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New State Slogan Needed
As Maine Goes ^ | September 5, 2003 | Mike Travers

Posted on 09/06/2003 8:58:59 AM PDT by bogeybob

Maine desperately needs a new slogan. "Maine, the way life should be." is tired and, in my mind, somewhat disingenuous. Here's my entry: "Maine, we've got what it takes to take what you've got."


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What is your state's slogan? And what would you change it to?
1 posted on 09/06/2003 8:59:00 AM PDT by bogeybob
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To: bogeybob
Maine: the "give me" state
2 posted on 09/06/2003 9:04:23 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: bogeybob
Nebraska--The Good Life.

Tax-a-braska--The High Taxed Place on the Plains.

3 posted on 09/06/2003 9:04:36 AM PDT by Skybird
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To: bogeybob
Idaho, and I don't care!
4 posted on 09/06/2003 9:04:43 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: John Jorsett
Actually, I kind of like that one. I think I'll appropriate it for California. Or maybe ...

California: YOU CAN'T STOP US! AAAAHAHAHAHA!
5 posted on 09/06/2003 9:05:55 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: bogeybob
Maine: We're as damn far away from California as you can get.
6 posted on 09/06/2003 9:06:26 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: John Jorsett
How about: California, we're not even a state anymore.
7 posted on 09/06/2003 9:07:35 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
And for my own state (continuing on a theme):

Washington: Yeah, we're only two steps behind California, but we're too stoned to care.

8 posted on 09/06/2003 9:09:06 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: bogeybob
Michigan - Teeth are optional.
9 posted on 09/06/2003 9:14:48 AM PDT by netmilsmom (I've abandoned my search for truth - Now looking for a good fantasy.)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
Washington: Yeah, we're only two steps behind California, but we're too stoned to care.

Okay, I don't get into Seattle very often anymore, but that doesn't quite fit my own perceptions of The Peoples' Soviet of Washington, aka The Evergreed State.

10 posted on 09/06/2003 9:15:39 AM PDT by Eala (The government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: bogeybob
There's a town nearby with a nice slogan posted on the highway that I've always wanted to add on to (and will here, though it's unfair to the town):

Bothell
For a Day
Or a Lifetime
Or an Eternity

11 posted on 09/06/2003 9:18:36 AM PDT by Eala (The government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Skybird
What about "High Plains Grifter"?
12 posted on 09/06/2003 9:37:18 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: bogeybob; Scott from the Left Coast; mhking
Just for fun...State Slogans

Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity

Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!

Arizona: But It's A Dry Heat

Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything

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

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

Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet

Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water

Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids

Georgia: We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism

Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But 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 (For Most Tax Brackets)

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 Very Little Else

Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest

Nevada: Whores 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

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, Only 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? We Didn't Actually Surrender

South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota

Tennessee: The Educashun State

Texas: Si, Hablo Ingles (Yes, I Speak English)

Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

Vermont: Yep

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

Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!

Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?

West Virginia: One Big Happy Family. Really!

Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese

Wyoming: Where Men Are Men. and the sheep are scared

Source Unknown

13 posted on 09/06/2003 9:48:21 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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Connecticut: (with apologies to New Hampshire) "Live Well or Die"

Vermont "a couple of hundred thousand incompetent dairy farmers and a few thousand Birkenstock-wearing, brown-rice eating perpetual college students makes for a socialist paradise"

New Hampshire" Yeah it's a nice view, now leave"

Rhode Island: "Fenway's South Parking Lot"

Maine: Potatoes, Lobster and LL Bean is about it."

Massachusetts: "Whatever isn't forbidden is mandatory"

14 posted on 09/06/2003 10:04:06 AM PDT by muir_redwoods
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To: bogeybob
One suggestion for Maine:

"Tax Relief: You Cahn't Get Theyah From Heyah"

15 posted on 09/06/2003 10:27:08 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: bogeybob
I'm in

Texas: "Texas. It's Like a Whole Other Country."

I'd think I'd just change it to "Don't mess with Texas". Or, even better: "Don't mess with Texas. You saw what Bush can do. Do you really want to mess with that? I didn't think so." ;o)
16 posted on 09/06/2003 10:27:42 AM PDT by 4mycountry (You say I'm a brat like it's a bad thing.)
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To: bogeybob
"Maine! Rhymes with pain!"
17 posted on 09/06/2003 10:47:39 AM PDT by Az Joe
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To: bogeybob
Maine: Everything Stephen King wrote about us is true.
18 posted on 09/06/2003 10:52:16 AM PDT by uglybiker (Backwards words say to used I. Again go I there! $#!& oh!)
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To: Eala
LOL! You know about all the really stupid things that have been done to destroy California...well, up here, we still think that those are all of the right things to do!
19 posted on 09/06/2003 11:12:27 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
I know. It's frustrating... You can lead a leftie to water, but you can't make him think.
20 posted on 09/06/2003 12:01:19 PM PDT by Eala (The government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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