wendyps Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 The "Don't Mess With Texas" slogan has been nominated for a very prestigious award. If it is to win, a Bronze Plaque will be placed on Madison Avenue's "Walk of Fame" and it will get a permanent place at the Advertising Icon Museum in Kansas City. Winner will be announced September 29th.Wouldn't it be cool for New Yorkers to have to walk past a Bronze Plaque every day that said "DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS?" Please go to www.votedmwt.com and vote for it. The competition is tough, like Got Milk?, What Happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, The Breakfast of Champions, and others. So...please vote early and often, and tell your fellow Texans to do likewise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I remember years ago telling someone from CA that Houston was cool. She kinda chuckled and said, yeah, but what's with "Don't mess with Texas"?....She, as did I when I lived out there, thought that it was just a typically Texan, arrogant, self-deluded, self-promotion campaign.So how can they give it an award if, presumably from my limited experience, the rest of the country has no idea that it's a slogan for an anti-litter campaign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 I remember years ago telling someone from CA that Houston was cool. She kinda chuckled and said, yeah, but what's with "Don't mess with Texas"?....She, as did I when I lived out there, thought that it was just a typically Texan, arrogant, self-deluded, self-promotion campaign.So how can they give it an award if, presumably from my limited experience, the rest of the country has no idea that it's a slogan for an anti-litter campaign?That's just it, she was from CA and she had heard of it! Granted, she didn't know it was about litter control, but she had still heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 When I was heading to Ireland to visit my relatives they all asked for Don't Mess With Texas shirts and stickers. Then again they were still watching Dallas and listening to Madonna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaG Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Don't Mess with Texas has been nominated as one of the best slogans of all time. The slogan is nominated right alongside Nike's "Just Do It" and Wheaties' "The Breakfast of Champions." Winners are selected American Idol style with online voting. There was a great story in today's Austin American-Statesman (pasted below). Basically, our goal is to get as many Texans to vote as possible. And with 22 million real Texans, how can we lose? Here's how you can help. 1. Most important, go to http://www.votedmwt.com and vote for Don't Mess with Texas. One vote per computer, so you can vote at work and at home. 2. Forward this email or the http://www.votedmwt.com link today to all your friends, family and coworkers and ask them to vote for "Don't Mess with Texas." Send it to anyone who loves Texas. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Didn't Arkansas or Louisiana or some state give us a hard time when we came out with "Don't Mess With Texas"? Weren't they insulted? (Even though it was originally intended to mean "Don't Litter.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChampionsAdam Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Don't Mess with Texas has been nominated as one of the best slogans of all time. The slogan is nominated right alongside Nike's "Just Do It" and Wheaties' "The Breakfast of Champions." Winners are selected American Idol style with online voting. There was a great story in today's Austin American-Statesman (pasted below). Basically, our goal is to get as many Texans to vote as possible. And with 22 million real Texans, how can we lose? Here's how you can help. 1. Most important, go to http://www.votedmwt.com and vote for Don't Mess with Texas. One vote per computer, so you can vote at work and at home. 2. Forward this email or the http://www.votedmwt.com link today to all your friends, family and coworkers and ask them to vote for "Don't Mess with Texas." Send it to anyone who loves Texas. Thanks everyone. I live in Champions and I had Special K this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) I'm not sure if this is the best HAIF forum for this topic, so if you think it will do better elsewhere, please feel free to move it!! Thanks and get voting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Texas Highway Department's anti-litter slogan "Don't Mess With Texas" has been nominated for a very prestigious advertising award. If it were to win, a Bronze Plaque would be placed on Madison Avenue's "Advertising Walk of Fame" in New York City and would also get a permanent place at the Advertising Icon Museum in Kansas City. Please go to the Advertising Week Favorite Slogan's Website and vote! http://advertising.yahoo.com/advertisingwe...logan_poll.html The competition is tough, like "Got Milk?" "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"; "The breakfast of Champions"; and others; so please vote before September 29, 2006 and tell your fellow Texans to do likewise. Wouldn't it be cool for New Yorkers to have to walk past a Bronze Plaque every day that said, "DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS"? If the link above doesn't work, you can also try this one Advertising Weekly Poll Edited September 26, 2006 by heights_yankee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Isn't there already a thread like this? And what does beating Dallas at the monopoly thing have to do with it? Last time I checked, Dallas was apart of Texas too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 "Don't Mess With Texas," the 20-year-old public service campaign slogan created by Austin advertising firm GSD&M for the Texas Department of Transportation, has won the third annual Advertising Week Walk of Fame competition, sponsored by Yahoo! and USA Today."Don't Mess With Texas," which received more than 400,000 votes, beat high-profile slogans such as Nike's "Just Do It," Maxwell House's "Good to the Last Drop" and "Got Milk?" from the California Milk Processors Board. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories...63&hbx=e_duand yeah, i thought there was another thread somewhere - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories...63&hbx=e_duand yeah, i thought there was another thread somewhere -Here is one http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...mp;#entry105712 and here is another http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...amp;#entry97059 a mod may want to merge all three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 a mod may want to merge all three.done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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