Credit where credit it due, Pancho, err I mean Frank the Tank, did start the one in the general board. In my defense I did contribute quite a bit to that thread. Props for starting this one Frank. Big smile and a big thumbs up to Frank.

If you refer to your bike as "mi yonca, or jonca", you might be a mexican.

Also, if the spokes on your "yonca's" rims are decorated with colorful bead, you might be a mexican.

If you wear your shirts unbuttoned half way to show your chest hairs and part of your beer belly, man there is zero doubt you are a mexican. Let's not forget the huge gold necklace with the crucifix on an anchor, to accesorize and complete the "mexican look".

If you eat your mangos, on a stick, with chile and limon, you might be a mexican.

If a miniature saddle is on the rear view mirror of your pickup, you might be a mexican.

If your grandma purchased Fry-rite shortening in a 5 gallon container, so you could have a steady supply of tortillas de harina, then you not only are a mexican, but you are a lucky mexican, and will probably have problems with your arteries later in life.

If you are adept at using a tortilla as a spoon then you might be a mexican.

If there is salsa verde and salsa roja on the table at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and there are tamales to accompany the turkey, and all the men sit down to eat before the women, then you are at a mexican Thanksgiving.

And your tio Pacho is drunk and screaming at the TV while the cowboys are playing, you might be a mexican.

If you have ever used aluminum foil to cover the windows in your house, you might be a mexican.

If the word "migra" puts the fear of God in you, then you are an illegal mexican, but if the same word cause you to instictively reach for your wallet.....then you are a legal mexican.

If the name of you and your wife are on the back windshield of your pickup, you might be a mexican.

In old English font, PJ

If you have ever been to a bachelor party that involved a cock fight, then rest assured that that was mexican bachelor.

If you consider stacy adams shoes, kacki "Dickey" pants, and a white hanes muscle shirt adequate attire, then you are a straight up cholo mexican.

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Tank:

Sorry boss, you are the man.

You might be Mexican if you equate "white wings" to tortillas instead of doves.

You might be Mexican if the American car manufacturers all have a model represented in your front yard.

You might be Mexican, well really Mexican-American, if the word "tickyte" causes you anguish.

If the group "Solido" means anything to you, then your probably know RGV AG, am I right? (big smile), and you are very likely a mexican.

If you like the wrangler polyester pant with boots look, then you are a middle aged mexican.

If you refer to being unfaithful, as "tengo un pegue!", you might be a mexican.

You might be Mexican if "La Movida" does not mean the move.

You might be Mexican if the word "sancho" raises your eye brows.

Maryland, "Solido", I have heard of them, but don't know them at all. In terms of Spanish/Tejano music, I really don't follow it as much as I do the pure Mexican music (and even then that is not much)

Have you ever heard of "Los Bukis"? That is old school Mexican grupero music.

I was working in a plant near Monterrey when Salena's death was announced, 3/4 of our plant ran out the door crying and distrought, our production suffered for 3 days.

On another note, I once had a check for $2000 USD from Ramon Ayala endorsed over to me, LOL (long story, but all legal). My bank would not take it and I had to drive to Roma and cash it at the bank it was drawn on, the one on the hill on the left of the bridge.

If it gets you banned...sorry... this is very funny. Grins.

You might be Mexican if the phrase "Ando bien Suelto" does not mean I am loose.

You might be Mexican if you watched "Johnny Canales" instead of wresting or even if you switched back and forth between them.

You might be Mexican if you slap your kids in Walmart everytime they ask for something and tell them to wait till satuday at "La Pulga"

Your really Mexican if you go to "La Pulga" and stay for the dance later that night.

Your a really tough Mexican if you survive the "La Pulga" dance without being arrested, stabbed or beaten.

Of course I have heard of Los Bukis, Marco Antonio Solis is considered a great muscian and has shaped many careers. I figured Solido, because they are from Rio Grande City, much like Intocable is from Zapata. They only had one good CD. Old school, I'm all over that even being all the way in Baltimore, Vicente Fernandez, Los Tigeres, Ruben Narranjo, Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Groupo Bronco, I could go on and on. "La movida", know that made me laugh.

