Get a Load of This! N.J. Seeks New Slogan (real AP headline)

[IChing]

By JOHN CURRAN
Associated Press Writer

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Make us a slogan we can't refuse, the state of New Jersey said. We got your slogan right here, the people replied.

A push to come up with a new slogan for the Garden State has become an excuse to crack New Jersey jokes. Among the not-so-serious entries:

"New Jersey: You Got a Problem With That?"

"NJ: How You Doin'?!"


And "Most of Our Elected Officials Have Not Been Indicted."

The search yielded more than 4,000 possibilities in all, many of them attempts to sum up the land of Bruce Springsteen, "The Sopranos" and smelly interstates in one pithy phrase. The deadline for submissions was Monday.>>>>snip

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEW_JERSEY_SLOGAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-11-14-15-35-05

[Burma Jones]

1. From Springsteen

It's a Death Trap, It's a Suicide Rap
We gotta get out while we're young......


Of course, I love New Jersey, but it's just so much fun to trash the state......

[TlalocW]

3. Comedian Robert Wuhl had a bit on that song

How New Jersey lawmakers wanted to make that their state song, and it was apparent they had never listened to it. He sat at a piano and played and sang various parts of it, stopping to make comments.

"You don't often hear the word suicide in an anthem..."
"Baby, this town rips the bones from your back... That would be a nice image to have on a flag."

And of course, "We gotta GET OUT!"

TlalocW

[unblock]

4. there was indeed a push to make 'born to run' the state song

back around 1984, i think.

[newscott]

2. My shot

Hey, Walt Whitman was from here too! Not that there's anything wrong with that!

[Brooklyn Michael]

5. What I think every time I pay a toll....

"New Jersey: It's free to come in, but you have to pay to leave."

[Chovexani]

36. I call it extortion

:P

[unblock]

6. trenton needs a new motto, too. "trenton makes, the world takes" sucks

sounds like trenton got robbed. hey, maybe, "trenton makes, newark takes"?

[amerikat]

10. We used to say

Trenton excretes the world eats.

[unblock]

27. eeewwwwwwwww

:puke:

[aden_nak]

7. New Jersey: The Smokestack State

And yes, I'm from New Jersey. And yes, I grew up less than a block away from a facility that stored hundreds of barrels of tar in open drums. And yes, they local government wanted to build the world's second largest sludge incinerator a quarter of a mile from my house. And yes, the local playground was later closed down due to radom contaminiation. And yes, the kill five blocks from me (by the park) had two oil spills in it the last year I was there. And yes, the back end of my neighborhood was just a collection of uncleaned chemical plants. So yes, I get to make that joke.

[rocktivity]

8. "Escape From New York"?

"Where The Toll Booths Outnumber The Cranberries"?

"Where the cows say 'Bruuuuuucccce!'"?

"Where Guitars Talk And Bullshit Politicians Walk?"

"The Only State With A Waistline"?

;)
rocknation

[pitohui]

30. i like "escape from new york"

we have a winna!

[unblock]

9. new jersey: our two pro football teams pretend they're from somewhere else

the jets and the giants both play in the meadowlands, in glorious and odiferous east rutherford, nj.


how many pro football teams refuse to acknowledge where they're from? i mean, the patriots might deny massachusetts, but at least they ARE in new england....

[northzax]

11. well, the Washington Football Club

(I don't use derogatory racial names) is based in Virginia and plays in Maryland. But you don't hear them called the Landover whatevers.

[IChing]

12. "Hey, get over it" New Jersey

Now there is a slogan

[Ignacio Upton]

14. It's sad that America's largest city does not actually have any

real team. Here in New York, the Bills are technically the only team that plays in our state.

[geomon666]

15. Well they really are from New York.

They both started playing in New York and then moved to Jersey. Though I'd like it if the Giants went back and the Jets put Jersey in their name but oh well.

How about, New Jersey: Our Lakes Glow!

[Loonman]

13. "The Smell Is Not That Bad"

Would be my choice.

[northzax]

16. we're like Delaware, only dirtier.

"New Jersey, since you're passing through, pay us a fucking toll."
"New Jersey, we sued New York for the Statue of Liberty, at least we didn't break any kneecaps!"
"New Jersey: home of the Eggplant, and people shaped like eggplants"

[central scrutinizer]

17. New Jersey:

"I cannot recommend it too highly"
"You will be amazed at the quality of life here"
"I cannot say enough good things about it"
"You will indeed be fortunate if you can live here"

[PATRICK]

19. "Ode to Joysey"

n/t

[spancks]

18. Gateway to the Flyovers

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

20. Being from NJ...

I say we use the one-size-fits-all NJ Term of Endearment, Universal Greeting and Good Will:

"New Jersey: Go Fuck Yourself"

:D

[northzax]

21. New Jersey: Einstien preferred us to the Nazis

and finally, a complimentary one:

"New Jersey: we put all the ugly stuff by the Turnpike so it would bother you, not us"

[mcscajun]

22. New Jersey: Not as corrupt as Louisiana

Hey, hey, hey! Before you go pounding on me, I've lived in NJ for the past 16 years, and I Love Louisiana, hence the screenname. :)

But I'm a realist, and when it comes to politics and government, NJ takes a back seat to Louisiana, but both states are historically a mess no matter which party has been in charge.

[Village Idiot]

23. New Jersey: "It's none of your business."

[thebigidea]

24. New Jersey: "I guess it could be worse."

[AnneD]

25. I love to go to NJ...

really. No that is not the slogan. how 'bout these.
New Jersey: Land of the Full Service Gas Stations.
New Jersey: Big enough to hid Hoffa, small enough for personal service.
New Jersey: Home to NYC Commuters.

[Javaman]

26. NJ: "We don't actually suck"

[MGKrebs]

28. "You can't fuhgettaboudit"!

Or maybe:

Connecting Loving Brothers to Big Apples for 200 years. Oh wait, that sounds weird.

You talkin' to me?

[NC_Nurse]

29. How about the old Carlin joke:

"Kiss her where it smells.... take her to New Jersey!"

:D

[formercia]

35. Eau de Bayonne

stay a while, you'll get used to it.

[laststeamtrain]

31. "New Jersey, reach for the stars. And keep 'em up."

"New Jersey, we'll steal your heart. And that's just for starters."

[AirAmFan]

32. "New Jersey and Toxic Chemicals--Perfect Together!"

with Christie Whitman as narrator for the Elizabeth Turnpike exit travelogue

[Maeve]

33. I like "We got your slogan right here"---eom

[robsul82]

34. Hmm.

New Jersey: Laugh Now...Y'know, We Could Probably Buy Your Family If We Really Wanted.

[Art_from_Ark]

37. "Come count the cars on our turnpike!"

"Come learn how to mispronounce your "-er" sounds!"

[Carolab]

38. New Jersey:

New Jersey: More Whacks than Heart Attacks.

New Jersey: We'll Work You Over.

New Jersey: No Place for a Witness Protection Program.

New Jersey: Eat Your Mannicot'

New Jersey: Everybody Gotta Be Someplace

New Jersey: 'cause The Old One Got Ripped.

[hallc]

39. New Jersey: The Armpit of America

New Jersey: Home of the Jug Handle

Hey, im from jersey originally, so i can make fun :)

[northzax]

40. more...

New Jersey: forget the Cannoli, come to Joisey.
New Jersey: Keeping New York and Phiily sports fans apart for 250 years.

[Fuzz]

41. New Jersey: As much traffic as NYC without the museums, architecture or

culture.