Do you know your states motto?
#1
Do you know your states motto?
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?
My wife, (wives if you are out there Pulaski) hails from Maryland - the old line state! Dunno what thats about?
How about you?
#2
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?
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
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.
#4
Re: Do you know your states motto?
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
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
#5
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?
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?
http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm
#7
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 4,082
Originally posted by BrigieDarling
Connecticut... The Constitution State
Connecticut... The Constitution State
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#9
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Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Woodbridge, Virginia
Posts: 127
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?
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.
#10
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Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Woodbridge, Virginia
Posts: 127
Oh yeah Virginia's state motto is "Virginia is for lovers"
#15
KY - The Bluegrass State!
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!
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!