31 January 2006

This is how bored I am...

So in an attempt to waste my ample free time today I found my way to this website. Its a great source for all sorts of information you don't need about the 50 states. (For example Minnesota has 87 counties, Utah's motto is "Industry" and the geographic center of Pennsylvania is 2.5 miles southwest of Bellefonte.) But each state has a little saying under its name when you open it up. What exactly do some of these mean?

  • Illinois: A Million Miles From Monday
  • Connecticut: We're Full Of Surprises
  • Alaska: North! To Alaska
  • Idaho: Discover Idaho
  • Wisconsin: Stay Just A Little Bit Longer
  • New Jersey: New Jersey And You Are Perfect Together
  • Maryland: So Many Things To Do So Close Together
  • New York: I Love New York
  • Oregon: Things Look Different Here
  • Kentucky: Always In Season
  • Texas: It's Like A Whole Other Country
  • Virginia: Virginia Is For Lovers

Personally I think Wisconsin sounds a little too desperate to make friends, I don't like the New York East Coast bias and just exactly what looks different in Oregon? Is this different good or different bad?

Who thought these things up? And why? None of these phrases have compelled me to visit these (most likely) fine states (except for Idaho, because I've been there and its butt).

1 comments:

WWB said...

Well, they're all promotional tag lines, right? Oregon just started using that line above a few years ago; I'm pretty sure I've seen it in tourism spots. And the Virginia slogan is a famous one, much older -- but who knows, maybe that was selected by a marketing team from days of yore.

Even so, it sure sounds like Wisconsin could stand to gain some self-confidence.