You got a bargain.
"New Jersey: Constitution? Here's your @#$%^! Constitution!"
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 $260,000 (149,000 pounds).
"It makes me think of when I was young and single and asked a girl out," Codey said in a statement. "She turned me down. I said, 'Give me a chance, I'll win you over.'"
Nearly 7,800 entries were submitted to promote a state not widely known for its pristine countryside and sun-soaked beaches.
The five finalists are: "New Jersey: Expect the Unexpected," "New Jersey: Love at First Sight," "New Jersey: Come See for Yourself," "New Jersey: The Real Deal" and "New Jersey: The Best Kept Secret."
Voters in the Garden State have until January 1 to make their selection.
You got a bargain.
"New Jersey: Constitution? Here's your @#$%^! Constitution!"
ROFLMAO!!!!
I'm going to end up chuckling my way to sleep!
'Night!
That's why I run these lists.
Sleep well.
New Jersey: WTF you lookin at?
New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
"New Jersey, trying to overcome its reputation for corruption, traffic and toxic waste dumps..."
What do you expect from a Blue state?
New Jersey: Trying to outdo New York.
New York: Oh? You own something we haven't taxed yet?
New Jersey: Why did Philly get the lawyers and we got the garbage bidness? Because we got to pick first!
I'd gladly let them take our stupid slogan (I live in KY--and would like to know what crackhead came up with Unbridled Spirit).
Howabout, "its' that friendly, fuggeddaboudit!"
One of may favorite Rejected State Tourism Slogans:
Come to Wisconsin and smell our dairy air.
New Jersey and You: Perfect Together -- Tourism slogan back in the Thomas Keane days.
Today with all that passes for courtesy, civic pride, and morality i think the best slogan would be
New Jersey and You: Toxic Love
"They Call It The Garden State But They Never Say Why"
The "Bada Bing" aka Satin Dolls is in Bergen County, but I believe that the house used as Tony's home is in Essex County, near Cedar Grove.
Of course, the meat market is in Hudson County, so Mr. Soprano gets around.
LOL. For others, if you've been there, this is true. All bridges to get out of NJ charge a toll. Generally you don't pay to get in though.
That's 'zactly where I live...God's Country!
I'm in Franklinville. You must be nearby.
Mullica Hill
Wasn't there an effort a few years ago to change the state slogan from the "Garden State" to the "Garden of Diversity"?
We'll have to test some adult beverages one of these days.
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