You know you're from NM if..... (Albuquerque, Santa Fe: houses, water heater, wedding)
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You are still using the paper license tag that came with your car five years ago.
Your favorite restaurant has a chile 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".
You have license plates on your walls, but not on your car.
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 chile.
You think a red light is merely a suggestion.
You believe that using a turn signal is a sign of weakness.
You don't make eye contact with other drivers because you can't tell how well armed they are just by looking.
You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful front lawn.
You have to sign a waiver to buy hot coffee at a drive-up window.
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 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.
You have used aluminum foil and duct tape to repair your air conditioner.
You can't control your car on wet pavement.
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.
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 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.
You are afraid to drive through Mora and Espanola.
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 know the punch line to at least one Espanola joke.
Your car is missing a fender or bumper.
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 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.
You expect to pay more if your house is made of mud.
You can order your Big Mac with green chile.
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 cacti 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.
Trailers are not referred to as trailers. They are houses. Double-wide trailers are "real" houses.
A package of white flour tortillas is the exact same thing as a loaf of bread. You don't need to write it on your shopping list; it's a given.
At any gathering, regardless of size, green chile stew, tortillas, and huge mounds of shredded cheese are mandatory.
Prosperity can be readily determined by the number of horses you own.
A tarantula on your porch is ordinary. A scorpion in your tub is ordinary. A poisonous centipede on your ceiling? Ordinary. A black widow crawling across your bed is terribly, terribly common. A rattlesnake is an occasional hiking hazard. No need to freak out.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from New Mexico.
I like those! And I've never been to NM! But can relate because I'm a "chile head" , live in Miami so spanglish is spoken, & I lived in Tucson so I relate to the desert stuff! Must get out to NM one day...
Ha! Very funny. And most of them have more than a little truth to them. However, this one...
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Originally Posted by OCCASparky
You don't make eye contact with other drivers because you can't tell how well armed they are just by looking.
Now, it is true enough that 90% of the population in NM is armed to the teeth. If they don't have a gun rack with a deer rifle, a shot gun, and a target rifle on their back window, then they've got them (along with a pistol or two) under the front seat.
But NM drivers are very, very friendly. You can't drive down the highway without being waved at. Even by the state troopers. Driving the 18 miles between Clovis and Portales, you get at least a dozen waves. Driving the 88 miles between Portales and Roswell, if it is a high traffic day (meaning you might pass 30 cars), then your hand is going to get tired from waving.
It gives a lot of credence to the old saying, "An armed society is a polite society."
Ha! Very funny. And most of them have more than a little truth to them. However, this one...
Now, it is true enough that 90% of the population in NM is armed to the teeth. If they don't have a gun rack with a deer rifle, a shot gun, and a target rifle on their back window, then they've got them (along with a pistol or two) under the front seat.
But NM drivers are very, very friendly. You can't drive down the highway without being waved at. Even by the state troopers. Driving the 18 miles between Clovis and Portales, you get at least a dozen waves. Driving the 88 miles between Portales and Roswell, if it is a high traffic day (meaning you might pass 30 cars), then your hand is going to get tired from waving.
It gives a lot of credence to the old saying, "An armed society is a polite society."
The description of the friendliness applies to almost all of New Mexico--however, I'd take exception to the part about the weapons. I think that describes eastern New Mexico, which is more like Texas, rather than northern or central New Mexico. In Albuquerque and Santa Fe this is definitely not the prevailing culture.
The description of the friendliness applies to almost all of New Mexico--however, I'd take exception to the part about the weapons. I think that describes eastern New Mexico, which is more like Texas, rather than northern or central New Mexico. In Albuquerque and Santa Fe this is definitely not the prevailing culture.
Point taken and very true. I'm from eastern New Mexico, so when I think of NM, that's what I think. But you're right. Culturally, it's much more West Texas than New Mexico.
Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos are really cultures unto themselves. Even in western New Mexico, places like Gallup, Farmington, etc., I'd say the majority of the populace is armed.
Wearing a sports jersey of your favorite team is formal wear for any occasion--A date, wedding, or funeral. Ditto for camouflage.
Thanksgiving isn't complete without red chile on top of that heaping plate of turkey, mashed potatos, stuffing, yams and bowl of posole on the side.
You have no money to pay the gas bill or replace the water heater, but somehow the Dish Network bill gets paid for the premium channel package no matter what.
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You know you're from NM if...
I'd like to add; when driving, pulling out in front of someone isn't just a New Mexico right, it is our prerogative!
