Rejected State Mottos
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State
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Motto
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ALABAMA
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Literacy ain't everything
Ya want fries with dat?
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ALASKA
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Come, freeze your butt off
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ARIZONA
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Winter home to 150,000 snowbirds
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ARKANSAS
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At least we're not Mississippi
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CALIFORNIA
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The Granola State
Nobody's actually from here
Fast reloading lanes available
The really long state
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COLORADO
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Too wimpy to cross the mountains so we stopped here
Official home of the winter ski bunny
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CONNECTICUT
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Way too close to New York
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DELAWARE
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You'll need a map to find us
So close to Washington you can smell it
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FLORIDA
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The Gunshine State
Elephant Graveyard; where the old Republicans go to die
Senior citizen discounts available
Come, enjoy the humidity
The snow capital of the US
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GEORGIA
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Home of the Rednecks
Gateway to Florida
Confederate money welcome
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HAWAII
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Sure, we've got Interstates... drive on over
Book 'em Danno
Tom Selik, Jack Lord, Don Ho - Paradise!
Come, get lai-ed
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IDAHO
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Ain't nothing here
We don't care if you spell potato with an "e"
Land of a billion "eyes"
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ILLINOIS
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Land of the voting dead
Gateway to Iowa
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INDIANA
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Home of David Letterman
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IOWA
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Just east of Omaha
It's easy to spell
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KANSAS
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Hayfever capital of the Midwest
Dole slept here
There's no place like home
Ya want flat, we got flat
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KENTUCKY
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Tobacco is a vegetable
We're all related
Gateway to Nashville
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LOUISIANA
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Swim the beautiful Bayou
Cancer Alley's just a name, and names will never hurt you
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MAINE
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For Sale
You can spit on Canada from here
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MARYLAND
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If it weren't for Washington, you couldn't find us
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MASSACHUSETTS
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Home of the young girls from Nantucket, also the home of Ted Kennedy, hmmmm...
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MICHIGAN
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Land of the free, home of the Buick
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MINNESOTA
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Not Sweden, but we try to act like it
Sure beats Canada
Land of 10,000 Flakes
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MISSISSIPPI
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We're lucky we can spell it
Why would you want to come here?
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MISSOURI
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Gateway to Kansas
Here's mine, Show Me yours
We're better than Illinois
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MONTANA
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Land of the Big Sky, and very little else
We've got lots of I O' x 10' shacks in the woods
It's where you're wanted.
At least our cows are sane.
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NEBRASKA
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More corn than Kansas
Go to Kansas, turn north
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NEVADA
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More weirdos than Alaska (warmer too)
2 words - Death Valley
3:5 you'll leave broke
We have our own nuclear testing site
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Like Old Hampshire, only newer
About as exciting as Vermont
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NEW JERSEY
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You have the right to remain silent,
You have the right to an attorney...
Tell 'em Guido sent ya
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NEW MEXICO
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Lizards make excellent pets
We have reservations
Alien Welcome Center - Roswell
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NEW YORK
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At least we're not New Jersey!
We're more than a big city; we're a state
Like we CARE about a motto
English spoken here; sometimes
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NORTH CAROLINA
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Five million people; Fifteen last names
We're bigger than South Carolina
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NORTH DAKOTA
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The OTHER South Dakota
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OHIO
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Don't judge us by Cleveland
Proud polluters of Lake Erie
We're easy to spell
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OKLAHOMA
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We're OK, you're NOT!
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto
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OREGON
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As pretty as California but not as weird
We're not named after a musical instrument
You can see the sunset from here
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PENNSYLVANIA
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Cook with coal
Free lube job with oil change
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RHODE ISLAND
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Size ain't everything
Nobody famous came from Rhode Island
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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Just south of North Carolina
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SOUTH DAKOTA
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Closer than North Dakota
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TENNESSEE
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The Educashun State
Thank goodness we've still got Elvis
A great fixer-upper
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TEXAS
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Si Hablo Ingles
See, EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas!
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UTAH
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Our Jesus is better than your Jesus
At least our sheep can't talk
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VERMONT
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Bet ya can't name 2 of our towns
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VIRGINIA
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Please don't confuse us with West Virginia!
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WASHINGTON
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We like our state, so STAY OUT!
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WEST VIRGINIA
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Where "family values" has a different meaning
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WISCONSIN
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Land of funny accents.
Say "Cheeeese"
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