REJECTED STATE MOTTOS
ALABAMA
Literacy ain't everything
ALASKA
Come, freeze your butt off
ARIZONA
Winter home to 150,000 snowbirds
ARKANSAS
Where family trees don't have branches
CALIFORNIA
As seen on TV
COLORADO
Too wimpy to cross the mountains so we stopped here
CONNECTICUT
Way too close to New York
DELAWARE
So close to Washington you can smell it
FLORIDA
Senior citizen discounts available
GEORGIA
Confederate money welcome
HAWAII
Come, get lai-ed
IDAHO
Land of a billion "eyes"
ILLINOIS
Land of the voting dead
INDIANA
Two billion years, tidal wave free
IOWA
Just east of Omaha
KANSAS
Ya want flat, we got flat
KENTUCKY
Tobacco is a vegetable
LOUISIANA
Swim the beautiful Bayou
MAINE
You can spit on Canada from here
MARYLAND
If you can dream it, we can tax it
MASSACHUSETTS
Our taxes are lower than Sweden's
MICHIGAN
Land of the free, home of the Buick
MINNESOTA
10,000 Lakes, 10,000,000,000 mosquitos
MISSISSIPPI
We're lucky we can spell it
MISSOURI
Here's mine, Show Me yours
MONTANA
Land of the Big Sky, and very little else
NEBRASKA
Ask about our state motto contest
NEVADA
We have our own nuclear testing site
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Like Old Hampshire, only newer
NEW JERSEY
You have the right to an attorney...
NEW MEXICO
Alien Welcome Center - Roswell
NEW YORK
Like we CARE about a motto
NORTH CAROLINA
We're cheaper by the carton
NORTH DAKOTA
The OTHER South Dakota
OHIO
Don't judge us by Cleveland
OKLAHOMA
We're OK, you're NOT!
OREGON
As pretty as California but not as weird
PENNSYLVANIA
Cook with coal
RHODE ISLAND
Size ain't everything
SOUTH CAROLINA
Just south of North Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA
Closer than North Dakota
TENNESSEE
Thank goodness we've still got Elvis
TEXAS
Si Hablo Ingles
UTAH
Our Jesus is better than your Jesus
VERMONT
Bet ya can't name 2 of our towns
VIRGINIA
Home of the CIA, but we're not supposed to know that.
WASHINGTON
We like our state, so STAY OUT!
WASHINGTON DC
Wanna be Mayor?
WEST VIRGINIA
Where "family values" has a different meaning
WISCONSIN
Say "Cheeeese"
WYOMING
Where men are lonely and sheep are scared
copied from here
Do you know your State's real motto? State bird? State flower?
14 comments:
These are good - I don't know where you find this stuff. Well, if I click on the link I know, but I mean how you originally locate the stuff.
Virginia - The Old Dominion State, cardinal and I don't know.
The sunshine state.
"In God we Trust". Very surprised some crazy did not take the God out yet.
The mockingbird. You know, those lovely birds that chase you down for your hair or attack your dogs and cats if they get too close to their nests. lovely birds.
I like the Oregon motto the best. very funny.
NM is "The Land of Enchantment" & our state bird is the Road Runner. I have no idea what the flower is.
We like to say The Land of Entrapment :)
Our Gov. just bailed on the Obama cabinet as well.
This a NM News Update!
Tennessee's motto is 'Agriculture and Commerce', state bird is the mockingbird, and the state flower is Iris. Had to learn that in grade school and why I still remember it I'll never know!
Virginia
Motto: "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (I don't have a clue what it means, but I learned it in elementary school!)
Bird: Cardinal
Flower: Dogwood
Yes, I was once an Education major:)
BTW - That .4 lb. you lost in your sleep? It TOTALLY counts!!!!
Hilarious! I know nothing about my new state except it's full of fruits and nuts (can you guess where I live?). LOL!
Motto: Virtue, Liberty and Independance
Bird: Ruffed Grouse
Flower: Mountain Laurel
What is yours?
Ok, CBW, I just looked up the official wiki slogans....which differs from all the license plate and common slogans because the lovely state of Virginia is: Sic semper tyrannis(latin), translated to:"Thus always to tyrants". Yeah, I know, try putting that as an answer on a pop quiz...or your license plate.
Buzy Suz, You cheated, didn't you? Dang, now I can't play gotcha! BTW, the mocking bird should be the state bird here in TX because they are arrogant (and ugly) SOBs. They even dive bomb JJ and anyone in the pool at dusk.
But really, the TX bird is probably the vulture because they are always up there circling. I'm starting to take it personally.
Hollywood, Yep, Land of Enchantment, but wiki says, Crescit eundo (latin) which translates to "It grows as it goes". What the heck does that mean? No wonder no one puts that on their license plate. Besides a great deal of NM is too baron to grow much...I mean like its a desert with radioactive sand (jk). HA! The Roadrunner...beep beep!
I.Woody, You nailed it too...even though I could have sworn Tennessee's was "The Volunteer State". I bet Vol Fan agrees with me...maybe.
BHE, You show off, you! I bet CBW could kick herself for not checking with you before posting...but then she was the first to post so that counts for something. The .4 lbs I lost was probably in my fingers from blogging.
Caroline, I sure do know where you are! I spent my life there...and miss that ocean! Of course, the motto is "Eureka!", meaning "I found it". Of course where I worked they thought the motto was "El Norte Mexico" (please! no hate comments, its a joke).
Rebeckah, you nailed it too! I am not surprised!
Now Texas...according to wiki it's, "Remember the Alamo". The flower is the BlueBell...which is easy to remember because if a product doesn't have the lone star on it, it has a blue bell, or it's called Blue Bell...as in ice cream or cookies ....seriously!
How 'bout Va's slogan:
"Virginia is for Lover's"
Grandma J. - Check your inbox regarding a potential change to dates.
Also, I considered dogwood the state tree, so that's why I didn't talk about it...although I had no clue about the motto. BHE wins, for sure. I almost stuck in Cool Breeze's "Virginia is for Lovers" too - we've had that forever.
I think they made a typo - I believe what they meant to say was Virginia is for Wine Lovers.
Yep I know CA from 4th grade California history...Eureka! Golden State, Poppy, Quail, Grey Whale, Dogface butterfly...but I had to chuckle at Utah...and feel sad about MI because it won't be tru for much longer....I enjoyed reading them...and then making some up of my own!
My favorite, of course, is the one from Utah!
I just came back to thank you for teaching everyone something today : ).
I educated my little family tonight at supper. Kaishon said, "I learn all day at school and then I come home and learn here too." I told him to thank you : ).
Texas Tree - Pecan
Bird - Mockingbird
Motto - Lonestar State
Flower - Bluebonnet
Dish - Chili
They crammed it all in during mandatory 7th grade Texas history. I don't think other states make their students have a whole year on the history of their state, but then Texas is by far the best state. Too bad I don't live there anymore. =)
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