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YOU KNOW YOUR A MEXICAN IF...

You have ever been hit by a chancla.

You can play any sport wearing your chanclas.

You grew up scared by something called "El Cucuy."

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

You use your lips to point something out.

You constantly refer to cereal as "con fleis".

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 call your sneakers "tenees".

You have at least thirty cousins.

You can't imagine anyone not liking spicy food.

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

You are in a 5-passenger car with 8 people in it and a person shouting
"subanse, todavia caben mas!"

Tamales, champurrado, posole and menudo are must haves on Thanksgiving.

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

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

You swear "Choco Mil" is the same as Slim Fast and try to lose weight by drinking it.

You have a drunk uncle/aunt.

You not only know who Don Francisco from Sabado Gigante is, but you tell people he's your tio!

You have ever had to tellyour kid /or been told not to walk the
floor barefoot or they'll/you'll catch a cold.

You go to a wedding or Quincea岡, gossip about how bad the comida is, but be the first to take a plato to go.

You have a bottle of Tapatio in your purse.

Your cousins are delinquents / hootchies.

You have a chola in your barrio named "La Flaca" who's bigger than a house.

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

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

You go to a white friends house for dinner and don't understand the concept of sitting at a table.

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

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

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

You have plastic slipcovers on your sofas

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.

You or someone you know uses "Tres Flores" in their hair.

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

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

You're laughing because some of these things have actually happened to YOUR a**!