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Slam the Slogans......

Pssst...If you have travelled around in the US or have an elementary school kid, go ahead. Else, stop....brush up on US states and its geography a little bit, then proceed - at your own risk.

There's a reason why slogans exist in the first place -

To promote the United States tourism and attract gullible visitors whose sole aim, is to do the foll:

A. Blow up their hard-earned, life savings on expensive entrance tickets to garangatous amusement parks, to watch grown adults dressed in ridiculous costumes;
B. Buy trinkets which always look so classy in the shop, but seem dull and ugly when you plant them in your curio shelf, and eventually lands its way in the trash;
C. Indulge in fragile, but good and expensive memorablia that somehow manages to break down into small, tiny, unglueable pieces of glass particles the minute you come out of the souvenir shop.

Yawn...whatever....ok, we agree on the need, on some pathetic level. But, why come up with inane slogans that sound as if they are a permanent material for laughter clubs? That's what peeves me most. And, by the way, i don't have any bias towards any of the great American States, so, here goes the list in random order-

Idaho's slogan - "Great Potatoes"; "World Famous Potatoes" >> Ok, ok, we get it...but is there anything in Idaho besides the tubers?
Nebraska - "Possibilities...Endless" >>What, where, what kind of possibilities? And, no kidding.....in Nebraska?
New Jersey - "Come See For Yourself" >>"See" how close one can commute to a more famous, more hep, more glamorous - New York?
Connecticut - "Full of Surprises" >>Really, that's surprising!
Oklahoma -"Oklahoma is OK" >>Well, that's a huge confession, and yes, we agree....
Wisconsin - "Escape to Wisconsin" >>Think there's a typo, should be "from" and not "to".....
California - "Find Yourself Here", formerly, "the Land of opportunity" >> Let's rewrite that one as "Find yourself here, with huge taxes" or "the Land of no jobs, no money, not that many opportunities". That was too easy, thanks Arnold.
North Carolina - "A Better Place to Be" >> "Better" than what, South Carolina?
Rhode island -"Unwind" >>Yeah, one can unwind.....but if one unwinds and stretch the legs too much, one will land up in Massachussetts or Connecticut. So...hello, we have a problem?

Now that i've made full use of my sarcastic abilities and irked people living on most parts of the continental US, i'll be nice and kind and write down some of the good slogans, that truly reflect the true character of the states they represent.

New Hampshire's - "Live free or die"
Massachussets - "The Spirit of America"
Vermont - "I LoVermont"
Minnesota -"Land of 10,000 Lakes"
Maine -"Where America's Day Begins"
New York - "I Love New York"

Just keep all of this mind when you make travel plans, especially if you really, really want to go to Missouri or Montana.
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