03/26/99

Here is the list of  "unofficial" state mottos:

Alabama:        At Least We're not Mississippi
Alaska:         11,623 Eskimos Can't be Wrong!
Arizona:        But It's a Dry Heat
Arkansas:       Litterasy Ain't Everthing
California:     As Seen on TV
Colorado:       If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
Connecticut:    Like Massachusetts, Only Dirtier and With Less 
                Character
Delaware:       We Really Do Like the Chemicals in our Water
Florida:        Ask Us About Our Grand kids
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, Maybe 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:       A Thinking Man's Delaware
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 Mosquitoes"
Mississippi:    Come 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:           We Wish We Were In 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 Ing'les (Yes, I speak English)
Utah:           Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont:        Ayup
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 Our Cheese
Wyoming:        Wynot?