I saw a different list a few years ago that included knowing the answer to the state question, and "going home involves telling someone you are an American citizen." I went looking for it and while I didn't find it I did find these, which are also pretty funny:
You buy salsa by the gallon. 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. http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-mexico/11034-you-know-youre-nm-if.html On 11/13/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just -- don't blame me if you don't understand the jokes ;) > > Oh and we also have cornered the market on science fiction writers. > Ponder that and tremble. That and the fact that the governor mentioned > below was a *Republican.* > > Dana > > How you know you're from New Mexico > > -Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin > Wal-Martin" or "off to Wally-world." > > -You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili > weather. > > -A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop....It's a coke > regardless of brand or flavor. > > -Cuss, curse... who gives a ___ what you call it? We say words you > won't even understand! > > -505 is the area code for our entire state, who else can represent > their whole state with one number? > > -We have green chili, and we're the ONLY state that does. > > -Snow days? We get days off for gang shootings, DUI accidents, > high school hit lists, meth lab busts, bomb threats, homicides, drug > deals.... and for the occasional "winter storm" too. Beat that. > > -The only "beach" we go to is The Beach waterpark, Tingley, > Conchas, or the Butte and they all kick butt! > > -If you say "city" you are not referring to anywhere in New Mexico. > > -The legal drinking age is 21, but everyone starts at 14. > > -Our governor wanted to legalize marijuana, so don't even say > yours is cooler. > > -I get looked at funny when I'm on vacation because most fools > from the US don't even realize that New Mexico is in the USA... > > -All the moviestars might film in Cali, but they come HERE to > live. Val Kilmer, Gene Hackman, Freddie Prince Jr., Julia Roberts, > Randy Travis... and list goes on, all livin' in New Mexico. > > -Los Alamos has the highest per capita income in the United > States. Sunland Park has the lowest > > -Albuquerque celebrated its Tri-Centennial...we're older than the US of A. > > -Atomic bomb...enough said! > > -We got Stealths, so you better watch your back or they might be > coming for you next. > > If New Mexico were to Secede from the Union we would be third > largest nuclear power in the world . . . there's nothing you can say > > New Mexicans understand these jokes. I f you do too, forward them > to your friends from New Mexico > > -- > The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there > are to laugh at it. > Bill Nye, Interview with Wired.com, April 2005 > US TV host and Science Guy > -- The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it. 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