Friday, January 07, 2005

You Might be from New Mexico if....

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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