AND SOME I MADE UP. I recently read these items in a local monthly paper on how to tell if you are a Southern New Mexican. Here are a few of them that I liked. You are a true Southern New Mexican when:
1. You stop asking Which one is hotter Red or Green
2. You know The largest lake, Elephant Butte, the largest river, Rio Grande, the largest beach, white sands are mostly water free.
3. When you start every restaurant meal with 40 chips and a pint of Salsa. and
4. You start every meal at home with 40 chips and a pint of Salsa.
5. You can drive from Deming to the air port in El Paso in less time that a Southern Californian can drive 15 miles to LAX.
6. You have conversations with both English and Spanish words.
7. You run out of green chilies in July and have to eat out for a month until roasting season starts.
And an observation, or two
1. New Mexico is mostly dry, and you always appreciate the rain, but you really wouldn't move somewhere else where it rain more.
And finally, You know a Sanitary landfill is just a garbage dump, and that it is definitely not sanitary.
AND THAT IS THE VIEW FROM THE DITCH BANK, PLAGARISMN AND ALL
