Mississippi sick and tired of all the insults I have to hand it to Mississippi. Having been the butt of everyone’s jokes for God knows how long (and a nasty comment from Rep. Charles Rangel just last week), the “Quadruple-I” state is fighting back. In a new public-image effort, Ole Miss (though I guess that’s the university and not the state) is taking ownership of the jokes, while turning them on their heads. “Yes, we can read,” reads this ad. “Some of us can even write.” Pictured are several notable Mississipians, from William Faulkner to John Grisham. Another ad touting sports stars reads, “Yes, we wear shoes. A few of us even wear cleats.” The state has even made the ads wearable, with some of the best slogans thrown on T-shirts available for purchase through the online store. Alabama, Arkansas, watch out. You don’t have Mississippi to kick around anymore. —Posted by Aaron Baar

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Hey, do you know why birds fly upside-down over Mississippi? (Having grown up in Alabama, I know a million of these...)

This reminded me of the '92 SNL sketch where Clinton kept defending Arkansas' progress.

"When I started as governor, we were fiftieth in adult literacy, and last year, I'm proud to say, we shot ahead of Mississippi. We're #49, and we're closing fast on Alabama. Watch out, Alabama - we got your number!"

"That's not fair. Just this year we passed Mississippi to become 41st in the prevention of rickets."

"Last year we passed Florida to become #2 in executions by lethal injection, and first in crushed by heavy stones."

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92cdebate.phtml

Posted by: CorruptedJournalist | Nov 15, 2006 9:55:57 AM

Ripley (of "Believe it or Not" fame) was not from Mississippi, so why did they steal his font and shorten his phrase?

Every state is the butt of every other state's jokes. How does Texas keep from falling into the Gulf? Because Oklahoma sucks! (cue fake BBC laugh track.)

Posted by: Jetpacks | Nov 15, 2006 11:13:40 AM

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