Batsto New Jersey - Horse Barn in Winter
Posted on 12/26/2005 8:51:59 AM PST by COBOL2Java
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 last week 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 acting Gov. Richard J. Codey threw out "New Jersey: We'll Win You Over."
"It makes me think of when I was young and single and asked a girl out," Mr. Codey said of that slogan, created by a consultant who was paid $260,000. "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.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
New Jersey: "Do we amuse you? Do you think we're here for your F'n amusement?"
Batsto New Jersey - Horse Barn in Winter
I still like:
"New Jersey: You got a problem with that?"
Jack.
New Jersey: DON'T fuhgeddaboutit.
New Jersy: Did We Take A Wrong Turn?
If those are the five finalists, they should have stuck with the one they had.
Jersey: WTF are you lookin' at?
"New Jersey: give us enough money, and we'll name a rest stop after you."
Because of the parkway.
From my NJ turnpike experiences...
New Jersey: Come in one end, come out the other, and we keep your wallet.
New Jersey: Gotham's garbage dump.
I grew up in NJ/NY metro area. There's a lot of funny stuff on this thread, and a lot of true. They will pull you over on the Turnpike, and Exit 13 is very stinky. But Jersey is the best of city and country living, a state where you can be, at once, half an hour from the greatest city on earth, and half an hour from horse country, and half an hour from the beach. It has four beautiful seasons, and a great historic heritage, and friendlier people than I've yet found on the other side of the Delaware. Some of it, most of it, is just beautiful. If not for the killer taxes I'd still be there. I had heaps of money living there but the govt kept taking it away. :(
Ping to #27.
New Jersey: We Have No Sense of Humor
Holy cow I nearly spewed my lunch there, that is so friggin' on target... if that ain't the contest winner, it's fixed!
| Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2004 | |||
| Value of receipts thousand $ |
Percent of state total farm receipts |
Percent of US value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Greenhouse/nursery | 368,546 | 42.5 | 2.3 |
| 2. Horses/mules | 109,000 | 12.6 | 9.4 |
| 3. Blueberries | 45,630 | 5.3 | 15.4 |
| 4. Dairy products | 32,308 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| 5. Chicken eggs | 28,912 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| All commodities | 866,719 | 0.4 | |
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