March 27, 2007Washington, D.C.: Insert Catch Phrase Here
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On Sunday, the Post ran a story detailing the Washington, DC Convention and Tourism Corporation's announcement that they will spend $150,000 beginning this year to research and develop a new catch phrase for the city. We told you a bit about these plans, including the Tourism Corporation's effort to gather your opinions on the District through their Share Your DC survey, back in January. If you still haven't completed the survey, go ahead and take a minute to do so now.
New city slogans are all the rage, we're told, like the ubiquitous "What Happens Here Stays Here" for Las Vegas, or the much-derided "Metronatural" for Seattle. But we'd like to humbly submit that the Tourism board rethink this plan. Not the part about coming up with a new slogan for D.C. — "Washington, D.C.: The American Experience," is objectively boring. Just the part where they're going to throw down $150,000 to pick a new one. Why didn't you come to us, Tourism officials? Between our staff and commenters, we bet can come up with something perfect for the low, low price of only, say $50,000. Think of the savings. Think of the time you'll save. Think of the ridiculous DCist yacht party we could throw. It boggles the mind.We stayed up all night working on some slogans, and encourage you to add some more to the comments. Some of these are somewhat serious suggestions. Others, not at all serious. We'll trust you to know the difference.
"D.C. Quarter" image from Modernhumorist.com
Washington, D.C.: But It's a Wet, Sweaty Heat
Washington, D.C.: Walk Left, Stand Right
Washington, D.C.: Kickball Capital of the World
Washington, D.C.: Better than Baltimore
Washington, D.C.: Democracy is Overrated
Washington, D.C.: Half-Smokey
Washington, D.C.: Capital of Culture
Homeland Security Alert Level: Fabulous!
Washington D.C.: 535 Representatives in Congress
Washington, D.C.: What Happens Here, Gets Out Pretty Much Everywhere
Washington, D.C.: Like Richmond, Except More So
Washington, D.C.: Wildly Underappreciated
Washington, D.C.: Technically Not Built on Top of a Swamp
Come for Washington, Stay for D.C.
D.C.: The Pentagrams in Our Street Layout are Purely Coincidental
D.C.: Remember Your 8th Grade Trip Here?
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Also, some honorable mentions from the commenters at Matthew Yglesias' blog: Washington, D.C.: I Moved Here for Work; Washington, D.C.: An Hour From Baltimore; Washington, D.C.: 5 Percent Lawyers; Washington, DC: You Voted For 'Em.
) |Washington DC: What happens here will be undone after the next election.
Washington DC: A Crapital Shi**y
Washington DC: Now With 30-percent Fewer Poor People
Washington DC: Because You Don't Know Any Better
Washington DC: POPO-WOW!
Washington DC: Check Your Gun, Wallet, and Dignity at the Door
Washington DC: Our First 10 Callers Will Recieve a Whoomp! There It Is! Teeshirt
Washington DC: Slave Revolt-Free for Over 200 Years
Washington DC: What Happens Here Never Makes it to the Grand Jury
Come for the Smug Sense of Entitlement, Stay for the Overpriced Tapas
Washington DC: Birthplace of Al Jolsen!
Washington DC: Because Buisness Suits and Sneakers Never Go Out of Style
Washington DC: We Make Guam Look Good
Washington DC: Everything you always wanted in a city. And less.
Home of the Beautiful Whitehurst Promenade, Day Spa, and Dog Biscuit Bakery (Opening Summer 2009)
Lincoln was Wrong: You Can Fool All the People All the Time
Washington DC: The Wannabe State
Washington, DC: Northern sinning, Southern gossiping.
Washington, DC: Now with more guns than ever before!
Washington, DC: So what do you do?
Washington, DC: 2/3 of us can read
Washington, DC: Bitch set me up
Washington, DC: We're only here when Congress is in session
Washington, DC: Less homicides than Baltimore
Washington, DC: Humid in the Summer, freezing in the Winter, only a month's worth of really nice weather
Washington, DC: Where the lobbyists come out to play
Washington, DC: I promise you a police car on every sidewalk. (marion barry, ladies and gentlemen)
Washington, D.C.: Where other people vote for your neighbors
