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lil  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Are Your Official State Symbols, or Do You Have a State Fish?

Oregon wins, totally wins. 19 official state symbols to my measly 4. Thanks Blob.

Question: Of all your state symbols, what surprised you the most?





user-inactivated  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Trust me, Texas wins. Which kinda fits.

am_Unition  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I gave up learning these as a kid, before I knew what "arbitrary" or "bullshit" even meant.

galen  ·  3534 days ago  ·  link  ·  

TEXAS!

lil  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's hard to say which of those is most impressive. Perhaps the official state molecule deserves some kind of special mention.

user-inactivated  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For me it's the cooking implement that pushes it into obsessive territory.

user-inactivated  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    State Domino Game

Does the state legislature have a lot of slow days?

BLOB_CASTLE  ·  3536 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The fact that there is a state animal, on top of bird, fish, insect, crustacean, and insect. Why form a separate category for "animal?"

That and it's odd that there's a state beverage, and that it's milk.

GorGorGorillaNeck  ·  3535 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Why form a separate category for "animal?"

Because an OSU grad had to try to get a beaver on the list? That is my guess anyway.