State Mottoes

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

Alabama
Hell Yes, We Have Electricity.

Alaska
11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!

Arizona
Yes, But It's A Dry Heat.

Arkansas
Literacy Ain't Everythang.

California
By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda.

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

Connecticut
Like Massachusetts, only smaller.

Delaware
We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.

Florida
Ask Us About Our Grand kids and Our Voting Skills.

Georgia
We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism.


Hawaii
Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Lee ki Toru
(Death To Mainland Scum,Leave Your Money)

Idaho
More Than Just Potatoes...
Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good

Illinois
Please, Don't Pronounce the "S"

Indiana
2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free

Iowa
We Do Amazing Things With 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
We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster

Maryland
If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It

Massachusetts
Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's And Our Senators Are More Corrupt.

Michigan
First Line Of Defense From The Canadians

Minnesota
10,000 Lakes... And 10 Zillion Mosquitoes

Mississippi
Come visit And 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 Honest Elections.

Nebraska
Ask About Our State Motto Contest

Nevada
Hookers 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...
And No Right To Self Defense.

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, But 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? Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet

South Dakota
Closer Than North Dakota

Tennessee
Home of the Al Gore Invention Museum .

Texas
Se Hable Ingles

Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

Vermont
Too liberal for the Kennedys

Virginia
Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?

Washington
Our Governor can out-fraud your Governor

West Virginia
One Big Happy Family...Really

Wisconsin
Come Cut the Cheese

Wyoming
Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared
(Also Home of Broke Back Mountain)

The District of Columbia
The only Work-Free Drug Place

(I stole this from another forum)

[Jake D]

See, they couldn't think of anything negative to say about Missouri.  They totally wiffed on us.

You know why?  Because Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!!!

[The Buddha]

The Motto for the country is ... drum roll please ...

"In couch Potatoes we trust" - yea I admit, it was written by an idahoan.

Cool.
Srinath.

[brett]

California
It's January and we're still riding. Nyah nyah nyah. 

There, I corrected it for you.

[The Buddha]

Californica.
Its 20 degrees and our citrus crop is dead.
Or :
English is optional. Just ask our Gubbernah.
Or :
A 40 sqft shack costs 1 million. Its a good deal.
Or :
Pretty soon we'll be another country. We wont speak englich and we wont be connected to US.
Or :
We have mountains and beaches and parks and lakes and forests - if you can ever get to them with our traffic.
Or :
We think the world revolves around us and everyone exists for us, much like the remanufactured plastic women we have.
Cool.
Srinath.