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Old 05-18-2005, 07:35 PM   #1
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Default State mottos

Got this in my e-mail, so I thought I'd pass it along:

Subject: State Mottos

KNOW YOUR STATE'S (UNOFFICIAL) MOTTO

Alabama: Heck 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 Here)
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Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes . Well
Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes 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
Unibomber, Right-wing Crazies, 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 ##$%##! Motto? I
Got Your ##$%##! 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' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak
English)
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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: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds
And Slackers!
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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 Will Be Men..
Whenever They Can!
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Old 05-18-2005, 07:51 PM   #2
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Quote:
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last
Names

Thats just too dang funny. Kentuckyhoghunter, Im laughing WITH you man... laughing WITH you.
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Old 05-18-2005, 09:20 PM   #3
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I like the Oregon motto :grin: :grin:
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