Are you MEXICAN?

[Xipe Totec]

Poll question: Are you MEXICAN?

[Incitatus]

1. No, but I like Mexican food.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Then I declare you an honorary Mexican

:hi:

[XemaSab]

16. Can I be an honorary Mexican?

I once ate Mexican food every meal for two straight weeks.

And yes, breakfast is included in that. :)

[Xipe Totec]

18. The requirements for being an Honorary Mexican are strict, and specific:

You must, REPEAT MUST, want to be an honorary Mexican.

Welcome, sister!

:hug:

[XemaSab]

19. I would LOVE to be an honorary Mexican

:D

I am now 1/2 Swedish, 1/4 German, 1/4 Irish, and 100% Mexican. :D

[Xipe Totec]

20. By the power invested in me,

as a "nopalero"; a cactus eating, honest to gawd, Mexican,

I now pronounce you, an honorary Mexican,

with all the rights and privileges bestowed upon you by the fact,

that you want to be an Honorary Mexican and are therefore,

by the sheer force of will,

A Mexican, Honoris Causa.

Congratulations! :hi:

[no name no slogan]

3. I wish I was, so I could say "Robb is a Dingbat" in Spanish

:rofl:

[Xipe Totec]

5. Vato = Dude

Just so you know... :hi:

[no name no slogan]

6. D'oh!

My Spanish sucks (3 yrs high school, mostly forgotten). I should've known that.

Vatos Locos = Crazy Dudes (one thing I barely remember from class)

[Xipe Totec]

12. Don't feel bad

The fact that you even tried to learn Spanish puts you above the 90th percentile.

:hi:

[Kali]

4. only in lifestyle

but I live in the area and share many Nortena habits/traits/work/culture/food etc

[Xipe Totec]

7. You're near the border, right?

So you can buy some cool stuff on the custom bonded warehouses.

Take them into Mexico, turn around, and bring them back...

I recommend "Rompope Santa Clara", a Mexican Eggnog, that has enough alcohol to be considered hard liquor under US Law.

[Kali]

10. Is that the duty free - Ueta?

don't know no warehouses, but Tell me more. I do buy at Ueta and come back - (best time to have some Jack Morman friends - go on a shopping trip to Aqua Prieta, hee hee) - I usually get cointreau and Amarula. The cointreau because it is so much cheaper and the Amarula because I have yet to see it anywhere else. (A friend brought some back from Namibia and then we saw it in the Ueta - if you like cream liqueur find this and give it a try) When they have Herradura I get that too, as it is still cheaper than most of the shops on the Mexican side. Rum too. It all depends on how many non-drinkers are in the vehicle!

I've heard of Rompope, but never tried it.

[Xipe Totec]

11. You HAVE to try Rompope

The custom bonded warehouses are located near the border just before you cross over to the Mexican side.

Custom bonded means they cannot sell ANYTHING, except to customers who are going out of the country.

And that means, no US taxes are imposed on the products...

No tobacco taxes, no alcohol taxes, nothing...

I used to buy Wiborowa Polish vodka, three liters for 10 bucks.

Dunhill, Rothman's, and John Player specials, for 50 cents a pack.

[Kali]

14. OK I will!!

The Ueta is a duty free shop, no taxes - not like a big warehouse - there is an armed guard that makes sure you go on across the border - the one in Douglas is right on the corner - you can sit in the parking lot and watch the US guys searching cars coming this way.

[soleiri]

8. Yo soy Mexicana!

well, 1/2 Mexicana.
My dad's from Guadalajara.
I however, failed miserably when I tried to learn Spanish.

[Xipe Totec]

9. Yo soy Mexicano!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLCq9YyT_U

[Xipe Totec]

13. To whoever replied to "¡Saludame a tu mama!"

my respects, for your excellent grasp of Spanish!

:hi:

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. No, but I only drink Mexican Coca Cola

Made with real sugar. Not high fructose corn poison. In a glass bottle, as God intended.

[Xipe Totec]

17. Mix it with Aguardiente

as God intended
...


Salud! Dinero, y Amor!

(Health, Wealth, and Love!)

in that specific order....

[trackfan]

21. Not by blood; but since a large part of what we are is cultural, I would say I'm about 10% Mexican.

[BikeWriter]

22. Hmm, Mexican? Mexico is a country.

A blue-eyed blond child of Swedish descent would be a Mexican if born there, wouldn't they? My Grand Son is a Texan of partial Hispanic descent. I tell him to be proud of all of his heritages, which are similar. My family has North American Indian, English, and Scottish lines, his Mother's family has South American Indian and Spanish lines. Not a problem. :shrug:

[Xipe Totec]

23. Nobody said it was a problem

if you're born in Mexico, you are Mexican; that is correct.

:shrug:


PS: My cousins, who are blond blue-eyed descendants of a Belgian Ambassador to Mexico, consider themselves 100% Mexican.

[BikeWriter]

25. Regretably, my Grand Son has gotten some bad vibes...

from somewhere about his being Hispanic. His Mom, who is a wonderful mother, told me about it. I've done my best to get him to believe it's something to be proud of.

[Xipe Totec]

28. I recommend you get a copy of this book:

With all Arms,

by Carl Laurence Duaine

New Santander Press, Edinburg Texas.

ISBN: 0-935071-03-2


Mr Duaine Chronicles five centuries of history of the Hispanic side of his family, dating back to the Conquest of Mexico.

