United Shapes
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The United Shapes: A map of things states are shaped like
((Each state has some item wedged to stay inside its borders))
Alabama: A moai head facing east.
Alaska: Winne the Pooh with a jetpack and a ray gun.
Arizona: A refrigerated shelf containing milk, bread, and pastries.
Arkansas: A measuring cup.
California: A vacuum.
Colorado: The wiki article on Colorado.
Connecticut: A train conductor's hat.
Delaware: A meerkat.
Florida: an eggplant.
Georgia: Missouri.
Hawaii: A snowball.
Idaho: A garden gnome, sitting down.
Illinois: A gangster with a guitar case, upside down.
Indiana: The brush of a paintbrush.
Iowa: A tomato, lettuce, cold cut and cheese sandwich.
Kansas: A stand-up piano.
Kentucky: A cloud.
Louisiana: A boot with some gum stuck to the bottom of it.
Maine: A Vulcan salute.
Maryland: A howling wolf, upside down.
Massachusetts: An elephant, being ridden by a man, carrying tea.
Michigan: A mitten for the lower portion, an eagle for the UP.
Minnesota: $160 in $20 USD bills.
Mississippi: A moai head facing west.
Missouri: Georgia.
Montana: One half of a muffin.
Nebraska: A blue VW type 2 with mattresses sticking out the back.
Nevada: A clothes iron.
New Hampshire: A tall brick factory building.
New Jersey: A bent-over old person.
New Mexico: A liquid container labeled for something of unusual and silly danger.
New York: A hybrid transmission with standard manual-style gears and a torque converter sliced in half.
North Carolina: A bouquet of flowers.
North Dakota: The top half of an amp.
Ohio: Underwear (Briefs).
Oklahoma: A covered pot, dripping with boilover.
Oregon: A locomotive.
Pennsylvania: A very thick book with a bookmark.
Rhode Island: The bow half of a boat's hull.
South Carolina: A slice of pizza.
South Dakota: The bottom half of an amp.
Tennessee: A number of childrens' books, placed in a slightly askew pile.
Texas: A dog sitting in a bowl.
Utah: An oven.
Vermont: A microscope, upside down.
Virgina: A frog.
Washington: A whale.
West Virginia: A stegosaurid.
Wisconsin: A skull.
Wyoming: An envelope.
{{Title text: That eggplant is in something of a flaccid state.}}
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