LMAO, good one RGV AG. Johnny Canales....ah the memories. Man I hope I don't get banned, I hadn't even though about that, just meant for this to be funny, haven't said anything bad anyway.

If you are familiar with ChingoBling, then you are more than likely an H-town mexican.

y eres mas chingon if you survived the pulga dance when you ran into your movida while dancing with your hina.

Maryland:

I am not from RGC, nor did I ever go to school there (this is kind of a friendly disclaimer, LOL). While in school at A&M, 87' to 91', I hung out with a bunch of guys from Starr county. They were absolutely some of the neatest guys I ever met. One of them is J.D. Salinas from La Jolla, who is now the County Clerk for Hidalgo county. Those guys really were like no others I had ever met. I went to HS in McAllen and was well versed in border culture, but the Starr county guys were something else.

Get this, about every 3 weeks one of their dads would pack a freezer up with meat (fajitas, mollejas, sirloin, ribeye, even tripas) and they would unplug it and drive to CS. Then he would pick up the empty and repeat the process. This happened very often. My roommate and I had a kegerator, so we would supply the beer and them the eats and it was off to the races. None of our grades were ever very good. Those guys BBQ'ed more than any human beings since the invention of the stove.

Back to RGC, I lived in RGC for about a year, and I love the people and all, but it sucked so I moved to Camargo for another year and a half (better places to eat, more things to do and surely much cheaper). I managed a plant over in Camargo for 7 years, so I know the area real well.

There is much to love about the area as it truly is unique. You mention grupos, how about Vayvien del Amor? I got to know them some.

ROTFLMAO, Frank that was a good one.

If you have ever thrown some mollejas on the parrilla, and roasted some jalapenos on the parilla, then you are my kind of mexican.

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Dios mio, I was rolling when I read that. Greatness Sr. Tank.

They can't ban me, I can talk about Mexicans all I want, I am a card carrying Mexican (I have a oft maligned "Matricula Consular" in my back pocket as I type).

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You might be Mexican if you slap your kids in Walmart everytime they ask for something and tell them to wait till satuday at "La Pulga"

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You might be a Valley Mexican if seeing the 'Los Dos Gilbertos' tour bus in Houston makes you homesick.

If your tia's are complaining about the way your other tia organized the wedding, and criticizing her behind her back, yet they pack up the table ornament and pack plates to go, they are very likely mexicans.

If your equivalent to Dunkin Donuts is Pan Dulce at the local panaderia, then you are a mexican.

If you use the word "primo" to mean your cousin and as a way of greeting people, then you might be a mexican.

If your Sunday brunch consists of barbacoa or cabrito you're definitely mexican

Barbacoa, its not just for breakfast anymore....

RGV AG, great story. I'm from Zapata myself, and as mexican as they come, so I know what your are talking about. Anyway, great story about the freezer, that is so mexican. I still freeze tortillas and pack them in an ice chest on dry ice, or else I couldn't survive in Baltimore. Wish I could go back to TX, miss it terribly.

You might be a Mexican from the valley if:

You call your black dog "Blacky" or your brown dog "Browny"

you call your cat "kitty"

You have a Jose or a Maria in the family

your fat and someone in your family calls you "gordo" or "gorda"

you have blonde hair and someone calls you "guera"

you tell someone you went to Texas A&M and they respond by asking "Que, las Havalinas?"

you say "tengo una curse" or "Dios me esta castigando" when something bad happens to you

Vicente Fernandez's song "El Rey" is a must when you cook out

you or someone you know has "chivas" in their backyard

you call you aunt Consuelo "Connie" or Graciela "Gracy"

you have ever gotten a speeding ticket and said "no importa porque you tengo coneciones"

your idea of going out to eat is going to Peter Piper Pizza

MarylandAg ponte a trabajar.......