[BikeWriter]

29. I told him about St. Augustine, Florida founded in 1565, too.

[dixiegrrrrl]

56. For the record, Amazon sells that book for only ....$679.10

http://www.amazon.com/All-Arms-Study-Kindred-Group/dp/0935071032/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1237681991&sr=11-1

[Sequoia]

41. I'm white as a sheet but I have a Spanish last name due to marriage.

My kid, in preschool told me once she wish she had a differant last name so people wouldn't think she was dumb. See how early adults label kids? The kids were too young to be prejudice, that comes with training. I was in court and the DA assistant asked me if I spoke English. I should've spoken French, that would've should them morons. The courts in this hick town I moved to are full of people from Mexico who are rammed through the system and treated unfairly with threats of "If you don't comply it's back over the border." And racial profiling is pretty big here. Just thinking about it makes me angry. Rat bastards!

[redqueen]

24. Yep... moreso than anything else, I think. (nt)

[leftyclimber]

26. ¿Ding Vato?

:rofl:

I'm Mexican kinda sideways. One of my aunts is from Guanajuato.

[Jamastiene]

27. I've had a Mexican in me before.

Does that count as "having some Mexican in me?" :evilgrin:

[kwassa]

30. I've shopped in Tijuana! Avenida Revolucion!

saw the donkeys painted like zebras.

I bought Negro Modelo in the old days with the heavy glass bottles that looked like they melted.

I did the fifty mile bike race from Ensenada to Rosarito Beach! Ate fish tacos at the end.

My favorite Mexican food; The best chile verde in the world at Lucy's Drive-In at Pico and LaBrea.

I also honeymooned in Mexico.

I must be Mexican.

[Xipe Totec]

31. Mexican is a state of mind

:hi:

[Roon]

32. I am basque

but people mistake me for being mexican. I worked at a mcdonald's where 2/3 of the people were hispanic. They would always try and talk to me in spanish first before they realize that I only speak english. I took it as a compliment.

[Xipe Totec]

38. Euscadi!

My father has Basque blood on his mother's side. :hi:

[Roon]

42. Cool!

eon

[Xipe Totec]

47. What is now Chihuahua, was formerly the Kingdom of Nueva Viscaya

Named after the Biscay region of the Basque country.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community)

[Roon]

49. I should know this`

but I don't...

[Orsino]

33. No, but I suspect Lou Dobbs would dislike me, anyway. n/t

[Taverner]

34. A little off the subject, but Mexico is about as culturally diverse as the USA

There is just as long of a history of immigration as the USA. French, Germans, Spanish, Indian, EastAsian and of course the indigenous folks all make up the Mexican tapestry.

[insanity]

35. No, but I LOVE Mexican food and visiting the country of Mexico

My Spanish isn't as great as it used to be.

Yo tengo ir a la escuela por la Aleman y Frances

I probably butchered that, but I have to go to school for German and French now.

[WildEyedLiberal]

36. No but the food's fucking awesome

I am actually having Mexican for lunch. I get my lunch break in about an hour. I don't know if I can wait that long. *drools*

[old mark]

37. NO! - Pero el esposo de me Hermana es un hombre de Mexico,

vivendo en Texas!
Sorry about fucking up your Lingua.

marco el viejo :hi:

[Xipe Totec]

39. Esposo de mi hermana = Cuñado

You did pretty good!

:hi:

[old mark]

52. Been a long time - 2 semesters 20 years ago, litle use since.

I enjoy Spanish and I should start reading it more often.
Gracias!

mark :hi: back atcha
(as they say in Texas)

[Drunken Irishman]

40. I've been in a Mexican, if that counts.

[Xipe Totec]

45. That gets you a tourist visa

If she let you in more than once, you might qualify for residence.

[DFW]

43. Yo soy gringo

Y no soy ni marinero, ni capitán, entonces no puedo bailar la bamba, dios ayúdame.......

[Xipe Totec]

44. You must drink more Tequila

that will compensate for any perceived defficiency in Mexicaness :hi:

[DFW]

51. You deprive me of my remaining hope

I don't do alcohol, so my chances seem dim. ¿Maybe a higher dosage of fajitas?

[Xipe Totec]

54. Aguamiel, then

The un fermented syrup made from the agave plant:

[libodem]

46. No

but I have bragging rights.

http://www.southboundnomads.blogspot.com

My son and his girlfriend are on a trip.

[GOPisEvil]

48. Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T?

As for me, some former co-workers on the South Side of San Antonio declared me an honorary Mexican.

As for the movie quote above, it's from "Once Upon a Time in Mexico". :)

[mix]

50. i am not, but i am

My father was raised in Laredo TX, but born across the border in Nuevo Laredo. His parents, Anglos, were at a friends house, it happened and they returned home in the morning. Throughout the Southwest I have always lived around Hispano and Latino communities and kept close ties. Definitely feel the connection.

[jeff30997]

53. Believe it or not but...

My great grand father's name was Montezuma.Yes I'm serious but I guess that it would make me more Aztec

than Mexican.Damn Cortés! :)

(In fact he was named Montezuma because his father traveled to Mexico in the late 19th century and

liked the name.)

[Xipe Totec]

55. Wicked cool story!

Thanks for sharing!

[FloridaJudy]

57. No, but sometimes wish I were

The food and the art are awesome. Are there many Mexican Buddhists? If not, can I be the first?

[Xipe Totec]

58. Mexico has never closed its doors to outsiders

Mi casa, es tu casa.