One of Our 50 Is Still Missing
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. PACK IT UP, PACK IT IN In Sharon Drusedum and her husband discovered that their luggage was fatally damaged after a flight from Roswell to Cincinnati, Ohio. So…
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Not Exactly New, Not Exactly Mexico
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. GRAB YOUR LUCKY SOMBRERO While checking in with the receptionist at his Holyoke, Massachusetts, doctor’s office, Bob Nelson mentioned that he and his wife were…
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Wait, New Mexico is a State?
WHAT'S NEW? When she was a kid, says Kelly Carnes, one of our Facebook fans, she always called Mexico “ Old Mexico.” The way she figured it, “If there was a New Mexico, the other one must be old.”…
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MISSING: New Mexico's Statehood
METH AND BEGORRAH While touring the Emerald Isle and enjoying a pint of Guinness in a traditional Irish pub, Arthur D. Ortega of Albuquerque had a hard time explaining to the proprietor where New…
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Dear Chick-fil-A: Yes, We're a State
CONFUSED COWS When Steve Bublitz of Los Alamos stopped in for a meal at Chick-fil-A in Albuquerque, his keen eye knew what was wrong with a poster that read, “Nu Mexiko—Thankz 4 eatin chikin. XOXO…
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Yes, New Mexico is in the U.S.
CAN’T SALVAGE THAT ONE After a long online search for used truck parts, Jess Rankin, of Roswell, thought he had found everything he needed at a salvage yard in Michigan. But when he tried to order by…
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AN EDUCATED GUESS Bill Young was having dinner with a family in Jaipur, India, when the host’s father asked where Young was from. “I told him, ‘A small town just north of Albuquerque, New Mexico,’…
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