When Grandpa is told his flag only has 49 stars, he snaps, "It will be a cold day in hell before I recognize Missour-ah!" When Missouri first wanted to enter the Union as a slave state, abolitionists at the time flatly refused to recognize Missouri as a state.
Episode: Father Goose
Episode: Father Goose
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- Marge: There are only 49 stars on that flag.
Abe
I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!... - In Oregon, the State Legislature has come up with a State Nut.
This is unlikely to happen in Missouri, since there are too many candidates.... - That's solid. There, you see how much I learned.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle when when visiting a welding
class at a vocational school in Union, Missouri.
He welded two scraps of metal together to demonstrate how much he had learned while in the National Guard.... - What did the state table say to bitstring? I don't recognize you.
- Jacek, a Polish schoolboy, is told by his teacher that he has
been chosen to carry the Polish flag in the May Day parade.
"Why me?" whines the boy. "Three years ago I carried the flag when Brezhnev was the Secretary... - As far as can be known, one of the major purposes for the entire State of Iowa is to keep Minnesota from sinking and hitting Missouri.
- The first sign of age ... is when you go out into the streets .
.. and recognize for the first time how young the policemen look. -- Seymour Hick... - Emo Phillips was pulled over in Massachusetts for reckless driving.
When brought before the judge, Emo was asked if he knew what the punishment for drunk driving in that state was.... - Rebellion is like witchcraft. That's what it is, it's like witchcraft.
-- Missouri State Rep. Jean Dixon, on labeling offensive music. USA Today, March 20, 1990...
