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Couple forced to prove that New Mexico is a state while applying for marriage license
(Thanks to Bill Hudgins)
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I lived in New Mexico for 4.5 years. They should put a border fence all the way around it to keep those people in.
Posted by: JerrySTL | November 30, 2018 at 10:01 AM
"McCloud!"
"Chief?"
Posted by: Allen from New Alabama | November 30, 2018 at 10:37 AM
Yes, there are idiots in the East that don't know New Mexico is a state. I have also met idiots in the West who think there is a state in the Northeast called "New England."
Public Schools have not taught geography in decades.
Posted by: Ralph | November 30, 2018 at 11:35 AM
I know the names of all 57 states.
Posted by: Mikey123 | November 30, 2018 at 12:45 PM
On the other hand, there's no problem if you're a resident of Baja California.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | November 30, 2018 at 01:15 PM
I once needed to return an item, but the clerk (jerk)
at the shipping office said "We don't ship overseas".
(The package was going to New Mexico.)
Posted by: ImNotDave | November 30, 2018 at 02:37 PM
A call to the New Mexico ambassador would have cleared this up quickly.
Posted by: Burt Macklin, FBI | November 30, 2018 at 02:52 PM
The NM Ballet Company attended a program on the east coast and was met at the airport by a thoughfully provided translator assuming that they didn't speak english.
Posted by: Baskerville Bee | November 30, 2018 at 06:28 PM
true story: one time someone filling out a form asked me what other states I had lived in within last 10 years. I responded "Maryland." The person was flummoxed as though I had made up a word. She asked me to repeat it a couple of times, dumbstruck. I later looked at the form she filled out and she had written "Merry Land," which would be a good name for a theme park.
Posted by: chet | November 30, 2018 at 07:31 PM
I recently moved from Alaska to the Mid-West. (Why? Maybe I saw the earthquake coming.). When Mrs. 655321 and I went to the DMV to get local drivers licenses, we were asked for our Green Cards. We ended up going to a different DMV Office because the bureaucrats at the first one would not accept that Alaska is a State. I guess you don’t have to be stupid to work behind the counter at the DMV, but it helps.
Posted by: 655321 | November 30, 2018 at 07:45 PM
Some of us who live in here in Geezer Acres New Mexico once thought about seceding and declaring war against Washington. losing the war and getting a lot of goodies, much like in The Mouse That Roared.
Then the beer ran low and we started to realize the US might surrender to US! Shucks, we didn't want to take a chance on getting that mess and the issue hasn't been brought up again.
Posted by: Le Petomane | November 30, 2018 at 08:03 PM
“Whoa whoa whoa - there’s a NEW Mexico?” - Mr. Burns
Posted by: Ron G in WA | November 30, 2018 at 09:18 PM
I have been to D.C. and I have been to New Mexico. The misconception on the part of the clerk is understandable. New Mexico is kind of nice, in a desert sort of way. Nothing like D.C., which is as humid as the Devil's butt crack come summer time.
Posted by: Rintinglen | December 01, 2018 at 02:39 AM
Shame on that clerk! New Mexico is a state and has the most bizarre state motto of the 50 states.
Posted by: Dragon boogers | December 02, 2018 at 09:03 PM