NJ: Tourist slogan search bars sarcasm

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 12/21/05 | Reuters

[NormsRevenge]

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey, trying to overcome its reputation for corruption, traffic and toxic waste dumps, has rejected dozens of sardonic and sarcastic entries in a contest for a new tourist slogan.

A list of five possible slogans released on Wednesday leaves out "New Jersey: We can always use another relative on the payroll," and "Come to New Jersey: It's not as bad as it smells."

Voters get to pick the winner in the competition launched after Gov. Richard Codey nixed "New Jersey: We'll Win You Over," created by a consultant who was paid $260,000 (149,000 pounds).

"It makes me think of when I was young and single and asked a girl out," Codey said in a statement. "She turned me down. I said, 'Give me a chance, I'll win you over.'"

Nearly 7,800 entries were submitted to promote a state not widely known for its pristine countryside and sun-soaked beaches.

The five finalists are: "New Jersey: Expect the Unexpected," "New Jersey: Love at First Sight," "New Jersey: Come See for Yourself," "New Jersey: The Real Deal" and "New Jersey: The Best Kept Secret."

Voters in the Garden State have until January 1 to make their selection.

[NormsRevenge]

Be kind, Thanks!

[NYCVOICE]

New Jersey: Where the Tunnels and Bridge Exits

[Freeper]

New Jersey: The Two Funniest Words in the English Language. Just try this - - - when stuck for something to say, just say New Jersey. Works (almost) every time.

[Bernard]

Wisconsin - come smell our dairy air!

Oklahoma - the circus has been here twice.

And my favorite Washington state bumper sticker - Don't Californicate my state!

[LongElegantLegs]

New Jersey: Not all the residents are wankers.

J/k. Please don't kill me.

[MarineBrat]

New Joisy: Now with 50% fewer insect parts than the leading brand!

Oh sorry, that's the one I thought up for a brand of cereal.

[NYCVOICE]

New Jersey: Why?

[weef]

I found southern New Jersey to be quite pretty.

I found nothern and western NJ to be quite pretty. It's the eastern part around Newark that really stinks.

[Revolting cat!]

Be kind, Thanks!

Great slogan, really!

[mkmensinger]

New Jersey: The Toll Booth State

[lp boonie]

Omaha's is "Come to the Big O". Serious. Some wanker got paid for that.

[Caveman Lawyer]

Ha ha, "expect the unexpected." Reminds me of Enron's "Endless Possibilities."

[SShultz460]

Reminds me of a good one..

Why Doesn't New Jeresy fall off into the Ocean? Because Pennsylvania sucks

/rimshot

[NormsRevenge]

That was a mild admonition, not a slogan but come to think of it, It'll work. ;-)

[msnimje]

It is indeed and has many very old and Historic Towns.

[Alouette]

New Jersey: You Don't Leave Unless You Pay

New Jersey: Halfway Between the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell

New Jersey: I'd Rather Be Here Than in Delaware

[Cicero]

Even better, say "New Joisey."

[NormsRevenge]

New Jersey : Jimmy Hoffa slept sleeps here.