I have never been to Mexico, but I hear that they have great vacationing spots!

I think Mexico can be a beautiful place to visit. I've been to Tijuana for a missionary group and Cabo. Just this year I went to Cancun and Rosarito Beach (which is about 40 minutes from Tijuana). Tijuana is a very dirty, poor area-I felt bad for the people there. Rosarito Beach is a lot more nice than Tijuana but definitely not in the same league as Cabo and Cancun when it comes to vacationing.

yeah but sadly its a poor country and now they got the swine flu goin on that isnt good

YOU KNOW YOUR MEXICAN WHEN

You have ever been hit by a chancla. ( a slipper)

You grew up scared by something called "El Cucuy." (AKA the boogie man)

Others tell you to stop screaming when you are really just talking.

You light a candle on the night of the Lotto drawing.

You use your lips to point something out.

You constantly refer to cereal as "con fleis". (messed up way to say corn flakes)

Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner even if it's a one bedroom apartment.

You can dance ranchera, cumbia or salsa without music.

You use "manteca" (lard) instead of olive oil and can't figure out why your booty is getting bigger.

You call your sneakers "tenees".

You have at least thirty cousins.

You can't imagine anyone not liking spicy food.

You are in a 5-passenger car with 7 people in it and a person shouting "subanse, todavia caben". (basically were saying there's still room)

Whenever you feel under the weather, you compulsively dab on some "Vics" vapor rub all over your chest and inside your nostrils.

Your mom packs your "lonchera" everyday. (lonchera is your lunch)

You or someone you know uses "Tres Flores" in their hair. (Tres Flores is a hair product that translates to three flowers.)

Tamales, champurrado, posole and menudo (all Mexican foods) are must haves on Thanksgiving.

There is more Corona than punch at little Juanito's birthday party.

There is at least one member in your family name Maria, Guadalupe, Juan, Jose, or Jesus.

Everyone still thinks Cesar Chavez is the best boxer even if he lost against Oscar De La Hoya.

You've gone to the Pulgamarket every weekend for years.

You step into a house that has all those little figurines taking up every inch of space on/under the TV.

You have a porcelain cat, dog, Buddha, or elephant in your living room.

You have plastic slipcovers on your sofas.

You swear "Choco Mil" is the same as Slim Fast and try to lose weight by drinking it. (Choco Mil is more or less Chocolate milk)

You have a drunk uncle/aunt.

You're still afraid to open that umbrella in your house.

You not only know who Don Francisco from Sabado Gigante (Giant Saturday) is, but you tell people he's your tio. (tio=uncle)

Your mother, tia (aunt) or hermana's (sister) hair is blackcherry, "Sun in" red or a burgundy that would make Celia Cruz jealous.

You always try to find out what town another fellow Latino's family is from.

You have ever had to "beepiar" a friend on their pager.

You wear your Sunday best to do laundry at the laundrymat and go grocery shopping.

You have told your kid not to walk the floor barefoot or they'll catch a cold.

You go to a wedding or Quinceañera, gossip about how bad the comida (food) is, but be the first to take a plato (plate) to go.

You have a bottle of Tapatio (type of hot sauce) in your purse.

Your cousins are delinquents / hootchies.

You have a chola (gangster) in your barrio (neighborhood) named "La Flaca" (skinny) who's bigger than a house.

You think Cristina trumps Oprah any day.

Just about everyone you meet can't understand that Mexican is an ethnic group not a race and that Mexicans come in all shades and physical features.

You know a chola (gangster) named "La Shy Girl" who is loud and obnoxious.

You need to point out how much something you just bought cost.

You go to a gringa (non-Hispanic) friend's house for dinner and don't understand the concept of sitting at a table.

You've tried to bring a mango back to the US from Mexico, and a bonus point if you actually made it all the way home with it.

You have a bottle of Bacardi or Tequila in your house right now.

You drive a "Cheby", an "Ohsmobeel" or a "Bolswahgon"

You're proud to be Mexican - and you pass these jokes on to all your Mexican friends!

Jose Cuervo and I don't get a long anymore.

Yeah well MR. Jose Cuervo caused me to get very belligerent one night and almost got me kicked out of my apartment!

Thats, ALONG.


stupid space bar...

mexican food is soooooooooooooooo yummy!!!

As well as vacationing spots they have alot of really poor areas :( my hubby has been to the poor areas and told me some seriously sad stories of children begging. Theres more to Mexico than holidays.

I know, my parents were going to adopt thier first child from Mexico, but the child was ill from drinking the bad water or something and it his POO GREEN!

I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICANS AND MEXICANS IS AS FOLLOWS:

AMERICANO - THAT GIFT OF GAB
AMERICANO IS RICH AND MIGHT CUTE
BUT AMERICAN CLOTHES ARE DRAB
WHO WANTS MAN IN GREY FLANNEL SUIT?

MEXICAN TAKE LIFE SLOW
MEXICAN NOT WORK DAY AND NIGHT
MAYBE NOT MAKE MUCH DOUGH
BUT MEXICAN CLOTHES ARE NICE AND BRIGHT

(ER... FROM A MUSICAL I SAW YEARS AGO. THE EXTENT OF MY KNOWLEDGE ON MEXICO. OTHER THAN THAT I LOVE THEIR FOOD, YO!)

I love Mexico!

I love Mexico! I been to "San Juan De Los Lagos",and "San Luis Potsi". Beautifull places,but also very poor. They also have a lot of history,and I love love history. I think everyone should go to Mexico at least once in their lifetime and not the area's like Cabo,or Cancun,go into the deep Mexico,they have many beautifull churches,lots of history.

SWINE FLU


... that's what I think of Mexico xD