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Do you know your states motto?

Old Nov 22nd 2003, 11:29 pm
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Well, Im gonna go to Florida, and I know its the sunshine state.

My wife, (wives if you are out there Pulaski) hails from Maryland - the old line state! Dunno what thats about?

How about you?
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Default Re: Do you know your states motto?

Originally posted by waxwabbit
Well, Im gonna go to Florida, and I know its the sunshine state.

My wife, (wives if you are out there Pulaski) hails from Maryland - the old line state! Dunno what thats about?

How about you?

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According to some historians, Gen. George Washington bestowed the name “Old Line State� and thereby associated Maryland with its regular line troops, the Maryland Line, who served courageously in many Revolutionary War battles.


i live in wyoming the equality state. wyoming women were the first in the nation to vote, serve on juries and hold public office.
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Old Nov 22nd 2003, 11:43 pm
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Arizona is the Grand Canyon State. Pretty much self explanatary really
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Old Nov 22nd 2003, 11:50 pm
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NC is the Tarheel state (yuk) although it says first in flight on the number plate

These are the ones I know

NY = The Empire State
NH = The Granite State (number plate = live free or die)
CA = The Golden State
NJ = The Garden State (presumably because it stinks of manure)
Missouri = The Show me state (?)

then there are the unofficial state mottos

Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity

Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't be Wrong!

Arizona: But It's a Dry Heat

Arkansas: Litterasy Ain't Everything

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 -&- Where Science Don't Mean Squat

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 10,000,000,000,000 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 ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! 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: 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 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 Our Cheese

Wyoming: Where "You Fight like a girl" is not an insult
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Default Re: Do you know your states motto?

Originally posted by waxwabbit
Well, Im gonna go to Florida, and I know its the sunshine state.

My wife, (wives if you are out there Pulaski) hails from Maryland - the old line state! Dunno what thats about?

How about you?
here are all the state and why they are called.

http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm
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Connecticut... The Constitution State
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Default Re: Do you know your states motto?

Originally posted by waxwabbit
Well, Im gonna go to Florida, and I know its the sunshine state.

My wife, (wives if you are out there Pulaski) hails from Maryland - the old line state! Dunno what thats about?

How about you?


Maryland is called the old line state because before the civil war the mason dixon line ran north of Maryland seperating the slave states from the free. And if a slave passed through that line he/she became free, that was until the government passed the fugitive slave law.
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Old Nov 23rd 2003, 12:56 am
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Oh yeah Virginia's state motto is "Virginia is for lovers"
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Old Nov 23rd 2003, 2:03 am
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I am moving to Oregan - the beaver state!

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Motto - United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Or you could go with the more widely know one (as another poster stated): 15 million people, 15 last names. LOL!
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