Lesser-Known State Mottoes... Mottos?

[duckman]

Janine,

Well, I think your list just about managed to insult everyone, save Booty, Croc, and our Canadien friends (I know we have posters here from Canada!).  And of course, Marc was spared.  Perhaps that's because WV has been the brunt of too many of those shots in the past??

I think the one for Oregon is the funniest!  Where's that baby rolling on the floor smiley when you need it!

Duckman

[marc]

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote [/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]Notice the complete and total absence of West Virginia.

I wonder why that is?  Marc, does W.V. get left out of a lot of stuff?[/quote]

I've seen several versions of this with West Virginia included ("One Big Happy Family-Really!") .  We are always glad, though, when we do get left out.  When we do, though, it's usually because people don't realize we're a state ("You're from Western Virginia?  I've got a cousin in Richmond!"), which is why my suggested motto would be "a part of the union continually since the beginning (can the other Virginia say the same?)"
:saint:

[marc]

I suspect some alphabetical mischief afoot. :idea:

[janine]

Or maybe just forgetful...  trailing an unheeded child or two behind her...

Humph.  I saved that email. I'm gonna look & see if I've misplaced them, or if some heartless emailer dropped 'em...

Minnesota is always boasting 10,000+ lakes.  Michigan has 11,000 + lakes.

[janine]

And the difference between a pond and a lake is...?

[Richard]

Yeah, But Michigan is IN the lake.  Minnesota has lakes in IT.


Oh what am I doing.....I'm not even a native Minnesotan.  And I have a hard time getting pumped up over state who's University Mascot is a rodent.
Go Gophers??

Jerry....you win :D  :D  :D

Seriously though janine, the second largest lake in Minnesota, Lake Mille Lacs is 20 miles wide and 26 miles long.  According to the DNR: [!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote [/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]"Generally, a lake is an area of open, relatively deep water that is large enough to produce a wave-swept shore."[/quote]  There are 11, 842 lakes in MN which have a surface area greater than 10 acres.

Richard

[janine]

Lesser Known State Mottos . . .

Alabama: H*ll 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 ... But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good

Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"

Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free

Iowa: Hottest and coldest State in the Union.

Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States

Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names

Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos.

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 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 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: Ya Want A *#$%#! Motto?  I Got a #$%&#! 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!


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I received this list off the Internet in an email.

That means it's a realy truly true list, right?  :crackup:

Notice the complete and total absence of West Virginia.

I wonder why that is?  Marc, does W.V. get left out of a lot of stuff?

[Arkstfan]

Being a true Arkansan I grouse about Oklahoma but after driving 15 hours straight from Colorado that seemed be a 14 hour drive through Kansas, I told all my friends that Kansas was the state that made you glad to see the "Welcome to Oklahoma" sign.

[Nevertheless]

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote [/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]Notice the complete and total absence of West Virginia.
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Wisconsin and Wyoming are missing too...

:rolleyes:

[crocless aussie]

it would appear that United States is an oxymoron. :D

[Richard]

I live in Minnesota now but I grew up on the Gulf coast (north end of Galveston Bay)
People in Minnesota just THINK they have mosquitoes.  And there are none between October and April.
Maybe they mistake all that whining for actual mosquitoes :doh:  :doh:

Richard

[janine]

:noddingsmiley:  :D  :thumbs-up:  :p

[Richard]

DNR puts the official count at just over 15,000 lakes in MN.
Ponds don't count ;)

[Bon Voyage]

Lake Michigan is a lake.  What Minnesota has are ponds.  LOL