You Know You Are From A Small Town If... ** You Can Name Everyone You Graduated With.

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!)