Know our State Motto!

[280plus]

I think this has been around before but I still got a chuckle out of some of them...

Note the New York motto.

KNOW YOUR STATE MOTTO...

Alabama
Hell Yes, We Have Electricity.

Alaska
11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!

Arizona
But It's A Dry Heat.

Arkansas
Lituracy Ain't Everythang.

California
By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda.

Colorado
If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother.

Connecticut
Like Massachusetts, only smaller.

Delaware
We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.

Florida
Ask Us About Our Grandkids And Our Voting Skills.

Georgia
We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism.

Hawaii
Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death To Mainland Scum; 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

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 And Our Senators Are More Corrupt!

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

Montana
Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and Honest Elections!

Nebraska
Ask About Our State Motto Contest

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... And No Right To Self Defense!

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
Cook 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
Closer Than North Dakota

Tennessee
Home of the Al Gore Invention Museum.

Texas
Se Hable Ingles

Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

Vermont
Too liberal for the Kennedys

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

Washington
Our Governor can out-fraud your Governor!

West Virginia
One Big Happy Family...Really!

Wisconsin
Come Cut Cheese!

Wyoming
Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared

The District of Columbia
The Work-Free Drug Place!

[Jamisjockey]

Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA That's just funny *expletive deleted*it right there, and more "true" than you realize.  I almost had to chase some missionaries off with a shotgun yesterday.  "We're not interested" and "Move the F%@* along" almost didn't cut it with the poor, brainwashed twits.

[K Frame]

Pennsylvania -- "Cook with coal"

I have, on numerous occasions, and I'm from Pennsylvania.

If I ever manage to get back there, one of the first things I do is invest in a coal stove for the home and 5 tons of high-quality Pennsylvania anthricite.

[280plus]

Heh, I spent a few hours in August walking an old gravity coal railroad bed in NE PA. There was coal EVERYWHERE on the roadbed. I picked up one chunk that had to be 30 lbs. I still have a few pieces.

[El Tejon]

Funny, but not correct as to the Hoosier State.  Indiana does "suffer" from tidal waves in Lake Michigan.

I remember as a kid on summer vaccation in Long Beach (think "Road to Perdition") seeing one.  They are more odd than terrifying and not very powerful.

[K Frame]

Back during the Depression a lot of people heated their homes and cooked their food with coal that they picked up by the railroad tracks. They couldn't afford it otherwise.

My Grandfather, a freight conductor at the time, said that passing right after a coal train was quite a sight what with all the people scavenging along the tracks.

[280plus]

The thought of retiring to the backwoods of PA and walking the old beds for coal every day did kinda cross my mind. This was the line that took only coal from the mines to be trasnported to the "big" railroad. This particular one ran 26 miles mostly by gravity with a few stationary steam engines at strategic spots to help it along. The weight of the full cars pulled the empty cars back up the grade. I was literally walking on a bed of compacted chunks of coal that have been laying there for over 140 years.