You're a Mexican when.......

- 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.
- 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 have at least forty cousins.
- You can't imagine anyone not liking spicy food.
- 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 tell your kid /or been told not to walk the floor barefoot or they'll/you'll catch a cold.
- You go to a wedding or Quinceaera, 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.
- Your cousins will do anything to defend your ass con la familia nadie se mete!!
- 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 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 ASS!

***You're proud to be LATINO - and you pass these jokes on to all your Hispanic friends***