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New Jersey, New Slogans

ScarletKnight41 Jan 06 2006 06:23 AM

[url=http://www.packetonline.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1091&dept_id=425723&newsid=15876840&PAG=461&rfi=9]Hey, What Are You Looking At?[/url] There are times that this state is more of an embarrassment than others. This is one of those times.

MFS62 Jan 06 2006 06:43 AM

Are you kidding? At least its better than: "The State That Made Industrial Pollution Famous" Later

KC Jan 06 2006 06:56 AM

Anything is better than, "tramps like us, baby we were born to run". Side note, is there anything more funky smelling than that first stretch of the Joisey Turnpike on a 90+ day in July?

ScarletKnight41 Jan 06 2006 06:57 AM

KC wrote: Anything is better than, "tramps like us, baby we were born to run". That's not our state slogan, Silly. However, it was proposed to be the State Anthem a while back.

seawolf17 Jan 06 2006 07:12 AM

I vote for this one: "New Jersey: What's That Smell?"

Benjamin Grimm Jan 06 2006 07:21 AM

That is a good one. "No Left Turns" would be another. The worst place to drive that I've ever experienced is Palermo, Sicily. New Jersey comes in second.

KC Jan 06 2006 07:25 AM

As I've said before, there's a reason why many car insurance ads end in, "coverage not available in New Jersey or Massachusetts".

cooby Jan 06 2006 07:28 AM

How about 'New Jersey, No Turn Signals Required'

Willets Point Jan 06 2006 08:34 AM

"New Jersey: Birthplace of Willets Point (He looks damn good in a kilt)"

Frayed Knot Jan 06 2006 08:42 AM

Other suggestions: 'Our Famous Citizens Have Bathrooms Named After Them' 'Come Check Out Our Exits'

Willets Point Jan 06 2006 08:46 AM

"New Jersey: Birthplace of Sprawl" "Come see the state that influenced what your state looks like now!"

Rockin' Doc Jan 06 2006 09:09 AM

"New Jersey: A Gret Place to Be From"

MFS62 Jan 06 2006 09:12 AM

New Jersey - The Punch Line Later

ScarletKnight41 Jan 06 2006 09:18 AM

Rockin' Doc wrote: "New Jersey: A Gret Place to Be From" My father always said the same thing about Buffalo (where he was born).

Farmer Ted Jan 06 2006 10:07 AM

New Jersey...win two Super Bowls and we'll name a rest stop on the turnpike after you.

Willets Point Jan 06 2006 11:23 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: 'Our Famous Citizens Have Bathrooms Named After Them' Something I can aspire to.

TheOldMole Jan 06 2006 02:22 PM

New Jersey: Fuhgeddaboudit.

seawolf17 Jan 06 2006 02:51 PM

Brooklyn stole that one already.

Edgy DC Jan 06 2006 03:00 PM

Farmer Ted maintaining that awesome post-every-two-months rate.

Frayed Knot Jan 06 2006 03:06 PM

seawolf17 wrote: Brooklyn stole that one already. I saw a sign entering Brooklyn saying; 'Brooklyn: Believe the Hype' I kinda like that one.

KC Jan 06 2006 03:10 PM

New Jersey: Home of the Statue of Liberty

Zvon Jan 06 2006 06:06 PM

New Jersey: Relax And Pay Tax.

Nymr83 Jan 06 2006 06:13 PM

New Jersey: stealing your football teams since 1976

apmorris Jan 07 2006 12:25 AM

New Jersey: Bring a Friend and Some Windex I, born in JC, raised in Newark/Elizabeth

OlerudOwned Jan 07 2006 01:38 PM

I just went back to Staten Island to visit some friends, who joking told me I "smelled like Jersey". New Jersey: Ooh, That Smell...

Willets Point Jan 07 2006 03:39 PM

New Jersey: Pay Toll Ahead (The advantage of this one is that they need not make any new signs).

ScarletKnight41 Jan 12 2006 08:42 PM

And the winner is - New Jersey: Come See For Yourself eh

metsmarathon Jan 12 2006 09:49 PM

i woulda preferred "New Jersey. Which exit you are off of?"

Farmer Ted Jan 13 2006 08:32 AM

Farmer Ted maintaining that awesome post-every-two-months rate. New city, new time zone, new baby...just trying to keep my membership in tact.

Edgy DC Jan 13 2006 08:37 AM

Very hot! Very hot! Congratulations on the baby.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 13 2006 09:02 AM

Mazel Tov Ted! Did you have a little girl Mets fan or a little boy Mets fan?

Johnny Dickshot Jan 13 2006 09:45 AM

My suggestion. New Jersey: 'The fuck?!?

Benjamin Grimm Jan 13 2006 09:51 AM

They should put a picture like this on the Jersey license plates:

metsmarathon Jan 13 2006 12:13 PM

new jersey: don't believe the hype new jersey: its better than you think new jersey: more than what you see on the turnpike new jersey: hey, the natives like it here

ScarletKnight41 May 07 2006 06:44 AM

]N.J. scraps 2nd slogan in less than year Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey: We're Not So Good With Slogans. The state has jettisoned "Come See For Yourself," its second attempt at a tagline in less than a year. It was the product of a statewide contest set up by then-acting Gov. Richard J. Codey last fall, after he rejected a consultant's offering: "We'll Win You Over." State tourism officials said legal issues led them to scrap the latest slogan, explaining that West Virginia and other states previously used "Come See For Yourself." "We are proceeding without the slogan. We will revisit the next steps at the end of the year," Karen Wolfe, a spokeswoman for the state Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission, told The Press of Atlantic City for Saturday editions. Codey, now state Senate president, dismissed "We'll Win You Over" because he said it reminded him too much of when he was single and asked girls out on a date. "Come See For Yourself" was the top choice among more than 11,000 telephone and online votes cast by residents for five finalist entries in the contest. Codey unveiled the slogan with great fanfare in January, saying the Garden State's catch phrase "should hint at our true beauty." But at an annual tourism conference in Cape May County last month, the slogan was absent from all state promotional materials. The slogan is also missing from this year's tourism television commercials, featuring a song by rocker Jon Bon Jovi. Tourism officials said they won't pick from any of the four other finalists: "Love at First Sight," "The Real Deal," "The Best Kept Secret" or "Expect the Unexpected."

Benjamin Grimm May 07 2006 08:35 AM

At least it lasted longer than the Mets newest theme song.