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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 11:54 PM
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State Mottoes That Just Didn't Make It
Utah: Ya can't marry the same sex.... but ya can marry as many of the opposite sex you want!


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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:42 AM
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1. From Conan O'Brien:
Texas' state motto:

"George Bush - - Now He's Your Problem"
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:49 AM
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5. Also from Conan:
"Florida -- Life's end zone."

:rofl:
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:46 AM
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2. Montana: Love it or Leave it... No wait, I was just kidding.
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:32 PM
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42. STP......Montana
Edited on Sun Mar-19-06 05:32 PM by StopThePendulum
where men are men and sheep press charges of sexual abuse.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:47 AM
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3. MN: The snow will EAT YOUR FLESH!
:bounce:
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:50 AM
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6. Snow again for us on Tuesday
Most places March is in like a lion and out like a lamb, but here it's in like a lion riding an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see. :patriot:
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:57 AM
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8. You guys are getting it all....we haven't seen any lately....
totally weird! I'm about 20 miles outside Duluth and we usually get lake-effect snow, but we've escaped it for awhile. I'm going into spring-psychosis mode. I have purchased approximately twenty packs of seeds, and a pair of sandals. I wore the sandals outside twice today, even though it was still freezing. I am going to bend the weather to my will.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:27 AM
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9. "I am going to bend the weather to my will."
I love it. I'm gonna do that too.

Greetings from Mora.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:30 AM
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10. Ahh, Mora!
I used to drive through there on a fairly frequent basis, when I went to St. Cloud State. :hi:
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:31 AM
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12. Stop in again!
We got us a rockin' li'l radio station now.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:15 PM
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36. WTF??
Please tell me you're kidding. MORE snow on Tuesday?

Dammit, this winter will not end.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:43 PM
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48. March is statistically the snowiest month...
At least there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm good and sick of winter too, though we have no snow. Temps have been below normal for weeks.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 08:20 AM
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24. And I thought the snow only sucked...
:rofl:
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:48 AM
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4. I've got a great city police dept. motto--
My hubby is a police officer in our city, and their motto is "We'll Try."

I shit you not.
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:52 AM
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7. Bwahahaha
:spray: that's good!
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:02 PM
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29. It is the butt of many, many, many jokes, lol.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:30 AM
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11. Just found this one!
North Dakota: "A beautiful woman behind every tree"
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:36 AM
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13. "IOWA: Gateway to Nebraska"
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:24 AM
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20. .
:rofl:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:16 PM
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37. IOWA: We make the Mississippi flow south
Edited on Sun Mar-19-06 04:17 PM by no name no slogan
because IOWA SUCKS
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IA_Seth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:15 PM
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44. Uh....
What is the basis of THAT comment?
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:30 PM
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59. Hilarious! n/t
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:58 AM
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14. ...
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 02:00 AM
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15. WI: Eat Cheese or Die.
End of Line
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:33 PM
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60. WI = bad beer + processed cheese + annoying football fans
Sorry. Given where I live, I'm morally obligated to make fun of Wisconsin. You must understand, I don't like doing it, but I have to! ;)
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njdemocrat106 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:35 AM
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16. New Jersey: Who Farted?
I keed, I keed (except for that stretch of the Turnpike between Exit 12 and Newark Airport :) ).
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:49 AM
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17. North Dakota: "We, uhhh... Ummmm... Uhhh... Uhhhh..... Ummmm...."
Edited on Sun Mar-19-06 04:49 AM by SmileyBoy
"Hmmmmmmm......"
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:55 AM
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18. New South Wales:
New AND IMPROVED South Wales with xtra special sauce :) ;)

Or: "Yes, we're named after somewhere that looks like a drowned leprechaun's handkercheif"

Or: (Australians are the only ones who'll get this bit) Australia: Where the f*ck sh*t p*ss have you f*cked off to now you f*cking gimboid! F*ck you!

