Curious Quote of the Week
"Why do we want to get something like this wrong? It would be like having a dinosaur as our state reptile."--New York Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun, on learning New York's official state insect, the nine-spotted ladybug, has long been extinct in the region.
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* New York also has an official muffin (apple). Massachusetts has the corn muffin. Minnesota and Washington share the blueberry muffin.
* Oklahoma has 12 official "state menu intems"--barbecued pork, chicken-fried steak, sausage, biscuits and gravy, fried okra, squash, grits, corn, black-eyed peas, cornbread, strawberries and pecan pie.
* Ohio's official state song is "Hang on Sloopy." Idaho's is "Here We Have Idaho."
* Oregon is still sticking with "Beaver State" as its official nickname.
* 22 states list "square dance" as their official state dance. North Carolina has clogging. Vermont has "The Justin."
* Milk is the official beverage of 18 states. Rhode Island's is "coffee milk." Nebraska's is Kool-Aid.
* The official sport of Maryland is jousting.
* Indiana's state slogan is "Restart Your Engines." North Dakota's is "Legendary." Wisconsin's is "Stay Just a Little Bit Longer."
* Alabama is the only state with an "official spirit"--Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey.
Full Story.
* New York also has an official muffin (apple). Massachusetts has the corn muffin. Minnesota and Washington share the blueberry muffin.
* Oklahoma has 12 official "state menu intems"--barbecued pork, chicken-fried steak, sausage, biscuits and gravy, fried okra, squash, grits, corn, black-eyed peas, cornbread, strawberries and pecan pie.
* Ohio's official state song is "Hang on Sloopy." Idaho's is "Here We Have Idaho."
* Oregon is still sticking with "Beaver State" as its official nickname.
* 22 states list "square dance" as their official state dance. North Carolina has clogging. Vermont has "The Justin."
* Milk is the official beverage of 18 states. Rhode Island's is "coffee milk." Nebraska's is Kool-Aid.
* The official sport of Maryland is jousting.
* Indiana's state slogan is "Restart Your Engines." North Dakota's is "Legendary." Wisconsin's is "Stay Just a Little Bit Longer."
* Alabama is the only state with an "official spirit"--Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey.
posted by Francesco Marciuliano at 10:26 AM
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8 Comments:
I'm reasonably sure that Nebraska changed its official beverage to Kool-Aid from milk a few years ago at the urging of PETA.
This marks the first time ever that PETA has managed to successfully enourage someone to do anything.
jf
Not true.
As someone who works with research animals, I can assure you that PETA has encouraged (or at least been the major influence for) much of the asinine bureaucracy surrounding such experiments.
Maryland added lacrosse as "official TEAM sport" so as to appease the fans of hitting each other with sticks and flying balls while not pissing off the fans of hitting each other with sticks while riding horses.
You should know about the great square dance conspiracy. I dare not say too much, but you can find more information if you look.
You forgot our neighbors to the north. Ontario's motto is "Tours to Wisconsin," or at least that's how it looks on the licence plates going by at 60MPH
Hey, now. "Hang on Sloopy" is Ohio's official state rock song. Our official state (regular) song is "Beautiful Ohio."
My home state of New Mexico has an Official State Question, adopted in the late '90s:
"Red or Green?"
Interesting side note on Alabama's official state spirit Conecuh Ridge whiskey. The gentleman that started that label was arrested for selling his product to minors. Shortly there after is when it became the official state spirit. btw...it's a bad whiskey.
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