YOU MIGHT BE FROM NEW MEXICO IF ............
1. You can correctly pronounce Tesuque, Cerrillos and Pojoaque.
2. You have been told by at least one out-of-state vendor that they are going to charge you extra for "international" shipping.
3. You expect to pay more if your house is made of mud. >
4. You can order your Big Mac with green chile. >
5. You buy salsa by the half-gallon. >
6. You are still using the paper license tag that came with your car >five years ago. >
7. Your Christmas decorations include "a yard of sand and 200 paper >bags". >
8. Most restaurants you go to begin with "El" or "Los". >
9. The tires on your roof have more tread than the ones on your car. >
10. You price shop for tortillas. >
11. You have an extra freezer just for green Chile. >
12. You believe that using a turn signal is a sign of weakness. >
13. You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful front lawn. >
14. You ran for state legislature so you can speed legally. (Our >governor does!) >
15. You pass on the right because that's the fast-lane. >
16. There is a piece of a UFO displayed in your home. >
17. Your swamp cooler got knocked off your roof by a dust devil. >
18. You have been on TV more than three times telling about your alien >abduction. >
19. You can actually hear the Taos hum. >
20. All your out-of-state friends and relatives visit in October. >
21. You think Las Vegas is a town in the northeastern part of the >state. >
22. You iron your jeans to "dress up". >
23. You don't see anything wrong with drive-up window liquor sales.
24. Your other vehicle is also a pick-up truck. >
25. Two of your cousins are in Santa Fe, one in the legislature the >other in the state penitentiary. >
26. You know whether you want "red or green." >
27. You're relieved when the pavement ends because the dirt road has fewer potholes. >
28. You see nothing odd when, in the conversations of the people in >line around you at the grocery store, every other word of each sentence >alternates between Spanish and English.
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