New Mexico Old Mexico
An Olympic volleyball fan and New Mexico resident Mr. Miller recently tried to order Olympic tickets by phone. After tetting the operator he was from New mexico, Mr. Miller was put on hold. The operator then came back and said she couldn’t sell thickets to someone who lives outside the country. Mr. Miller spent half an hour trying to convince the agent that new mexico is a state. She then transferred him to her supervisor who responded, “ Sir, New mexico, old mexico, it doesn’t matter. I understand it’s territory, but you still have to go through your nations’s olympic committee.
新老墨西哥
新墨西哥州居民米勒先生是一个奥林匹克排球迷。最近他曾试图通过电话预定奥林匹克赛事的门票。当米勒先生告诉接线员自己住在新墨西哥后，接线员请他等一下，一会儿接线员重新拿起电话，说她不能把票卖给一个住在国外的人。于是米勒先生花了半个小时，试图让这位代理人相信新墨西哥州只是一个州，而不是一个国家。接线员把电话转到她的上级那里。他说：“先生，新墨西哥还是老墨西哥并不重要。依我所见，它只不过是某国的领地。要买票的话，你还得通过你们国家的奥林匹克委员会。”
