State

'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.........

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

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

Massachusetts is the Bay State and the Old Colony State.

Vermont is the Green Mountain State.

Alabama is called the Yellowhammer State.

Nevada is known as the Silver State, the Sagebrush State, and the Battle Born State.

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.

Arkansas, while offically refered to a the »Natural State« by tourist board and Chamber of Commerce types, is often called the »Altered State« by the hippies

California, where the gold rush took place in 1849, is the Golden State.

Rhode Island is called The Ocean State.

West Virginia is the Mountain State.