If You Grew up in a Small Town...
  1. You can name everyone you graduated with.
  2. You know what 4-H is.
  3. You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn or in the middle of a dirt road.
  4. You said the "f" word and your parents knew within the hour.
  5. You used to drag "Main".
  6. 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.
  7. You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.
  8. School gets canceled for state events.
  9. You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were and even if you were old enough they'd tell your parents anyhow.
  10. 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.
  11. You were ever in the Homecoming parade.
  12. You have ever gone home for Homecoming.
  13. It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
  14. You had senior skip day.
  15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
  16. You don't give directions by street names but by references...turn by Nelson's house...go two blocks east to Anderson's....
  17. The Country Club Golf Course has 9 holes.
  18. You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend.
  19. Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
  20. You think kids that ride skateboards are weird.
  21. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like you town.
  22. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
  23. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people".
  24. The people in the city dress funny, then you pick-up on the trend 2 years later.
  25. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.
  26. Anyone you want can be found at either Dairy Queen or the feed store.
  27. You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.
  28. Football coaches suggest you haul hay for the summer to make you stronger.
  29. Directions are given using "the" stoplight as a reference.
  30. The city council meets at the local coffee shop.
  31. Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday.
  32. You have ever taken a trailer or a dog to school on a daily basis.
  33. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walmart.
  34. Even the ugly people enter beauty pageants.
  35. You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.
  36. Your teachers call you by your older siblings names.
  37. You teachers remember when they taught your parents.
  38. You can charge at all the local stores.
  39. The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away.
  40. So is the closest mall. If your lucky.
  41. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.
  42. 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!)