Anyone here know the State Motto for Rhode Island?

[Debi]

:shrug:

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Live Free or Die?

[Bluerthanblue]

9. no silly, that's NH-

:hi:

peace~

[Asia Expat]

10. Wrong

That's New Hampshire's motto

edit: spelling

[bicentennial_baby]

2. "Kinda like The Sopranos....but with chowdah!!"

:P

[Debi]

12. OMG that's good...now go look it up n/t

[bicentennial_baby]

17. Just keeping it real!

:rofl:

And I did...that's hot :D

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

21. "See a mobsta eat a lobsta"

That was an actual verse in a song that was done by the Rhode Island version of the Capitol Steps years ago.

[bicentennial_baby]

26. I absolutely believe it....

When I was in high school, my best friend's Dad was a big corporate lawyer in Providence, and we used to go to this Italian restaurant that was packed with them...Gotta love RI. :D

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. Hope. nt

[Debi]

13. Ding ding ding We have a winner

:woohoo:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

25. And second prize is TWO weeks in Rhode Island!

But I kid. I love Rhode Island. I did time (oops!)I meant lived there for many happy years.

[eileen_d]

4. America's Parking Lot!

Just kidding... it's "Hope"

[gateley]

5. You're a slick one, Debi.

:headbang:

[Debi]

14. Heh

I had nothing to do with it ;)

[rug]

6. Fat Chance

[K Gardner]

7. I lived in RI for a year and find it hard to believe those

wonderful, sensible and delightful people are going to toss their lovely state to Clinton !

They sure do like their iced coffees.. Dunkin Donuts on every corner. Not so big on Starbucks, tho.

[bicentennial_baby]

11. And Dell's Lemonade!

:9

[K Gardner]

42. And the Warwick Mall ! (gads, love that place!)

[goodgd_yall]

8. Less Is More?

[gateley]

23. Ha -- good one! nt

[grantcart]

15. Sitting on a large lead in RI HRC campaign release this press release

BREAKING NEWS PRESS RELEASE FROM CLINTON CAMPAIGN


Rhode Island Officially known as State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is the state that is most equipped to decide who should be our next president for the following reasons:

-Rhode Island was the first of the thirteen original American colonies to declare independence from British rule

-Rhode Island is one of the most reliably Democratic states during presidential elections, regularly giving the Democratic nominees one of their best showings. In 1980, Rhode Island was one of only 6 states to vote against Ronald Reagan

-In the 1984 Reagan landslide, Rhode Island provided Walter Mondale with his 3rd best performance

- Rhode Island was the Democrats' best state in 1988 and 2000 and 2nd best in 1996 and 2004

-Rhode Island gave John Kerry a greater than 20 percentage point margin of victory (the third highest of any state) with 59.4% of its vote

-All but three of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns voted for the Democratic candidate

-The Fox show Family Guy takes place in a fictional town in Rhode Island named Quahog

-The nautical nature of Rhode Island's geography pervades its culture. Newport Harbor, in particular, holds many pleasure boats

-A now defunct professional football team, the Providence Steam Roller won the 1928 NFL title

-Fort Adams, on Narragansett Bay, was the setting for the finish of Eco-Challenge 1995.

-State motto- Hope

If Sen. Obama is not able to win in this one of the most Deomocratic States of the Union which is famous for its cultural, athletic, ecological leadership then he should do the party and the country a favor and quit the race

[Yael]

36. Thats just bizarre

[AlCzervik]

16. Thats where Mike Huckabee is today, The Dope from Hope is in RI.

[Johnny__Motown]

18. Good point. I guess Rhode Island doesn't count either

[October]

19. Is it the Ocean State?

[stillcool]

39. I think so...

[grantcart]

41. nickname

[Marie26]

20. Why is it called Rhode Island when it's not an island?

Discuss.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

27. It's actually Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

And part of it IS islands - Aquidneck (where Newport is) and Jamestown.

[Marie26]

Oh, thanks,

Now I can sleep at night. :)

[Johnny__Motown]

40. The name is bigger than the state, so they had to abbreviate it

[TheDonkey]

29. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Phoebe beat me to it!

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

32. But I left off "State"! The judges have ruled my answer incomplete!

[eppur_se_muova]

35. It's COMMONWEALTH of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations!

And the state motto is "Yes, we know it's not really an island!".

[grantcart]

48. pls see post #15 lol

[TheDonkey]

49. touche

;)

[K Gardner]

38. All property in RI is technically considered waterfront. (this is actually almost true!)

[SoxFan]

22. Attleboro Next Exit

Or maybe it's...

[TheDonkey]

24. Size Doesn't Matter?

But the motion of the ocean state?

[SoCalDem]

28. The state symbol, apparently, is

(for the stale, lame attempts at recent humor)




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[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

30. An anchor! nt.

[SoCalDem]

31. Rhode hard, and put away wet?

:rofl:

[thevoiceofreason]

33. Hope

[Blue-Jay]

34. "Hey, over here on the right...no, no! Up a bit... next to the curly state..Yeah that's us!"

[SoCalDem]

37. RI.. a scrunched version of Indiana (with some crumbly bits)

[mtnsnake]

43. "Think small. Vote for Obama!"

Is that it? :shrug:

Then you have Texas's motto: "Think big. Vote for Hillary!"

[GainesT1958]

44. One word:

"Hope" :D

B-)

[bookman]

45. Hope n/t

[Breeze54]

46. Size doesn't matter.

:P

[MadBadger]

47. Eat Shit and Die Motherfucker!!

Just a Guess

[Debi]

50. Will that motto on a licesne plate make it through the DMV? n/t

[BigAnth]

51. I know that here in DE our motto is: "We're bigger than Rhode Island"

Which I love to tell my sister and nephew who live in Rhode Island.

[Araxen]

52. "My county is bigger than your State"