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YOU MIGHT BE FROM NEW MEXICO
IF...
You can correctly pronounce Tesuque,
Cerrillos and Pojoaque.
Your next door neighbor has a sweat
lodge in her back yard.
You have been told by at least one out-of-state vendor that they are going
to
charge you extra for "international" shipping.
You expect to
pay more if your house is made of mud.
You
can order your Big Mac with green chile.
You buy salsa by the half-gallon.
You are still using the paper license tag that came with your car
five years ago.
Your Christmas decorations include "a yard of sand and 200 paper
bags".
Most
restaurants you go to begin with "El" or "Los".
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 Chile.
You
think 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 Santa Fe.
You know they don't skate at the Ice House and the Newsstand doesn't sell newspapers.
You think Sadies was better when it was in
the bowling alley.
There is
a piece of a UFO displayed in your home.
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 dust devil.
You have been on TV more than three times telling about
your alien abduction.
You
can actually hear the Taos hum.
All your out-of-state friends and relatives
visit in October.
You think Las Vegas is a town in the northeastern part of the
state.
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 the other in the
state penitentiary.
You know the punch
line to at least one Espanola joke.
You have driven to an Indian Casino at 3am because you were
hungry.
You
think the Lobos fight song is "Louie, Louie".
You
know whether you want "red or green."
You're relieved when the pavement ends because the dirt road has
fewer potholes.
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 know you will run into at least 3 cousins
whenever you shop at
Wal-Mart,
Sam's or Home Depot.
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