did they just play Illinois???
That Indiana and Ohio one are kind of funny!:D

"Come cut our cheese" You've got to be kidding me right!!

LOL!:D

California should be changed to

California "We have drama and traffic perfected" lol:p

Some more for Ohio

1. We're trying so hard to be better than Michigan!!!

2. Welcome to the State with the Largest KKK membership in the Union. And you thought the KKK was only big in the south.

3. Our big cities are really just semi-modern medieval villages.


More for California

1. The land of the haves, have mores, and don't have a damn thing.
2. If we keep growing, Arizona will be beachfront property.
3. A commuter's worst nightmare

My old roommate was from Wisconsin and she said the motto was:

"Smell our dairy-air!"

:D

New Jersey

1. The Arm Pit of America
2. The Place where everything is hard to do
3. The Suburb of New York

LOL @ Washington, DC and Mississippi