State

This was the state of matters, on the afternoon of, what I may be excused for calling, that eventful and important Friday. I can make no claim therefore to have known, at that time, how matters stood; or to have any remembrance, founded on the evidence of my own senses, of what follows.

Somewhere I read that Montana is known as The Treasure State. Heh? I have to say that, as we drove across the endless corn fields for hour after hour and were happy to see an odd coyote or distant farmer on a tractor to break the monotony, I thought the state's other name of Big Sky Country was far more appropriate.

The state I'm in
is a terrible sin
I'm wasting my life away

I'm just sitting here
with a bottle of beer
surfing the internet all day

'The State We're In' – a well-known book written in the early '90s as trenchant criticism of the mess the Tories had made of Britain. 'The State We're Still In' – Oh Lord, the title of a book that should be written now as trenchant criticism of the continuing mess that (you've guessed it)the longed for Labour govt.........

Virginia is known both as The Old Dominion and the Mother of Presidents.

Maryland is known as the Old Line State and the Free State.

Oregon is called the Beaver State.

Connecticut has an »official« nickname of the Constitution State. It's also known as the Nutmeg State.

North Dakota has several nicknames: the Sioux State, the Flickertail State, the Peace Garden State, and the Rough Rider State.

Mississippi is called the Magnolia State.

liquid is not a solid state to be in

Michigan is called the Wolverine State.