State Mottos

[Sdiver]

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,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

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, 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 SurrenderYet

South Dakota
Closer Than North Dakota

Tennessee
The Edyoocashun State

Texas
Se Hablo Ingles

Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

Vermont
Ay, Yep

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

Washington
We have more rain than you do (well, we did until 2005!)

West Virginia
One Big Happy Family...Really!

Wisconsin
Come Cut The Cheese!

Wyoming
Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared

[codepoet]

We still have the most rain, 24 days straight in January 06, We just don't whine about it.

[Goggles Pizano]

I believe God allotted the Seattle area 45 days of sun a year. Must have been his deal with the rest of the country for putting up with so many liberals! :D

[Texian]

"Se habla Ingles"

I love that one!

[LibraryLady]

I believe God allotted the Seattle area 45 days of sun a year. Must have been his deal with the rest of the country for putting up with so many liberals! :D

Nah, I think that's 45 in even years and 30 in the odd years. Gives us something to look forward to. Happy 2006! Let's celebrate with another super expensive calorie/caffeine laden coffee drink!

LL

[Sdiver]

I believe God allotted the Seattle area 45 days of sun a year.

...and not all at once. You get 5 minutes one day....10 minutes several days later and so on and so on.

When I first moved there, one of my neighbors told me, "People in Seattle don't get Tans, they RUST." :D

[BoyScout]

Sdiver your motto is better than our real one.

[Karl.Masters]

+1 on the motto for the Peoples' Republic of Maryland, the state that introduced me to the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act...at age 18.

Karl

[catd11r]

Laughing my ass off at the one for West Virginia!:eek:

[x SF med]

NJ ought to be - Hoffa? Who's Hoffa?
or
Slimier Politicians than TX, IL or LA.
or
Raise Taxes or I'll shut down the Gov't , again.