What's That Smell?

[legion]

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.

"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.

Also missing:

New Jersey: What the f*** are you looking at?

New Jersey: We don't trust our own people to pump gas.

[Z-man]

My favorite submission:

New Jersey: Ya got a probem with dat?

-Z.

[RallyJon]

New Jersey: A liquor store and a porn shop every mile.

New Jersey: Just pay the toll and keep moving.

New Jersey: Free to enter, pay to leave.

[Rodeo]

New Jersey: What exit?

[jbripps]

New Jersey: ***** happens

New Jersey: The armpit of New York.

All kidding aside, I would live in the finer parts of Bergen County in a hearbeat.

Happy holidays,

[legion]

My mother and grandparents are from Jersey.

Now they live in "Flarda".

[M.D. Holloway]

typical conversation in college when you met a girl:

Guy: "So, where you from?"

Girl: "Connecticut"

Guy: "Cool, what's your Dad do for a living"?

Girl: "I don't know but we're loaded..."

Guy: "So, your buying"?

Girl: "Not me, rather Daddies card"!


or

Guy: "So, where are you from"?

Girl: "Massachusetts".

Guy: "Cool, How bout them Sox"!

Girl: "Ya, Sox rock! We have seasons tickets."

Guy: "Cool..."

or

Guy: "So, where are you from?"

Girl: "Jersey"

Guy: "Cool, want to go *****?

Girl: "Sure...can my girl friend watch?"

[Burnin' oil]

oooh, oooh, that smell, can't ya smell that smell? the smell of death surrounds you . . .

[Z-man]

Originally posted by jbripps
All kidding aside, I would live in the finer parts of Bergen County in a hearbeat.

I work in said county. (Montvale, NJ). Right next to Upper Saddle River, Saddle River, Woodcliff Lake. A stone's throw from Alphine and Englewood Cliffs. I drive through Franklin Lakes to get home.

But I live in Passaic country - Wayne. Now as affluent a county as Bergen, but still pretty good nonetheless.


-Z.

[RallyJon]

My family used to own Bergen county. They traded it to indians for some wampum or something. Not the best business decision as it turned out.