You Might Be a Real New Mexican IF...

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

There is a piece of a UFO displayed in your home

You believe that using a turn signal is a sign of weakness

You can actually hear the Taos hum

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

You hated Texans until the Californians moved in

You have an extra freezer just for green chile

You have been told by at least one out-of-state vendor that they are going to charge you extra for "international" shipping

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

You iron your jeans to "dress up"

You know the punch line to at least one Espanola joke

You know whether you want "red or green"

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

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

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