Author
|
Topic: State Mottos
|
73STP Gearhead Posts: 256 From: Milwaukie, OR USA Registered: Aug 2001
|
posted 02-06-2002 11:28 PM
Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arizona: But It's A DRY Heat > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy's Don't Own It- Yet > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: 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 (For Most Tax Brackets) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes ... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mississippi: Come 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 very Little Else > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, 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: Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 The Cheese > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wyoming: Where Men Are Men ... and the sheep are scared! I have lived in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Georgia, California and Oregon, and my better half (71resto) has lived in Michigan,and Milwaukee, WI. We found the humnor in every state!
IP: Logged |
johnmustang Gearhead Posts: 631 From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada Registered: Nov 2001
|
posted 02-06-2002 11:39 PM
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA....Sh!t Happens JOHN
------------------ 65 2+2 FASTBACK 68 COUPE 87 TAURUS WAGON 98 F150 XLT TRITON V8 4.6, 4 WHEEL DRIVE Member:Vancouver Island Mustang Association M&M #1710 MyPhotoPage MY TRUCK
IP: Logged |
R Rainwater Gearhead Posts: 440 From: Puxico,MO. USA Registered: Jul 99
|
posted 02-07-2002 02:31 PM
You got Missouri's motto wrong. It's: We elect dead people. Bob R P.s. Next year we're running Truman!!!
IP: Logged |
AKBOSSMAN Gearhead Posts: 2222 From: WASILLA , AK USA M&M #743 MCA #40857 Registered: Oct 2000
|
posted 02-07-2002 03:21 PM
Indiana- Ohio blows and we Suck ! ------------------ WAYNE CURTIS
70 GRABBER GREEN BOSS 302 01 Sangria Red Focus ZX3 03 Boss 302 (5.0) (waiting on order form) 92 SHELBY 4X4 (K-9 IDITAROD LEAD DOG) My old '71Torino GT "If your under control then your not going fast enough" Parnelli Jones
IP: Logged |
73trials Gearhead Posts: 180 From: New Orleans, La. Registered: Dec 2001
|
posted 02-07-2002 05:27 PM
quote: Originally posted by R Rainwater: You got Missouri's motto wrong. It's: We elect dead people. Bob R P.s. Next year we're running Truman!!!
In Louisiana, dead people can vote! Otherwise, correct.
IP: Logged |
SundanceKid Gearhead Posts: 480 From: UT Registered: Feb 2001
|
posted 02-08-2002 12:00 AM
For Utah, I think Brigham Young said it best..."If you bring em, bring em young!) For those out of the loop Brigham Young was a Mormon church leader, and a polygamist.
IP: Logged |
thedave66 Journeyman Posts: 75 From: mountain home, idaho Registered: Sep 2001
|
posted 02-08-2002 01:11 AM
idaho state motto= I Didn't Ask How Old dave
IP: Logged |
todmeg Gearhead Posts: 179 From: sayreville,nj Registered: Apr 2001
|
posted 02-08-2002 06:33 PM
hey 73 STP... looks like you learned how to spell in the great garden state of new jersey! (unless HUMNOR is some new word i never heard of!) :P------------------ scott todds' dad(19fordmav72) another Warsteiner lover. and warsteiner isn't all that expensive! also.. you can run but you can't hide!
IP: Logged |
67stang Gearhead Posts: 976 From: Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 02-08-2002 10:27 PM
If you are going to post them, st least get it right Florida's is "We can't count!"
IP: Logged |