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Sterotypes are never funny
sure they are!!! like...
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes its soooooooooo true!!!!
ughhh stupid mosquitos...there like the size of teridactyles!!!!


(have to admit i dont think they have been too badd yet this year)
 

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Originally Posted by eburgess

West Virginia: One Big Happy Family... Really!
I fail to see why anyone would say such a horrible thing about a great state. I don't know where that sterotype started but it really needs to stop. Everyone knows that if you're in trouble and you're in West Virginia someone will stop and help no questions asked. I guess ignorance is bliss with some people.
They're all just stereotypes of each state. It's not that ANY of them are actually totally accurate. If it were just picking on WV then maybe get annoyed, but it's picking on each state equally and all in good fun. And if stereotypes are never funny, there would be a whole lot of comedians out of work! These aren't stereotypes that are out to hurt or limit anyone obviously. I doubt there will ever be a time when there isn't some form of stereotyping.
 

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Originally Posted by eburgess

West Virginia: One Big Happy Family... Really!
I fail to see why anyone would say such a horrible thing about a great state. I don't know where that sterotype started but it really needs to stop. Everyone knows that if you're in trouble and you're in West Virginia someone will stop and help no questions asked. I guess ignorance is bliss with some people.
I was born and raised in West Virginia and lived there all my life until last August. Personally, I don't get too offended by all the stereotypes because I know they're not true. I must admit, though I do sometimes get tired of the "barefoot", "toothless", and "incest" jokes. I do see where "West Virginia: One Big Happy Family...Really!!!---can be insulting to some folks. It IS just a joke, I'm not offended BUT it's easier to laugh at when it's not YOUR state being stereotyped as incestuous!! Most of the other state mottos are light-hearted and funny--a few are a little harsh. Being stereotyped as incestuous is a little embarrassing, and something some folks take personally. Again, I'm not offended--I'm just letting some folks know why a West Virginian might be offended by this one
I know it's a joke, I don't want or need a lecture about how I shouldn't take anything personal/all states are being made fun of, blah blah blah, etc. I just wanted to point out why eburgess might feel offended.
 
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This is the NJ motto:

New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!


I was raised in NJ, and this isn't exactly the most complimentary statement either. As a matter of fact, I battle this type of stereotype being from the NY Metro area on a daily basis. But I can still laugh at the intended joke.

Sorry if others are offended.
 

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Originally Posted by katspixiedust

They're all just stereotypes of each state. It's not that ANY of them are actually totally accurate. If it were just picking on WV then maybe get annoyed, but it's picking on each state equally and all in good fun. And if stereotypes are never funny, there would be a whole lot of comedians out of work! These aren't stereotypes that are out to hurt or limit anyone obviously. I doubt there will ever be a time when there isn't some form of stereotyping.
The thing you people fail to understand that states with the sterotype simular to West Virginia's have a real hard time attracting buisness of anytype. While the Morgantown area is booming, Charleston and the southern part of the state are loosing people and jobs at a rapid rate. The coal industry is dying fast and people are losing thier jobs. Timber threatens to leave unless it gets what it wants. and when the government is backed up against the wall, what are the supost to do. Just let a industry leave the state, costing millions in revenue and jobs? Yes every state is having trouble balencing the books, but it is very obvious in a small state like West Virignia. When members of Governor Wise office went to a conference in New York City for the purpose to attract buisnesses, they got people say things like "I saw the Mothman movie, why would I want to move to such a backword state" Those sterotypes are hurting West Virginia, and there is nothing funny about it.

And for the record I am NOT from West Virginia. I'm from Erie Pennsylvania and proud of it. Like many who come to West Virginia I fell in love with the state. I have spend the past 4 years living and learning here. My friends and my boyfriend are born and raised West Virignians. They are some of the best people I have ever met. I know I can go to them for anything. When I hear or see people poking fun at my friends or my university because of some stupid sterotype it just rubs me the wrong way.
 

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Tennessee got the reputation as "The Volunteer State" when a bunch of guys volunteered to go down to Texas and help out at the Alamo.

Some of our Good 'Ol Boys named Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, et al, did their best, but those Texicans let them all get killed, and all we was trying to do was to keep Texas from being called Baja Oaklahoma.


We are still willing to help out if needed, and if anyone is interested in going south and bringing Santa Ana's cojones back in a jar and putting them on a shelf in the Alamo where they belong, well, they might get a bunch more Volunteers to help again.


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These State Mottos are spoofs. Every state got dished. Light'en up.
 

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Puerto Rico... land of rice and beans.
You forgot the leftovers!

Puerto Rico: Wanna get stinking filthy rich by becoming governor?

U.S. Virgin Islands: Rum is cheap, but you won't get it outta here alive.

Guam: Ripping off US Soldiers at the bars is our specialty.

American Samoa: Where America's day ends, and pretty much nothing else.

Northern Marianas: Hell yes, we do exist.
 

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eburgess, I was only stating that this is meant to be light-hearted and that no state was standing alone in the joke. No one in this thread has made any comments about people in West Virginia or anything of the sort, just like they haven't about any other state. I have no preconceived notions about the state, and so it's not necessary to try to defend it to me or anyone else on the forum. I'm sorry you feel so strongly about it, but if you notice Kentucky's is implying the exact same thing. No one here is trying to antagonize you, and I'm honestly sorry that it has upset you so much.
 

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Oh that's great! lolololol!!! Of course, when taken with a grain of salt...

Although, there's probably a better way to make fun of Illinois than not pronouncing the 'S'...even though it's a pet peeve of everyone in the state...
We have a lot of soybeans...and not much is south of I-80...Hm...
 

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Originally Posted by lionessrampant

Oh that's great! lolololol!!! Of course, when taken with a grain of salt...

Although, there's probably a better way to make fun of Illinois than not pronouncing the 'S'...even though it's a pet peeve of everyone in the state...
We have a lot of soybeans...and not much is south of I-80...Hm...
 

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Originally Posted by Deb25

Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water

Tennessee: The Educashun State
LOL!!!! Chemicals in the water......probably not too far off....hence I only drink bottled water! And the TN one goes along with all the jokes my hubby makes. Guess if he's from there it's not too bad to make jokes like that is it?
 

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lol What about City Mottos?

Hanford Washington : Heck no, we don't glow!
 
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