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  • We Need New License Slogans - Column

    I’m not seeing imaginative mottoes and slogans on license plates these days. Wouldn’t it be a source of revenue for cash-strapped states? Here are some starter ideas, free of charge. All yours. My pleasure. Really. Don’t mention it.

    UNITED STATES

    Alabama: COME ON IN AND GITCHA SOME.
    Alaska: WE CAN’T ACTUALLY SEE RUSSIA FROM HERE.
    Arizona: WHERE AIRSTREAMS GO TO DIE.
    Arkansas: HELL, YES, WE SELL LIQUOR ON EASTER AND CHRISTMAS.
    California: WE REALLY PISS YOU OFF, DON’T WE?
    Colorado: WHERE PROACTIVE HOLISTICISM EMPOWERS INTROSPECTIVE PERSONHOOD.
    Connecticut: FIRST IN LYME DISEASE.
    Delaware: IT AIN’T DOVER TILL IT’S DOVER.
    Florida: WE GOT DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO STILL SPEAK ENGLISH.
    Georgia: SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
    Hawaii: NO MORE “I GOT LEI’D” JOKES, OKAY?
    Idaho: SERIOUSLY, WE’RE STILL SEEING THOSE BLACK HELICOPTERS.
    Illinois: THE STATE THAT’S MOSTLY A CITY.
    Indiana: WHERE FOLKS ACTUALLY VOTED ON WHAT TIME IT WAS.
    Iowa: GIVE US ONE MORE SHOT AT ETHANOL, OKAY?
    Kansas: SOMETHING INTERESTING COULD STILL HAPPEN.
    Kentucky: YOU REALLY THINK OUR GRASS IS BLUE?
    Louisiana: WHERE YOU CAN WATER-SKI ON MAIN STREET.
    Maine: PRETTY GOOD CHANCE WE BELONG TO CANADA.
    Maryland: THE STATE WHOSE OUTLINE NOBODY CAN DRAW.
    Massachusetts: OUR HOBBY IS SNOBBERY, AND WE LOBBY.
    Michigan: LAST GUY OUT, TURN OFF THE LIGHTS.
    Minnesota: LOOK FOR 10,000 FINNS IN OUR LAKES.
    Mississippi: NO IDEA WHAT HANUKKAH ACTUALLY MEANS.
    Missouri: THE SHOW-ME-YOURS-FIRST STATE.
    Montana: IT’S TRUE, WE HAVE ONLY ONE AREA CODE.
    Nebraska: LIFE IS A JOURNEY THAT MAY HAVE BYPASSED US.
    Nevada: BRING ALL OF YOUR CRAPS TO US.
    New Hampshire: LIVE FREE OR GET A BIG PINK FIBROID TUMOR AND DIE ANYWAY.
    New Jersey: WHERE A CONTRACT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING.
    New Mexico: NOT NEW AND NOT MEXICO, EITHER.
    New York: WE MATTER; YOU DON’T.
    North Carolina: A PLACE WHERE IT’S OKAY TO CALL A MAN HUMPY.
    North Dakota: IF MANITOBA MAKES A MOVE, WE GOT OUR EYE ON IT.
    Ohio: WOODY BARELY TOUCHED THAT KID.
    Oklahoma: ANOTHER STATE WHOSE PANHANDLE TOURISTS AVOID.
    Oregon: IT HARDLY RAINED AT ALL LAST THURSDAY.
    Pennsylvania: WHERE JOE SIX-PACK CAN ONLY AFFORD THREE OR FOUR.
    Rhode Island: THE STATE TWO HEART SURGEONS COULD EASILY BUY.
    South Carolina: DAMN YANKEES REALLY RIPPED US A NEW ONE.
    South Dakota: STRIVING DAILY TO BECOME MIDDLE CLASS.
    Tennessee: HOME OF AMERICA’S LARGEST UNEMPLOYMENT CENTER.
    Texas: TRUTH IS, WE BUY OUR HATS AND BOOTS AT SEARS.
    Utah: HOW COULD WE STILL HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM?
    Vermont: FIRST IN STICKY FINGERS.
    Virginia: THAT LOVERS THING? GET A ROOM, OKAY?
    Washington: OUR MOUNTAINS REALLY BLOW.
    West Virginia: GREEN WITH ENVY.
    Wisconsin: FAITH. HOPE. COURAGE. PABST.
    Wyoming: WE SHOOT LAWYERS IN THE FACE.

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