HOW CAN YOU TELL IF YOU'RE HISPANIC?
[Chain letter - edited ver. by T-chan]
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HOW CAN YOU TELL IF YOU'RE HISPANIC?
1. IF YOU GREW UP SCARED OF SOMETHING CALLED "EL COCO".
2. IF YOU'VE EVER LEFT GRASS FOR THE CAMELS ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 6TH INSTEAD OF LEAVING COOKIES AND MILK FOR SANTA ON CHRISTMAS..
3. IF DINNER USUALLY CONSISTS OF RICE, BEANS AND SOME KIND OF MEAT.
4. IF YOU HAVE EVER USED YOUR NOSE OR LIPS TO POINT SOMETHING OUT.
5. IF YOU'VE EVER DROPPED FOOD ON THE FLOOR, PICKED IT UP, ATE IT AFTER SAYING, "LO QUE NO MATA ENGORDA".
6. IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BY A CHANCLETA.
7. IF YOU CONSTANTLY REFER TO CEREAL AS "CORN FLAKE"
8. IF OTHERS TELL YOU TO STOP SCREAMING WHEN YOU'RE REALLY TALKING.
9. IF YOU'VE EVER GONE OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE WITH RULOS AND
CHANCLETAS10. IF WHENEVER YOU ARE ANGRY, YOU SPOUT OFF A TORRENT OF COQO", "PUTA", "MIERDA" AND "CARAJO".
11. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN HIT WITH EITHER THE CORD OF LA PLANCHA OR LA CORREA.
12. IF YOU KNOW YOUR MOM IS SNEAKING UP ON YOU BECAUSE YOU HEAR THE CLACK-CLACK OF HER CHANCLETAS.
13. IF YOUR MOTHER YELLS AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS TO CALL YOU TO DINNER AND YOU LIVE IN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT
14. IF YOU CAN GET TO YOUR HOUSE BLINDFOLDED BECAUSE THE SMELL OF CHULETAS IS SO STRONG.
15. IF YOUR SOFA IS COVERED IN PLASTIC
16. IF YOU NOT ONLY KNOW WHO DON FRANCISCO (FROM SABADO GIGANTE!) IS, BUT TELL PEOPLE HE IS YOUR TIO.
17. IF YOUR MOTHER, TIA, OR HERMANA'S HAIR IS BLACK CHERRY, "SUN IN", RED, OR A BURGUNDY THAT WOULD MAKE CELIA CRUZ JEALOUS.
18. IF YOU GO TO A WEDDING OR QUINCEANERA, GOSSIP ABOUT HOW BAD THE COMIDA IS, BUT ARE THE FIRST TO TAKE A PLATE TO GO.
19. IF YOUR SISTER HAS MORE MUSTACHE HAIR THAN YOUR FATHER.
20. IF YOU THINK CRISTINA CAN BEAT OPRAH ANY DAY.
21. IF YOUR UNCLE OWNS MORE GOLD THAN THAT JEWELRY SHOP DOWN THE STREET.
22. IF YOU CAN DANCE MERENGUE, CUMBIA, AND SALSA WITHOUT MUSIC.
23. IF YOU USE MANTECA INSTEAD OF OLIVE OIL AND CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY YOUR ASS IS GETTING BIGGER.
24. IF YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE NOT LIKING SPANISH FOOD.
25. IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A TWO-PASSENGER CAR WITH OVER SEVEN
PEOPLE IN IT, WITH A PERSON SHOUTING, "CABEN MAS!"26. IF YOU CALL YOUR SNEAKERS "TENIS"
27. IF YOUR CAR HAS FIFTEEN SPEAKERS IN IT AND YOU FIX IT EVERY WEEKEND.
28. IF YOU HAVE AT LEAST THIRTY COUSINS.
29. IF YOU START CLAPPING WHEN YOUR PLANE LANDS ON THE RUNWAY.
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30. IF YOU SAY CRAZY THINGS LIKE "ME CAGO EN DIEZ", YOU'RE PROBABLY BORICUA.
31. IF ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES IN YOUR "COUNTRY" IS WHETHER OR NOT TO BECOME PART OF THE U.S. YOU'RE PROBABLY PUERTO
RICAN.32. IF YOU CONSIDER PLATANOS TO BE A FOOD GROUP YOU'RE PROBABLY DOMINICAN.
33. IF YOU LIVE IN "GUASHINTON HEIGHTS" YOU'RE PROBABLY DOMINICAN.
34. IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY ARGUING OVER LOST LAND YOU'RE PROBABLY ECUADORIAN.
35. IF YOUR COUNTRY IS RUN BY A JAPANESE PRESIDENT YOU'RE PERUVIAN.
36. IF PEOPLE REFER TO YOU AS A "DRUG DEALER" YOU'RE PROBABLY COLOMBIAN.
37. IF YOU HAVE TENDENCIAS GOLPISTAS AND THE CORRUPCION/ROBOS ARE YOUR DAILY NEWS YOU ARE SURELY FROM VENEZUELA.
38. IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF DE UNA RAZA SUPERIOR, YOU MUST BE ARGENTINIAN.
39. IF YOU LIVE IN QUEENS AND HAVE A 1980 CHEVY YOU'RE PROBABLY MEXICAN
40. IF YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING: GRINGO GO HOME FOR 50 YEARS, BUT YOU LOVE SEARS, LEVY?S, MCDONALD?S, AMERICAN AIRLINES, AND SPEAK IN ENGLISH TO YOUR KIDS, YOU ARE PROBABLY PANAMENIAN.
41. IF YOU UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THESE YOU'RE DEFINITELY HISPANIC.
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