Top Signs: You know you are from a small town if...
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You know you are from a small town if... * You can name everyone you graduated with. * You know what 4-H is. * You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road * You used to drag "main." * You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour. * You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't - same goes with the game warden * You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting * School gets canceled for state events. * You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old they'd tell your parents anyhow). * When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out to the country and drive on back roads to smoke them. * You were ever in the Homecoming parade. * You have ever gone home for Homecoming. * It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town. * You had senior skip day. * The whole school went to the same party after graduation. * You don't give directions by street names or directions by references (turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks east Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field). * The cc golf course had only 9 holes * You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend * Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason * You think kids that ride skateboards are weird * The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like your town * Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise * You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people" * The people in the city dress funny, then you pick- up on the trend two years later * You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday * Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store * You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town * Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger * Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference * The city council meets at the coffee shop * Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday * You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis * Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart * Even the ugly people enter beauty pageants. * You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride * Your teachers calls you by your older siblings names * Your teachers remember when they taught your parents * You can charge at all the local stores * The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away * So is the closest mall * It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower * You laugh your butt off reading this because you know they're all true and forward it to everyone who lives in your town! (because you know them all!) |