So many questions about Mississippi........So little time......thankfully.

I knew this guy once who told me, "Man, I been to Mississippi and its the end of the earth and that ain't no shit!" See, I thought he probably just meant he didn't like it there but later I discovered that it really IS the end of the earth! A huge part of the state income comes from tourism, nice folks who take a vacation to the end of the earth and go home feeling lots better. Wherever they live may suck bad, but they feel pretty good about it 'cause they done been to Mississippi!!!

They have sadly lowered their standards some in the past few years and that is truly sad, especially when it is reflected in the state symbols and such. For instance the state motto was "VIRTUTE et ARMIS" which means by valor and arms. That was changed to "Value at WalMart." The lovely and joyous little Mockingbird has been replaced as the state bird by the fly.....Ain't even a bird, ya' know? The magnolia remains as the state flower and tree but now its the magnolia covered in kudzu. And what does it tell you when the state fish, the Black Bass, is changed to the White Bass? BTW, the state fossil was the prehistoric whale but is now khandu's genitalia.

Spaw