State quarter design decided

[writerranger]

Are we the only state featuring a Bong?

That's funny! Yes, probably.

I voted for #1. At the office, I have heard more than a few crude jokes about the #3 design. I won't elaborate as you've probably heard them too.

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[Karried]

'crude' lol... tee hee.. I had to go back and look at it .. but I think I get your drift. I'm sticking with Number 1 ..

[Karried]

Anyone else voting? Which one did you pick if so?

[Patrick]

Number 1! Love the pioneer woman, peace pipe, and outline of our state. Unfortunately, I feel Texas is more the oil state anymore.

[mranderson]

number four. it is the best looking.

[Karried]

The reason I didn't choose 4 was because it looks like the oil is ready to drop on the kid's head.. I much prefer the woman being skewered by the pipe look.. it's a hard call.. but I'm sticking with 1

[jbrown84]

I don't like the spikey Oklahoma on #1.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

I'm still reeling about the fact that Nevada's design wasn't a "Hookers and Blow" theme. I mean really....HORSES? Who thinks of horses when they think of Nevada? Mustang Ranch maybe.

As for ours, I'm still feeling a bit...Meh...After seeing these. We should just tell the mint we want it left blank.

Then say "naw, just kiddin', put Jim Thorpe and the Pioneer woman on it."

[Patrick]

Looks like the final choice is the design with the scizzor tailed fly catcher. I'm not enthused.



Scissor-tailed flycatcher chosen for state's commemorative quarter design


By Michael McNutt
Capitol Bureau

The state's bird and wildflower will be on Oklahoma's commemorative quarter, the governor's office announced today.

Voters preferred by about a 2-1 margin the scissor-tailed flycatcher flying over some Indian blanket, or Gaillardia pulchella, the governor's office said. Four other designs up for consideration each featured a representation of the Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City. Some Oklahomans were upset that sketches from the U.S. Mint omitted a Bible in the woman's right hand.
That now is a moot point.
More than 148,000 votes were cast — mostly online — in selecting the design for the quarter, part of a special series launched by the U.S. Mint in 1999. More than half, or nearly 77,000, voted for the state bird design. "Oklahomans have spoken, and the results are clear,” Gov. Brad Henry said in a statement.

[jbrown84]

What is the matter with people?

[writerranger]

What is the matter with people?

Lamest of the bunch, imo. Oh well.

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[kmf563]

Are they serious? They would rather have weeds represent our state because she lost her Bible? And yet it's okay to take the Bible out of classes, buildings, the workplace and everywhere in public in Oklahoma but forget a quarter if it doesn't have the Bible. I'm so confused to the thought process in this state.

[jbrown84]

That's original--a bird.

WOW.

Anyone remember the survey recently that showed that Oklahoma doesn't really have a bad image anymore--just no image?

This will really help that, huh?

[jbrown84]

It's so tiny--how can you even tell if there's a Bible?

[Patrick]

I would've liked to have seen how a 1 to 1 vote for pioneer women vs. scissor-tailed fly catcher would've turned out. I think all of the Pioneer woman votes were spread out across the other 4 designs.

[jbrown84]

Yeah probably all the pioneer woman choices cancelled each other out. It's like if it was

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
Courtney Love, Straight-To-DVD-Crap
Cate Blanchett, The Lord of the Rings


Courtney Love would probably win, especially if the Academy had a bias against Blanchett because she was seen on the French Riviera carrying a Bible.

[Karried]

This has officially ruined my day.

I'm moving to a state that has a better quarter..

and a better vegetable.

Heavy, heavy sigh...

I can't even believe that we have a bird. A flycatching bird at that.. I can hear the jokes already.

I'm in shock and denial.

[kmf563]

What's the official state beer? I need one of those.

[jbrown84]

Veto it Henry!!

You seem to be good at that.

[Nixon7]

wow. weeds and a bird. The Grapes of Wrath must have been right about us...

[CCOKC]

How can so many of us here have not voted for this design and it won 2-1? I don't understand. The people on OKCTALK must have much better taste than everyone else in the state.

[jbrown84]

I talked to some people about it and they agreed that the bird flying over the fields was lame and NOT Oklahoma.

[redland]

Yeah probably all the pioneer woman choices cancelled each other out. It's like if it was

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
Courtney Love, Straight-To-DVD-Crap
Cate Blanchett, The Lord of the Rings


Courtney Love would probably win, especially if the Academy had a bias against Blanchett because she was seen on the French Riviera carrying a Bible.

Post of the day, JBrown! Thanks :clappinghands:

[jbrown84]

Why, thank you.

[John]

Good! That was the best design of the lot.

The others were all too 'Ponca-centric'.