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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Suggestions For New Cape Slogans

Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at 1:00 AM

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  • If this is Heaven, then what does Hell look like?

    I have hopes that Heaven looks a whole lot better than southeast Missouri.

    -- Posted by farmwife2 on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 7:44 AM
  • I considered "Where Purgatory and Humidity Meet." but didn't think that was very lyrical. Lyricism is important to city slogans.

    Actually, "Where Hell and Humidity Meet" is not bad although it would probably attract "the wrong crowd"

    who would probably be POed when they found out that Cape wasn't as hellish as they expected.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 8:59 AM
  • Brad,

    "Where Purgatory and Humidity Meet" is too Roman Catholic.

    Keep up the good work!

    -- Posted by Lumpy on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 9:55 AM
  • How bout "The City of Sports Bars"

    Seriously, I say....

    "Cape Girardeau, Pretty Much The Only Thing Between St. Louis and Memphis"

    or

    "Cape Girardeau, Eh, Why The Hell Not? We Got A River And Stuff"

    -- Posted by DrummingFireman on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 12:37 PM
  • Cape Girardeau: When it's a nice day outside, we burn stuff!

    -- Posted by martlet1 on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 1:34 PM
  • I always love the St. Louis / Memphis comparisons. They are so pointless. I wonder if Columbia uses something comparable (Mizzou. The Biggest University between St. Louis and Kansas City.)

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 1:34 PM
  • I know what you mean Martle1. There seems to be an inordinate amount of people in town with pyromaniac tendencies.

    TFR.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 1:38 PM
  • Yeah, I never got that either. How bout "The Biggest Thing Between Jackson and Scott City"? Lol

    -- Posted by DrummingFireman on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 3:17 PM
  • It is my understanding that the tax funds that were spent came from the Convention and Visitors Bureau budget. The articles I read from 2003 were a little unclear about who exactly authorized this expenditure. It was either the CVB or the City Council / Mayor. I'm not sure who the CVB reports to.

    I would bet that the tax money all came from the pile of dough the city has collected from the hotel/motel tax which I would also bet can only be spent on specific things like promoting the city and commissioning studies on how we should promote the city, rather than going into the general fund. It would be interesting to know if the local hotel operators feel the $42k was money well spent or just a waste of tax payer dollars.

    Me'Lange, I like your suggestion about a theme song. Lots of towns have lame-arse slogans, but not a theme song. Has some serious blog potential.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, May 26, 2009, at 9:41 PM
  • Truth-

    Cape Girardeau, where the river runs if the flood wall breaks.

    or...

    Cape Girardeau, we wish we were as cool as our name sounds!

    For tourism-Cape Girardeau, we give away money!

    For those homeless that would migrate here-Cape Girardeau, where our dogs are the size of small horses and always hungry.

    -- Posted by John in Jackson on Wed, May 27, 2009, at 7:10 AM
  • Cape Girardeau: Where sales tax never takes a holiday.

    -- Posted by Red Devil on Wed, May 27, 2009, at 8:15 AM
  • Sorry Megalo I forgot about KGMOs promo from the back in the day.

    Wasn't there also a radio jingle that went something like "Hello, mother, hello father, here I am in Cape Girardeau..."?

    Actually, the city does have another theme song called "A Rose for Cape Girardeau" written by Jess Thilenius in the early 1960s. Sharon, our librarian, clued me in to this bit of info. She even gave me a copy.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Wed, May 27, 2009, at 8:16 AM
  • Let's use the line from the KGMO theme song as the new slogan...

    Cape Girardeau -- We Dig It!

    That video Megalo posted is hilarious... shows all the good points of Cape -- the partially imploded bridge, the closed flood gates with orange barrels, etc. etc. I dig it!

    -- Posted by TommyStix on Wed, May 27, 2009, at 8:39 AM
  • West East Cape...

    -- Posted by bobby62914 on Wed, May 27, 2009, at 10:17 AM
  • ****, Meg, where do you find this stuff? That ol' jingle's still a real toe-tapper ain't it?LOL STILL hate it!!!

    I agree, too, that old footage would have been more effective...

    -- Posted by ol'homeboy on Thu, May 28, 2009, at 12:53 AM
  • how about Tax Girardeau

    -- Posted by mogearjammer on Sat, May 30, 2009, at 12:05 PM
  • Across the bridge is a hundred tales

    -- Posted by mogearjammer on Sat, May 30, 2009, at 12:07 PM
  • Bring us your homeless

    -- Posted by mogearjammer on Sat, May 30, 2009, at 12:08 PM
  • bring us your homeless (we will tax them too)

    -- Posted by mogearjammer on Sat, May 30, 2009, at 12:09 PM
  • You might be on to something, Just_me.

    How about "Rollin' on the River." That would also take care of a new city theme song.

    TFR.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Sun, May 31, 2009, at 10:14 PM