Wednesday, March 7, 2012

You Know You're from New Mexico if:

You buy green chili the bushel and red chili by the gallon.
You have a bottle of Holy Dirt in your night stand drawer.
A sign of good relationship is having hickies!
You are still using the paper license tag that came with your car five years ago.
Your favorite restaurant has a chili list instead of a wine list.
You do all your shopping and banking at a drive-up window.
Your Christmas decorations include a yard of sand and 200 paper bags.
Most restaurants you go to begin with 'El' or 'Los'.
You remember when Santa Fe was not like San Francisco .
You hated Texans until the Californians moved in.
The tires on your roof have more tread than the ones on your car.
You price-shop for tortillas.
You have an extra freezer just for green chili
.You think a yellow light means to go faster and a red light is merely a suggestion.
You believe that using a turn signal is a sign of weakness.
You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful front lawn.
You ran for state legislature so you can speed legally.
You pass on the right because that's the fast lane.
You have read a book while driving from Albuquerque to Las Vegas.
You think you know how to drive in the rain or snow.
There is a piece of a UFO displayed in your home.
You know that The Jesus Tortilla is not a band.
You wish you had invested in the orange barrel business and shovels.
You just got your fifth DWI and got elected to the state legislature in the same week.
Your swamp cooler got knocked off your roof by a gust of wind.
You have been on TV more than three times telling about how your neighbor was shot or about your alien abduction.
You can actually hear the Taos hum.
All your out-of-state friends and relatives visit in October.
You know Vegas is a town in the northeastern part of the state and not in Nevada.
You iron your jeans to 'dress up'.
You don't see anything wrong with drive-up window liquor sales.
Your other vehicle is also a pick-up truck.
Two of your cousins are in Santa Fe, one in the legislature and the other in the state pen.
You think the Lobos fight song is 'Louie, Louie'
You're relieved when the pavement ends because the dirt road has fewer pot-holes.
You can correctly pronounce Tesuque, Cerrillos, and Pojoaque.
You have been told by at least one out-of-state vendor that they are going to charge you extra for international' shipping.
When you go out of state, people ask you if you have a green card.
You expect to pay more if your house is made of mud and straw.
You can order your Big Mac with green chili.
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.
You associate bridges with mud, not water.
You know you will run into at least 3 cousins whenever you shop at Wal-Mart, Sam's or Home Depot.
Tumbleweeds and various cactus in your yard are not weeds, they are your lawn.
If you travel anywhere, no matter if just to run to the gas station, you must bring along a bottle of water and some moisturizer.

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3 comments:

  1. I don't know how enchanting New Mexico is if they really do eat that much chili.

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  2. In NM they spell it chile. Chili is what Texans eat.

    Been there three times. Can't pronunce Pojoaque. Fanta Se is very touristy and chi-chi.

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