(originally posted by Rick)



~You can correctly pronounce Tesuque, Cerrillos, and Pojoaque.

~You have been told by at least one out-of-state vendor that they don't ship to foreign countries.

~You know you'll have to pay more if your house is made of mud.

~You expect to be asked whether you want "red or green".

~You buy salsa by the half-gallon.

~You can order your Big Mac with green chile.

~Most restaurants you go to begin with El or Los.

~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 pass on the right because that's the fast-lane.

~You don't see anything wrong with drive-up window liquor sales.

~You have read a book while driving from Albuquerque to Santa Fe.

~You have driven to an Indian Casino at 3am because you were hungry.

~You ran for state legislature so you can speed legally.

~The tires on your roof have more tread than the ones on your car.

~You just got your fifth DWI and got elected to the state legislature in the same week.

~You're relieved when the pavement ends because the dirt road has fewer pot-holes.

~Your other vehicle is also a pick-up truck.

~You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful front lawn.

~Your swamp cooler got knocked off your roof by a dust devil.

~Your next door neighbor has a sweat lodge in her back yard.

~Your Christmas decorations include "a yard of sand and 200 paper bags".

~You iron your jeans to "dress up".

~Two of your cousins are in Santa Fe: one in the legislature, the other in the state pen.

~You think Las Vegas is a town in the northeastern part of this state.

~You know the punch line to at least one Espanola joke.

~All your out-of-state friends and relatives visit in October.

~There is a piece of a UFO displayed in your home.

~You can actually hear the Taos hum.

~You think the Lobos fight song is "Louie, Louie".

~You see nothing odd when, in the conversations of the people in line around you at the
grocery store, every other word alternates between Spanish and English.

~You know you will run into at least 3 cousins whenever you shop at Wal-Mart, Sams or Home Depot.

And finally you just might be from New Mexico if...

~Whenever it rains, everyone stops whatever they're doing to stand by a window and watch