"Russia Needs A New Motto" Contest

Last October, I ran a "Canada Needs A New Motto" contest in which I solicited your ideas for fun, off-beat mottos for our neighbor to the north.

Well, Russia has been in the news lately, and I thought it would be fitting to have a "Russia Needs A New Motto" contest.

Here's my challenge: what are some fun, offbeat mottos for Russia? [Shown, at left, is a Vlad Putin action figure I got when I was in Moscow last summer. He looks pretty calm here.]

Here are my favorite suggestions so far:

• "Russia: It's about time we acted like a superpower."
• After its activities in the Caucasus this week, Russia's motto should be "Putin' on the Blitz." (With apologies to Irving Berlin.)
• Russia's new theme song certainly is "Georgia On My Mind." (With apologies to Ray Charles.)
• "Russia: For those of you who are nostalgic for the Cold War, we thought we'd help you reminisce!"
• "Russia: Your endless supply of brides and orphans."
• "Russia: We Put the Putsch in Pushkin."
• Russia: You knew we were Russia when you let us in."
• "Russia: Home of the mail-order bride."
• "Russia: where you can find your wife without ever going."
• "Change You Can Count On" (No, wait - that's been taken.)

Comments

[Len Taylor]

This probably won't count as a new motto, but Russia's new theme song certainly is "Georgia On My Mind."

[Aidan Nulman]

Russia: Putin you in your place since 1991

Russia: U.S. iS ouR friend; so can you!

[Venusforce]

My creative juices aren't flowing ..... but let me try my hand.

1] Russia: It's about time we acted like a superpower
2] Russia: Don't call us Soviet Union. We love it.
3] Russia: Just like the U.S.A. But good luck finding Disneyland.

[Roger von Oech]

Len: Georgia's on a lot of people's minds these days.

Aidan: Well, at least since 2000.

Venusforce: "It's about time we acted like a superpower." Indeed!

[Val Courtsly]

Russia: "For those of you who are nostalgic for the Cold War, we thought we'd help you reminisce!"

[Pushkin]

After its activities in the Caucasus this week, Russia's motto should be "Putin' on the Blitz." (With apologies to Irving Berlin.)

[Randy Bosch]

"Change You Can Count On"
No, wait - that's been taken.

[Roger von Oech]

Val, Pushkin, Randy: All good. Thanks for contributing.

[Stephen Denny]

Russia: We Put the Putsch in Pushkin.

[Cam Beck]

Russia: Your endless supply of brides and orphans.

[P Nolan]

You knew we were Russia when you let us in.

[P Nolan]

Changing the world - a few fewer people at a time.

[Sunny Bonnell]

Russia: Home of the mail-order bride.

[Sunny Bonnell]

Another spin-off.

Russia: where you can find your wife without ever going.

[terry]

Russia: our peace looks like this "МИР"

[Tracy Adams]

Russia:

If you own it, we own it, too.

Don't mess wit' our motto, or you go KABOOM!

[Yulia]

Poor you! Seem to have no idea what Russia actually is...
To Sunny Bonnell: About all that bridestuff - I guess it's such s problem to find a nice lady in the USA:)? If you need to turn to Russia?
It's understandable: American ladies look a little bit "overfeminised".
Sunny Bonnell, you're really wellcome! We, Russians, are very hospitable in case you're polite and intelligent.
But try to get some idea of what Russia is really like, just a slightest idea.
All these mottos in the list look the same as the widely spread Russian idea of what Americans are: very fat, uneducated and stupid fast-food lovers.
Your list is the same. It's meaningless and humiliating.
O.K., guys, let's go on! Let's continue with all this mutual misunderstanding and hatred stuff! That's really great!
Prejudices are children of stupidity.
And hey, Sunny Bonnell! You're still wellcome! Have you ever been to Russia? Seen any Russian ladies? I bet you haven't...

[Lia]

For a lot of women in Russia, if some fat American guy asked them to marry without meeting them...well...they'd spit in your face, that's what they'd do.