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Re: New New Hampshire Quarter
Posted By: Kelly, on host 63.36.137.6
Date: Monday, November 6, 2000, at 11:35:08
In Reply To: Re: New New Hampshire Quarter posted by Faux Pas on Sunday, November 5, 2000, at 19:15:04:

> > New Hampshire's state motto is the coolest motto of any state, any country, any anything in the world.
> >
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> "Live Free or Die"? Bah. "Don't mess with Texas."
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> Okay, it's the unofficial motto of Texas, but everyone in the state knows it. ("Don't mess with Texas" was/is the slogan used in the anti-littering campaign.) The real motto of Texas is "Friendship", but nobody knows that.
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> But it's much better than Oklahoma's: "Work Overcomes All Obstacles". I think that sounds very similar to what once was on the walls at Dachau. No wonder they decided to use "Oklahoma is OK" on their license plates.
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> -Faux "had to search on the web for a few minutes to find 'Friendship'" Pas

I agree. Don't mess with Texas is far better. Of course, I am a little biased. ;-)

I remember that whole ad campaign. My favorite commercial showed a car driving aong a Texas highway, and throwing a bunch of stuff out of the window. As the car crested a hill, we saw a Confederate Air Force B-17 looming just behind it. The imagery was very cool.

Kel"yes, in Texas we bomb those who litter"ly