re: #100 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I read about how Wisconsin had a competition to come up with a new state motto as “America’s Dairyland” seemed too bland.
entries included “Wisconsin: Gateway to Minnesota” and
“Older than Milwaukee”
but my favorite was
“Eat Cheese or Die!”
I liked those ads for that Indiana amusement park: “There’s more than corn in Indiana!”
Yes, most small towns have a church on every corner, and there’s half the state that is impoverished hollers.