Tell Patch: What Should New Jersey REALLY Be Called?

Everyone knows New Jersey's the Garden State. What's surprising is just how many people don't know why (and we'll have more on that for you another time).

But we were wondering: What should be New Jersey's nickname? Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure call it The Soprano State. Cynics call it Dirty Jerzy. New Yorkers call it names we won't publish.

We came up with the following:

• The State That Claims No Responsibility for The Situation
• The Makes-Teachers-Union-Negotiations-a-Spectator-Sport State
• The Harold and Kumar State
• The We-Swear-It-Doesn't-All-Smell-Like-That-One-Stretch-of-the-Turnpike State
• The Jughandle State
• The What's-Self-Serve-Gas State
• The Diner Capital of the World
• The

Frankly, we think you can do better.