Howzabout: Western Australia, the state which unlike Queensland and Victoria, is named after the famous english monarch "King Western Australia"
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:22 AM
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19. Nebraska: Conveniently located on both sides of I-80.
:P
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 08:08 AM
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21. New Jersey - Gods Country
Because if God didn't love New Jersey, it wouldn't be there anymore.
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 08:15 AM
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22. Missouri Loves Company
Khash.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 08:19 AM
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23. Kansas as bigoted as you think
actually saw this on a bumper sticker.
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TheBaldyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 08:36 AM
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25. New York - So Good We Named It Once.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 08:41 AM
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26. Oregon: The Western Half Doesn't Suck.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:07 PM
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30. heh heh!
:toast:
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 09:46 AM
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27. Illinois...
Home of the FIB's! :D
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:27 PM
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57. What's a FIB? n/t
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 11:28 AM
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28. Georgia: "The South Shall Rise Again...
...Stagger, Belch, and Fall Back Into the Ditch."
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 12:11 PM
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31. OMG! Found some HILARIOUS ones
at this site:
http://www.maceanruig.homestead.com/files/H_State_Mottoes.html

A few choice ones:

Alabama
Literasy Ain't Everthing

Georgia
We Put the "Fun" in Fundamentalist Extremism

California
As Seen On TV - Except During Blackouts
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 02:52 PM
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32. LOL!
:rofl::rofl:
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:23 PM
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41. I liked Arkansas: At least we're not Mississippi, LOL
and
Kansas: First of the Rectangle States
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:49 PM
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51. LOL! "Kansas: First of the Rectangle States"
Bwahahahahahahaha! :rofl:
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 03:26 PM
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33. what happened to new jersey: you got a problem with that?
that WAS the winner of the new jersey motto contest they just had, right?
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:16 PM
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38. When I lived in NYC, it was: New Jersey: Look Before You Laugh
No Sh*t! Talk about the burden of low expectations. Besides, the parts I visited (aside from the airport) are really beautiful.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:18 PM
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39. Once you get out of the armpit of NYC...
it's really a beautiful state...I swear! The Garden State is not really an ironic slogan
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:22 PM
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40. I agree! Beautiful. Especially as a refugee from the concrete
jungle of NYC, on those rare weekends we got away. Nothing against the city, it's a wonderland, but it will jangle your nerves if you stay there non-stop.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:48 PM
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64. New Jersey has many really lovely areas.
You would never think that by the way it is portrayed but its true. My best friend lives there. In the Teaneck area. New Jersey also has a lot of farm land which is also something many people don't know. Its one of the biggest producers of eggplant and the blueberries from NJ are the best imo.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 03:47 PM
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34. Nevada: What money comes to Vegas, stays in Vegas
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catbert836 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 03:57 PM
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35. From Stephen Colbert: New Jeresy
One day is enough.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 05:39 PM
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43. Florida: God's Little Waiting Room
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:11 PM
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66. That is a good one. I even hear it from old people here.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:19 PM
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45. Oklahoma...beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Narrowly defeated by "Oklahoma is OK".
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:40 PM
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46. Nebraska: Enjoy flying over us
North Dakota: Canada's slower brother
California: Natural Disaster state
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:42 PM
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47. Texas: The Testosterone State
This one didn't get too far outside Austin... :shrug:
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BurgherHoldtheLies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:45 PM
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49. South Dakothanger: Where rapists have more rights than women
Serious for the Lounge but needed to be on the list.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:47 PM
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50. AZ: Thank God for Idaho
This was being said when the state didn't want to pass a MLK holiday. What a bunch of rubes!
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:52 PM
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52. Pennsylvania: We Sent Santorum to the Senate. Twice.
Wait, that's not really very funny, is it? ;(
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BurgherHoldtheLies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:24 PM
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55. ARGHHHHHHHH
:banghead: The shame of all sane Pennsylvanians. :banghead:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:53 PM
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53. Minnesota:
Yeah I am leaving my turn signal on and am continuing to drive in the left lane. So sue me.
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long_green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 06:24 PM
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54. Alabama: Smile! You're almost in Florida!
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:25 PM
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56. "Texas is like California: great cuisine, terrible presidents." n/t
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:28 PM
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58. Cleveland: we've acquired nukes and we're getting sick of all the jokes!
Yeah, I know. It's a city not a state, but I couldn't pass up the Dave Barry reference.
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:33 PM
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61. Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S" n/t
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:39 PM
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62. West Virginia: Yes, we are a separate state.
And no, I don't know your cousin in Roanoke.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:42 PM
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63. Made in Maine by Maniacs.
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LeftofU Donating Member (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:10 PM
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65. Florida: the velvet elvis painting of california.
or Texas: more lynching than all other states combined.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:16 PM
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67. Washington: SayWA (sorry, it is real and recent)
sayWA? idiots.
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Blue Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:35 PM
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68. Idaho - the other white state.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:45 PM
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69. Alabama-"Huh, Wallace is Dead?"
:rofl:
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Gatchaman Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:52 PM
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70. Almost Haiti, West Virginia
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 09:53 PM
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71. Minnesota: "Mosquitoes are Sexy!"
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