Rejected State Mottos

ALABAMA

"Literacy ain't everything"

FLORIDA

"The Gunshine State" or "Where Republicans go to die"

DELAWARE

"So close to Washington you can smell it"

IDAHO

"We don't care if you spell potato with an 'e'"

IOWA

"Just east of Omaha"

KANSAS

"Ya want flat? We got flat"

KENTUCKY

"Tobacco is a vegetable" or "We're all related"

MINNESOTA

"Not Sweden, but we try to act like it"

MISSISSIPPI

"We're lucky we can spell it"

MISSOURI

"Gateway to Kansas"

NEBRASKA

"Go to Kansas, turn north"

NEVADA

"More weirdos than Alaska" or "3:5 you'll leave broke"

NEW HAMPSHIRE

"Like Old Hampshire, only newer"

NEW JERSEY

"Tell 'em Guido sent ya"

NEW MEXICO

"We have reservations"

NEW YORK

"Like we CARE about a motto"

NORTH DAKOTA

"The OTHER South Dakota"

OKLAHOMA

"We're OK, you're not"

OREGON

"As pretty as California but not as weird"

RHODE ISLAND

"Size ain't everything"

TENNESSEE

"The Educashun State" or "A great fixer-upper"

WEST VIRGINIA

"Where family values has a different meaning"

WISCONSIN

"Land of funny accents" or "Say CHEESE"

WYOMING

"Where men are lonely and sheep are scared"

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