To: John Messbauer who wrote (10025 ) 5/30/1999 3:57:00 PM From: Elmer Flugum Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 62549
STATE MOTTOS ALABAMA - At Least We're not Mississippi ALASKA - 11,623 Eskimos Can't be Wrong! ARIZONA - But It's a Dry Heat ARKANSAS - Litterasy Ain't Everthing CALIFORNIA - As Seen on TV COLORADO - If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother CONNECTICUT - Like Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less Character 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 - A Thinking Man's Delaware 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 Mosquitoes" MISSISSIPPI - Come 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 - Whores and Poker! NEW HAMPSHIRE - Go Away and Leave Us Alone NEW JERSEY - Ya Wanna #$%#*n Motto? I Got Yer #$%#*n 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 - We Wish We Were In 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 Ingles (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 - Eat Cheese or Die WYOMING - Wynot?