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NJ: Tourist slogan search bars sarcasm
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 12/21/05 | Reuters

Posted on 12/21/2005 6:51:37 PM PST by NormsRevenge

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey, trying to overcome its reputation for corruption, traffic and toxic waste dumps, has rejected dozens of sardonic and sarcastic entries in a contest for a new tourist slogan.

A list of five possible slogans released on Wednesday leaves out "New Jersey: We can always use another relative on the payroll," and "Come to New Jersey: It's not as bad as it smells."

Voters get to pick the winner in the competition launched after Gov. Richard Codey nixed "New Jersey: We'll Win You Over," created by a consultant who was paid $260,000 (149,000 pounds).

"It makes me think of when I was young and single and asked a girl out," Codey said in a statement. "She turned me down. I said, 'Give me a chance, I'll win you over.'"

Nearly 7,800 entries were submitted to promote a state not widely known for its pristine countryside and sun-soaked beaches.

The five finalists are: "New Jersey: Expect the Unexpected," "New Jersey: Love at First Sight," "New Jersey: Come See for Yourself," "New Jersey: The Real Deal" and "New Jersey: The Best Kept Secret."

Voters in the Garden State have until January 1 to make their selection.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: joisey; newjersey; sarcasm; search; slogan; tourist
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1 posted on 12/21/2005 6:51:38 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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Be kind, Thanks!


2 posted on 12/21/2005 6:51:56 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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New Jersey: Where the Tunnels and Bridge Exits


4 posted on 12/21/2005 6:54:33 PM PST by NYCVOICE
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To: NormsRevenge
New Jersey: The Two Funniest Words in the English Language. Just try this - - - when stuck for something to say, just say New Jersey. Works (almost) every time.
5 posted on 12/21/2005 6:54:44 PM PST by Freeper (I was culture in the 60's and now with Clinton "running things" I am suddenly Counter-Culture.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Wisconsin - come smell our dairy air!

Oklahoma - the circus has been here twice.

And my favorite Washington state bumper sticker - Don't Californicate my state!

6 posted on 12/21/2005 6:55:30 PM PST by Bernard (Do it fast. Do it cheap. Do it right. Choose two.)
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To: NormsRevenge
New Jersey: Not all the residents are wankers.

J/k. Please don't kill me.

7 posted on 12/21/2005 6:55:34 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (Nellie wants a story-book; she thinks dolls are folly)
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To: NormsRevenge

New Joisy: Now with 50% fewer insect parts than the leading brand!

Oh sorry, that's the one I thought up for a brand of cereal.


8 posted on 12/21/2005 6:55:50 PM PST by MarineBrat (Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.)
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New Jersey: Why?


9 posted on 12/21/2005 6:57:10 PM PST by NYCVOICE
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To: quakeroats
I found southern New Jersey to be quite pretty.

I found nothern and western NJ to be quite pretty. It's the eastern part around Newark that really stinks.
10 posted on 12/21/2005 6:57:17 PM PST by weef
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Be kind, Thanks!

Great slogan, really!

11 posted on 12/21/2005 6:57:28 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: NormsRevenge

New Jersey: The Toll Booth State


12 posted on 12/21/2005 6:57:29 PM PST by mkmensinger
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Omaha's is "Come to the Big O". Serious. Some wanker got paid for that.


13 posted on 12/21/2005 6:57:39 PM PST by lp boonie (Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement)
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Ha ha, "expect the unexpected." Reminds me of Enron's "Endless Possibilities."


14 posted on 12/21/2005 6:58:17 PM PST by Caveman Lawyer (Cluckin' defiance)
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Reminds me of a good one..

Why Doesn't New Jeresy fall off into the Ocean? Because Pennsylvania sucks

/rimshot


15 posted on 12/21/2005 6:59:10 PM PST by SShultz460
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To: Revolting cat!

That was a mild admonition, not a slogan but come to think of it, It'll work. ;-)


16 posted on 12/21/2005 6:59:17 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: quakeroats

It is indeed and has many very old and Historic Towns.


17 posted on 12/21/2005 6:59:37 PM PST by msnimje (Political Correctness -- An OFFENSIVE attempt not to offend.)
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To: NormsRevenge
New Jersey: You Don't Leave Unless You Pay

New Jersey: Halfway Between the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell

New Jersey: I'd Rather Be Here Than in Delaware

18 posted on 12/21/2005 6:59:44 PM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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Even better, say "New Joisey."


19 posted on 12/21/2005 6:59:51 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Alouette
New Jersey : Jimmy Hoffa slept sleeps here.
20 posted on 12/21/2005 7:00:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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