Sheck your Mexican Status......

[PhotoByLeal]

If you can run & play any sports while wearing chanclas..... your a Mexican!
or if your mom ever spanked you or threw a chancla @ you while you were running away from her??? your a Mexican!

I missed those days!

[Wil_Bloodworth]

What is a chancla?

- Wil

[Jake]

Originally Posted by ParkImaging

What is a chancla?

I think it's safe to say, that you Wil, are not a Mexican!

[ldelacruz]

I once ran into an hombre named El Guapo who was wearing chanclas!

[PhotoByLeal]

Originally Posted by ParkImaging

What is a chancla?

- Wil

wiktionary says it's a

Noun
chancla f. (plural chanclas)


1. slipper
2. flip-flop
3. old shoe

Originally Posted by thejakestir

I think it's safe to say, that you Wil, are not a Mexican!

now that's funny right there!

[ldelacruz]

Originally Posted by ParkImaging

What is a chancla?

- Wil

They're chooz!

[Davidtxs]

Originally Posted by thejakestir

I think it's safe to say, that you Wil, are not a Mexican!

boy me either

[Truckman]

Originally Posted by ldelacruz

Their chooz!

Reminds me of the difference between "pick" and "choose"..."Pick" is when you select something..."Choose" are what Mexicans wear on their feet...My apologies to the easily offended out there......Ben

[HOUSCOUS]

Originally Posted by PhotoByLeal

If you can run & play any sports while wearing chanclas..... your a Mexican!
or if your mom ever spanked you or threw a chancla @ you while you were running away from her??? your a Mexican!

I missed those days!

Why? We Asian couldn't/wouldn't do that??? LOL

[jetblast]

i miss my grandmas chanclas,ahhh those were the days.
this thread has a future.

[rockpics]

Is a chancla anything like a thong? I got my thongs from HEB when I was a kid. In the summer I wore thongs or went bare -- footed that is.

[Murph]

Courtesy of my wife, she had to explain some of these to me:

You Know You're Mexican When...

You have ever been hit by a chancla. ( a slipper)

You grew up scared by something called "El Cucuy." (AKA the boogie man)

Others tell you to stop screaming when you are really just talking.

You light a candle on the night of the Lotto drawing.

You use your lips to point something out.

You constantly refer to cereal as "con fleis". (messed up way to say corn flakes)

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 use "manteca" (lard) instead of olive oil and can't figure out why your booty is getting bigger.

You call your sneakers "tenees".

You have at least thirty cousins.

You can't imagine anyone not liking spicy food.

You are in a 5-passenger car with 7 people in it and a person shouting "subanse, todavia caben". (basically were saying there's still room)

Whenever you feel under the weather, you compulsively dab on some "Vics" vapor rub all over your chest and inside your nostrils.

Your mom packs your "lonchera" everyday. (lonchera is your lunch)

You or someone you know uses "Tres Flores" in their hair. (Tres Flores is a hair product that translates to three flowers.)

Tamales, champurrado, posole and menudo (all Mexican foods) are must haves on Thanksgiving.

There is more Corona than punch at little Juanito's birthday party.

There is at least one member in your family name Maria, Guadalupe, Juan, Jose, or Jesus.

Everyone still thinks Cesar Chavez is the best boxer even if he lost against Oscar De La Hoya.

You've gone to the Pulgamarket every weekend for years.

You step into a house that has all those little figurines taking up every inch of space on/under the TV.

You have a porcelain cat, dog, Buddha, or elephant in your living room.

You have plastic slipcovers on your sofas.

You swear "Choco Mil" is the same as Slim Fast and try to lose weight by drinking it. (Choco Mil is more or less Chocolate milk)

You have a drunk uncle/aunt.

You're still afraid to open that umbrella in your house.

You not only know who Don Francisco from Sabado Gigante (Giant Saturday) is, but you tell people he's your tio. (tio=uncle)

Your mother, tia (aunt) or hermana's (sister) hair is blackcherry, "Sun in" red or a burgundy that would make Celia Cruz jealous.

You always try to find out what town another fellow Latino's family is from.

You have ever had to "beepiar" a friend on their pager.

You wear your Sunday best to do laundry at the laundrymat and go grocery shopping.

You have told your kid not to walk the floor barefoot or they'll catch a cold.

You go to a wedding or Quinceañera, gossip about how bad the comida (food) is, but be the first to take a plato (plate) to go.

You have a bottle of Tapatio (type of hot sauce) in your purse.

Your cousins are delinquents / hootchies.

You have a chola (gangster) in your barrio (neighborhood) named "La Flaca" (skinny) who's bigger than a house.

You think Cristina trumps Oprah any day.

Just about everyone you meet can't understand that Mexican is an ethnic group not a race and that Mexicans come in all shades and physical features.

You know a chola (gangster) named "La Shy Girl" who is loud and obnoxious.

You need to point out how much something you just bought cost.

You go to a gringa (non-Hispanic) friend's house for dinner and don't understand the concept of sitting at a table.

You've tried to bring a mango back to the US from Mexico, and a bonus point if you actually made it all the way home with it.

You have a bottle of Bacardi or Tequila in your house right now.

You drive a "Cheby", an "Ohsmobeel" or a "Bolswahgon"

You pronounce words beginning with the letter "S" by putting an "E" in front of it, (estop instead of stop).

You call a chair, a sher.

You have ever hurt yourself and your mamacita rubbed the area while chanting, "Sana, Sana, Colita de rana....."

You have your last name in old English lettering anywhere on your car, truck, or tattooed on your back!

You refer to your wife as your ruca, your hina, your wifa, your old lady, or your vieja, guess what? Not only are you a Mexican, you're a cholo.

You throw a "Grito" every time you hear Vicente Fernandez, then not only are you a Mexican, but you are a drunk Mexican.

You have ever been pinched in church and been told "pobrecito de ti si lloras" or "Vas a ver orita que salgamos."

You grew up being called "chamaca or chamaco"

Si te persinas with a lotto ticket in your hand before every drawing.

You use manteca instead of vegetable oil and can't figure out why your rear-end is getting bigger

You have some Tias that dress up in their prom dresses to go to a birthday party at "el parque".

Your Tias and Abuela dress up in their Sunday best with heels and all to go to the "pulga." (AKA the Flea Market)

If most of the houses on your block are painted bright pink, mint green, and lavender.

You use the bushes in front of your house, the fence, or the top of an old car to dry laundry.

You're congested and your mamasita rubbed "Bicks".

[dmora]

Its called un chanclazo...I got good at launching them at my sister. :)

[Hogleg 44]

In 1961 I worked for McCrorys (5 & 10 Store) in Laredo. We sold a ton of those things. The Large size was 90% of our sales.
Back then the translation I remember was, "Chickens Feet" ????? At least that's what the locals said!

[heard03]

Cuidado con el chupacabras.