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Re: New New Hampshire Quarter
Posted By: gabby, on host 208.221.189.232
Date: Monday, November 6, 2000, at 16:10:54
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

Oregon's unofficial motto is "Umbrellas are for wimps." It's hardly a stirring sentiment, but it makes a lot more sense than the official motto, "She Flies With Her Own Wings," which I don't understand at all.

gab"Can she fly with someone else's?"by

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