50 Nifty United States

My beautiful Aunt sent me these mottos for each state in the Union. Some are pretty funny, but after you've read, I challenge you to equal their humor. In the comments, leave mottos you think would be appropriate:


Know your state's motto:

Alabama "Hell 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 Kennedys

Don't Own It Yet."

Delaware "We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water."

Florida "Ask Us About Our Long-Distance Grandkids."

Georgia "We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism."

Hawaii "Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru." Translation: "Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money."

Idaho "More Than Just Potatoes... Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are 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 "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 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes."

Mississippi "Come And Feel Better About Your Own State."

Missouri "Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work."

Nevada "Hookers and Poker!"

New Hampshire "Go Away And Leave Us Alone."

New Jersey "You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! 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 "At Least We're Not Michigan."

Oklahoma "Like The Play, But No Singing."

Oregon "Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner."

Pennsylvania "We're Cooking With Coal."

Rhode Island "We're Not REALLY An Island."

South Carolina "Remember The Civil War? Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet."

South Dakota "We're Closer Than North Dakota."

Tennessee "The Edyoocashun State."

Texas "Se Hablo Ingles."

Utah "Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus."

Vermont "Ay, Yep."

Virginia "Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?"

Washington "We Have More Rain Than You Do."

West Virginia "One Big Happy Family...No Really, We Are."

Wisconsin "Come Cut The Cheese With Us."

Wyoming "Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Very Nervous