State Mottos

[Bumper]

Rejected State Mottos

ALABAMA: Literassy ain’t everything
Ya want fries wit dat?

ALASKA: Come, freeze your butt off
11,623 Eskimos can’t be wrong

ARIZONA: Winter home to 150,000 snowbirds

ARKANSAS: At least we’re not Mississippi

CALIFORNIA: The Granola State
Nobody’s actually from here
The really long state

COLORADO: Too wimpy to cross the mountains, so we stopped here
Official home of the ski bunny

CONNECTICUT: Way too close to New York

DELAWARE: You’ll need a map to find us.
So close to Washington you can smell it.

FLORIDA: The Gunshine State
Elephant’s Graveyard; where old Republicans go to die.
Senior citizen’s discounts available.

GEORGIA: Home of the rednecks.
Gateway to Florida
Confederate money welcome.

HAWAII: Sure, we’ve got interstates...drive on over.
Book ‘em, Danno.
Tom Selleck, Jack Lord, Don Ho...Paradise!
Come, get lai’ed.

IDAHO: Ain’t nothing here
We don’t care if you spell potato with an “e”
Land of a billion “eyes”

ILLINOIS: Land of the voting dead

INDIANA: Home of David Letterman
Two billion years of tidal wave freedom

IOWA: Just East of Omaha
It’s easy to spell

KANSAS: Hay fever capital of the Midwest
Toto isn’t here anymore
You want flat, we got flat

KENTUCKY: Tobacco is a vegetable
We’re all related
Gateway to Nashville

LOUISIANA: Swim the beautiful bayou
Cancer Alley’s just a name, and names will never hurt you

MAINE : For Sale
You can spit on Canada from here

MARYLAND: If it weren’t for Washington, you’d never find us
The best place to get crabs

MASSACHUSETTS: Home of the young girl from Nantucket, also Ted Kennedy, hmmm...

MICHIGAN: Land of the free, home of the Buick

MINNESOTA: Not Sweden, but we try to act like it
Sure beats Canada

MISSISSIPPI: We’re lucky we can spell it
Why would you want to come here?

MISSOURI: Loves company
Here’s mine, Show me yours

MONTANA: Land of the Big Sky, and damned little else
At least our cows are sane

NEBRASKA: More corn than Kansas
Go to Kansas, turn North

NEVADA: More weirdos than Alaska (warmer too)
2 Words - Death Valley
3 to 5 you’ll leave broke
We have our own nuclear testing sight

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Like Old Hampshire, only newer
About as exciting as Vermont

NEW JERSEY: You have the right to remain silent
You have the right to an attorney...
Tell ‘em Guido sent ya

NEW MEXICO: Lizards make excellent pets
We have reservations
Alien Welcome Centre - Roswell

NEW YORK: At least we’re not New Jersey
We’re more than a big city, we’re a state
Like we CARE about a motto
English spoken here...sometimes

NORTH CAROLINA: Five million people; fifteen last names
We’re bigger than South Carolina

NORTH DAKOTA: The OTHER South Dakota

OHIO: Don’t judge us by Cleveland
Proud polluters of Lake Erie
We’re easy to spell

OKLAHOMA: We’re OK; you’re NOT!
Like the show, without the singing

OREGON: As pretty as California, but not as weird
We’re not named after a musical instrument
You can see the sunset from here

PENNSYLVANIA: Cook with coal
Free lube job with oil change

RHODE ISLAND: Size ain’t everything
Nobody famous came from Rhode Island

SOUTH CAROLINA: Just south of North Carolina

SOUTH DAKOTA: Closer than North Dakota

TENNESSEE: The Edukashun State
Thank goodness we’ve still got Elvis
A great fixer-upper

TEXAS: Si Hablo Ingles
See, EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas

UTAH: Our Jesus is better than your Jesus
At least our sheep can’t talk

VERMONT: Bet you can’t name two of our towns

VIRGINIA: Please don’t confuse us with West Virginia

WASHINGTON: We like our state, so STAY OUT!

WEST VIRGINIA: Where “family values” has a different meaning

WISCONSIN: Land of funny accents
Say “Che-e-e-e-se”

WYOMING: Where men are lonely, and sheep are nervous

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Originally Posted by Bumper

KANSAS: Hay fever capital of the Midwest
Toto isn’t here anymore
You want flat, we got flat

That sure looks familiar to this Dutch bloke!