Rejected but Realistic State Mottos
* Alabama
Literacy ain't everything, Ya want fries with dat?
We Have Electricity
At Least We're not Mississippi
* Alaska
Come, freeze your butt off
11,623 Eskimos Can't be Wrong!
* Arizona
Winter home to 150,000 snowbirds
But It's a Dry Heat
* Arkansas
At least we're not Mississippi
Litterasy Ain't Everthing
* California
Nobody's actually from here
Fast reloading lanes available
Hey, with this many of us, we can make anything legal
As Seen on TV
* Colorado
Too wimpy to cross the mountains so we stopped here
If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
* Connecticut
Way too close to New York
Like Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less Character
* Delaware
Parking for Dupont employees only
You'll need a map to find us
We Really Do Like the Chemicals in our Water
* Florida
Give me your sick, your old, your rich retirees...
Senior citizen discounts available
Come, enjoy the humidity
Ask Us About Our Grandkids
* Georgia
Home of the Rednecks
Gateway to Florida
We Put the "Fun" in Fundamentalist Extremism
* Hawaii
Try our lei-away program
Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death to Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
* Idaho
Ain't nothing here
More Than Just Potatoes...Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Are Real Good
* Illinois
Land of the voting dead
Gateway to Iowa
Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
* Indiana
Home of David Letterman
2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
* Iowa
It's easy to spell
We Do Amazing Things With Corn
* Kansas
Hayfever capital of the Midwest
Dole slept here
There's no place like home
First Of The Rectangle States
* Kentucky
Tobacco is a vegetable
Gateway to Nashville
Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
* Louisiana
Swim the beautiful Bayou
Cancer Alley's just a name, and names will never hurt you
We're Not All Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
* Maine
We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
For Sale
You can spit on Canada from here
* Maryland
If it weren't for Washington, you couldn't find us
If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
A Thinking Man's Delaware
* Massachusetts
Taxus Por Un Fortunat Bums
Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (for most tax brackets)
* Michigan
Where cars used to come from
First Line of Defense From the Canadians
* Minnesota
Not Sweden, but we try to act like it
10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000 Mosquitoes
* Mississippi
Why would you want to come here?
Elvis was born here, but heck, even he left
Come Feel Better About Your Own State
* Missouri
Gateway to Kansas
Here's mine, Show Me yours
We love company
Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work
* Montana
It's where you're wanted
Land of the Big Sky, the Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, and Very Little Else
* Nebraska
Not much to look at, but we sure have a lot of it
More corn than Kansas
Go to Kansas, turn north
Ask About Our State Motto Contest
* Nevada
More weirdos than Alaska (warmer too)
2 words - Death Valley
3:5 you'll leave broke
We have our own nuclear testing
Two to one you will come again
* New Hampshire
Like Old Hampshire, only newer
About as exciting as Vermont
Go Away and Leave Us Alone
* New Jersey
Waste not...Send it here instead
You Want a ##$%## Motto?? I Got Yer ##$%## Motto Right Here!!
* New Mexico
We have reservations
Alien Welcome Center - Roswell
Lizards Make Excellent Pets
* New York
Like we CARE about a motto
English spoken here; sometimes
You Have the Right to Remain Silent...
* North Carolina
We're bigger than South Carolina
Tobacco is a Vegetable
* North Dakota
The OTHER South Dakota
We Really ARE One of the 50 States!
* Ohio
Don't judge us by Cleveland
Proud polluters of Lake Erie
We're easy to spell
We Wish We Were In Michigan
* Oklahoma
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto
Rather Sooner than later
We're OK, you're NOT!
Like the Play, Only No Singing
* Oregon
As pretty as California but not as weird
You can see the sunset from here
Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner
* Pennsylvania
Free lube job with oil change
Freeway On-Ramps - What's That?
Cook With Coal
* Rhode Island
Size ain't everything
Nobody famous came from Rhode Island
We're Not REALLY An Island
* South Carolina
Settled by prisoners, what do you expect
Just south of North Carolina
Where the Civil War is Never Over
* South Dakota
To rent this space call 1-800-SEE-COWS
Closer Than North Dakota
* Tennessee
To stay here, you'd HAVE to be a Volunteer!
A great fixer-upper
The Educashun State
* Texas
See, EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas!
Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I speak English)
* Utah
At least our sheep can't talk
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
* Vermont
Bet ya can't name 2 of our towns
Yep
* Virginia
Please don't confuse us with West Virginia!
Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
* Washington
If we'd meant DC, we'd have said DC, stupid
We like our state, so STAY OUT!
Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!
* Washington, D.C.
Seattle is NOT our capital, WE are the CAPITAL!
Wanna Be Mayor?
* West Virginia
Well, it sounded better than Eastern Ohio...
One Big Happy Family - Really!
* Wisconsin
Come Cut Our Cheese
Land of funny accents
Say "Cheeeese"
* Wyoming
The nation's best beef cattle. Watch where you step
More elk than people, but not much traffic
Wynot?