Posted on 11/14/2005 5:50:52 PM PST by Cagey
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Make us a slogan we can't refuse, the state of New Jersey said. We got your slogan right here, the people replied.
A push to come up with a new slogan for the Garden State has become an excuse to crack New Jersey jokes. Among the not-so-serious entries:
"New Jersey: You Got a Problem With That?"
"NJ: How You Doin'?!"
"Most of Our Elected Officials Have Not Been Indicted."
The search yielded more than 4,000 possibilities in all, many of them attempts to sum up the land of Bruce Springsteen, "The Sopranos" and smelly interstates in one pithy phrase. The deadline for submissions was Monday.
The program began last month after acting Gov. Richard J. Codey rejected a consultant's recommendation -- "New Jersey: We'll Win You Over" -- as too negative. That slogan, developed as part of a $260,000 contract by global image consultants Lippincott Mercer, was shelved a day before it was to be unveiled.
Instead, the state opened the process to the public, establishing a Web site and telephone hot line to receive suggestions, which included the lyrical ("The Ocean, The Motion, The Magic") along with the satirical.
New Jersey, which once used "New Jersey and You: Perfect Together," has not had a new marketing slogan in four years. "Get Away, Without Going Far Away" has been used in the interim, but tourism officials say it does not resonate with out-of-staters.
"We have the opportunity to craft a new message for our tourist literature to reflect the pride we have in our many parks, open spaces, farmlands, quaint villages, boardwalks and beaches and our exciting cities," Codey implored would-be slogan writers on the Web site.
The governor and the state Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission will "pare down the suggestions and go from there," said Karen Wolfe, a commission spokeswoman.
The state's musical legacy -- Frank Sinatra called New Jersey home, Springsteen still does -- led one person to suggest "From Ol' Blue Eyes to the Boss: Jersey Is Singing Your Song." Another entry: "Born to Fun."
Others found New Jersey's reputation for mobsters, toxic waste sites and lowbrow taste fair game. "Bada Bing! Choose New Jersey" was one suggestion.
The campaign was run by the state, but newspaper columnists, talk radio and "Saturday Night Live" got into the spirit, too. "New Jersey: It Always Smells Like This," one Philadelphia Inquirer reader suggested. "New Jersey: Come Glow With Us," another said.
New Jersey: Eh, it ain't so bad.
NJ Rocks!
NJ: Where pizza doesn't taste like ASS!
New Jersey: "What da f**k are you lookin' at?"
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LOL! I like that one!
NJ: Where Pennsylvanians drive 4 hours each way to WORK.
New Jersey: Flushed With Pride.
New Jersey - "Who's Your Nanny"
Damn straight it is. That's where I live. And we've got a Congressman (Garrett) who is rated higher by the ACU than probably alot of these PA dickweeds on this thread.
"Jiss what da f**k are you lookin' at....yeah, you, ya stupid f**k?"
NJ rocks. You could easily make all those same complaints about the country as a whole. Taxation, lawyers, etc. Boo-hoo. The common cold sucks, too. Get used to it. The reason we have higher taxes is because we have more property, at a higher value, and more jobs, than most other places in the country. The reason other states don't have as high taxes is you can't get blood from an f-in stone. I pay the property taxes, and the car insurance, and I've still got PLENTY left over. Would I like to keep more? Sure! And I'd like to have back the crappy medicare and ss and fed income taxes too. Oh well, it's the price you pay for having a great paying job in an abundant state. I could always move to North Dakota or Mississippi, pay low taxes, live in a trailer and drive a car with no friggin headlights!
New Jersey: New York's suburb!
"If it stinks, you must be in New Jersey!"
No one's a bigger nanny than the federal gubmint, but I bet you don't cast such aspersions on America just because of laws the gubmint passes. Do you propose that motto for America? Who's your nanny? Your president GWB bought seniors all their drugs with our money. DO you propose the GOP motto is Who's Your Nanny? Or are you just full of crap?
That's your upper lip. Or your momma.
Oh my! Someone from Flori-DUH making fun of another state? Why don't you come back and talk when you learn to count a friggin ballot, moron.
You're not exactly leading by example here, Huck.
"New Jersey-we're not as corrupt or as stoopid as Louisiana"
(yes the spelling of stoopid is correct)
And the North-Western section is red (esp. Sussex County).
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