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Little differences like this amuse me endlessly.
  Like, the first thing I notice when I travel is different licence plates.
  I'm a goof.
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kitsycool

PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:54 pm


My sociology textbook tells me that Australians turn on lights by flipping the switches down.
For reals?
PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:46 pm


hey, i love different license plates!

especially if they have mottos

but electricity scares me
especially since we went to Scotland and none of our appliances would work without showers of sparks!\User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.

" Alabama
Hell Yes, We Have Electricity
(We have the electric chair)

Alaska
11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong

Arizona
But It's A Dry Heat

Arkansas
Literacy Ain't Everything

California
By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic
Than Your Honda

Colorado
If you don't ski, don't bother

Connecticut
Like Massachusetts, Only the Kennedys Don't Own It Yet

Delaware
"What did Dela Ware?"

Florida
this motto was omitted

Georgia
We put the "Fun" in Fundamentalist

Hawaii
Haka Tike Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru
(Death to Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)

Idaho
More Than Just Potatoes
Well, Okay, Not More, But the Potatoes Sure Are Real Good

Illinois
Please don't pronounce the 'S'

Indiana
Two Billion Years Tidal-Wave Free

Iowa
We do amazing things with corn

Kansas
First of the Rectangle States

Kentucky
Five Million People; Fifty Last Names

Louisiana
We're not ALL drunk Cajun wackos, But that's our Tourist Campaign

Maine
We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster

Maryland
If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It

Massachusetts
Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's

Michigan
First Line of Defense Against the Canadians

Minnesota
10,000 Lakes....and 100,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes

Mississippi
Come Visit and Feel Better

Missouri
Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work
Montana
Land of the Big Sky, the Unabomber, Right-Wing crazies and very little else

Nebraska
Ask about our State Motto contest

Nevada
Hookers and Poker!

New Hampshire
Go Away and Leave Us Alone

New Jersey
You Want a ##$%##! Motto?
I got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here !

New Mexico
Lizards Make Excellent Pets

New York
You have the right to be silent,
You have the right to an attorney...

North Carolina
Tobacco Is a Vegetable

North Dakota
We really ARE one of the 50 states

Ohio
Home of Lake Erie and the Mistake by the Lake (Cleveland)

Oklahoma
Like the Play, Only No Singing

Oregon
It's ORYGUN

Pennsylvania
Cook with Coal

Rhode Island
We're not REALLY an Island

South Carolina
Remember the Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender

South Dakota
Closer than North Dakota

Tennessee
How-dy The Minnie Pearl State

Texas
Si Hablo Ingles!

Utah
Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

Vermont
Sweet and Sticky

Virginia
Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?

Washington State
Help! We're Overrun by Nerds and Slackers!

Washington, D.C.
Wanna be Mayor?

West Virginia
One Big Happy Family...Really!

Wisconsin
Come cut the cheese

Wyoming
this motto was omitted to keep the list in PG-13
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http://www.xomba.com/america_s_50_state_license_plates_beautiful_colorful_with_mottos_and_pictures

chessiejo


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:18 pm


XD Those were great Chessie. But I don't ski. Maybe I should move out.

Kitsy, did you know that Australians walk upside down too?
PostPosted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:36 pm


I know! They're just so kooky.

I wish I understood state jokes :c
I'm not really familiar with state stereotypes.

kitsycool


shells_of_sand
Crew

PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:40 am


kitsycool
My sociology textbook tells me that Australians turn on lights by flipping the switches down.
For reals?
Yep, that's true.
You mean you guys don't? Wow. xd
But it instictively feels... wrong... to do flick them upwards. rofl
PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:30 am


I dont think it would take very long for me to get used to, most of the lights in my hour are controlled by two switches, so I end up flick up and down in about equal measure xD
But still.
You guys are just so upsidedown c:

kitsycool


the.fly.on.the.wall

PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:52 pm


This was such exciting news i told me family.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:21 pm


Fides (colorado boy) lives in a room where the switch is upside down. I must now proceed to call him an aussie.

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shells_of_sand
Crew

PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:55 am


kitsycool
I dont think it would take very long for me to get used to, most of the lights in my hour are controlled by two switches, so I end up flick up and down in about equal measure xD
But still.
You guys are just so upsidedown c:
We have lights that are controlled by two switches too, but if they get around the wrong way I change them all back... rofl
PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:14 am


for my lighting, i push a button and then twist a rheostat.

the damnable new lights that are so eco friendly don't work with rheostats and you can't throw away burned out ones without a permit.

yay progress.

beaulolais


kitsycool

PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:23 pm


beaulolais
for my lighting, i push a button and then twist a rheostat.

the damnable new lights that are so eco friendly don't work with rheostats and you can't throw away burned out ones without a permit.

yay progress.

They don't? Daaaang... I have a light like that in my dining room confused
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