I just got this in an email and it cracked me up.
Don't worry, New Jersey, you're far from alone in needing a new state slogan. Here are some of my favorite suggestions from the reader mailbag.
Alabama
"Really just Mississippi in a mirror." --Wade
Connecticut
"Driver's license test? What driver's license test?" --Renee
Delaware
"The place you drive through to get to the beach." --Judith
Florida
"God's Waiting Room." --Byron
Hawaii
"Aloha -- we don't know if we're coming or going." --Ron
Illinois
"Will the defendant please rise?" --Kelli
Indiana
"Chicago's New Jersey." --Shawn
"Hoosier Daddy?" --Ron
Kansas
"Just because our names are similar does not mean we have anything in common with Arkansas!" --Wade
Maine
"We're not as creepy as Stephen King makes us out to be!" --Wade
Massachusetts
"Home of the Girl from Nantucket." --Toni
Minnesota
"Not just cold, butt-cold." --Karen
Mississippi
"We have a full set of teeth ... if you count us all at once." --Ash
"The Commodore 64 of the United States of America." --Ash
New Jersey
"Welcome to New Jersey, what exit you at?" --Rob
"Funny Ha Ha?" --Rich
North Carolina
"Ohio technology tried here first!" --Brian
Oklahoma
"The circus has been here twice!" --Karen
"Come visit beautiful Tornado Alley! (Rebuilt every five years.)" --Wade
Pennsylvania
"Where the roads never seem to get any better." --Ryan
South Dakota
"We have two seasons: Swat and Shovel." --Gary
Texas
"We put the 'fun' back in 'dysfunctional'." --Christy
Utah
"Just one legal wife per man since 1890." --Mark
Washington
(After Mt. St. Helen's eruption) "Don't come to Washington, Washington will come to you." --Michael
(From a Spokane resident) "Washington: Home of Seattle, Tacoma, and, uh, that other city over there." --David
Wisconsin
"Come smell our dairy air." --Submitted by numerous folks
"Come for the cheese, stay to laugh at the accents." --Karen