HATS OFF
Perhaps a record number of readers wrote in to express their dismay at some new offerings in the recent Southwest Indian Foundation catalog. The Gallup-based nonprofit enticed shoppers to “Celebrate your state” with a baseball cap sporting their respective state flag. “Apparently the folks in Gallup must be confused as to which side of the state line they are located,” says William Hawes of Santa Fe. Arizona’s chapeau was bright yellow with a red Zia symbol, while New Mexico’s featured the Grand Canyon State’s signature rising star. “Celebrate your state, indeed!” adds Albuquerque native WILLIAM SMITH.
FAIL STATE
After years teaching in Colorado, Belén native LESLIE DURANT returned to New Mexico for her retirement. However, it seems the education system might still need her services. While applying for an educator discount with a certain company, she received an email stating that they were unable to approve her request since membership was “limited to United States educators.” The teacher corrected them, explaining that New Mexico was indeed in the U.S. They responded that they were happy to accept the request. A+!
COLOR BLIND
While painting her parents’ home in Montana, Weed resident BETTY OLSEN ran out of the paint she’d purchased back at a big-name chain store in Alamogordo. So she went to the same chain and asked a clerk to look up the exact color she’d found at the New Mexico location. “Oh, here it is,” he said, reading his computer screen, “Alamogordo, North Mexico.” The error “seemed logical,” Olsen says, “since Montana does border a North Dakota.”
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