This seemed humorous to me when I read them in my email.
NEW U.S. State Mottos- Alabama: At Least We're not Mississippi
- 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, Maybe 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
- 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 100,000,000 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: Cheap Entertainment! (Make sure you bring a LOT of money)
- 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: 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: Sí, hablo inglés (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, DC: Wanna Be Mayor?
- West Virginia: One Big Happy Family — Really!
- Wisconsin: Come Cut Our Cheese


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"Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names"
*/sixteen/ last names. My grandparents just moved there, so I'm sure that's a new name down there. :P Our family hasn't migrated much since my great grandfather came over from Scotland around 1915...lol.
We really do amazing things with corn... REALLY! ;-P
Thank you William.
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