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apocalypsosYou Might Be From A Small Town If ...
* You can name everyone you graduated with. -- Oh, God, yes.
* 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 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 enough 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. -- Hee! Yes ... yes, we did.
* The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
* You don't give directions by street names or directions by references.
* The cc golf course had only 9 holes.
* You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend. -- Replace that with ex-boyfriend, and I resemble that remark. Twice over.
* 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. -- Hee! That was Carbondale in a nutshell.
* 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. -- Hey, in PA, that's the Turkey Hill.
* You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town. -- Well, not through town, but possibly in the country. (Although I didn't have too many friends who drove tractors anyway.)
* Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
* Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference. -- What stop light? We didn't have a stop light.
* 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 contest.
* You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride. -- *dies*
* Your teachers call you by your older siblings names. -- Well, I was the older sibling, so that wasn't a problem. And I don't think it was all that big of a problem for Bryan, either.
* Your teachers remember when they taught your parents. -- Ehhh ... no, but I know a few of them golfed with my mother.
* 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 out loud reading this because you know they're all true and forward it to everyone who lives in your town! (because you know them all!)
* You can name everyone you graduated with. -- Oh, God, yes.
* 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 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 enough 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. -- Hee! Yes ... yes, we did.
* The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
* You don't give directions by street names or directions by references.
* The cc golf course had only 9 holes.
* You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend. -- Replace that with ex-boyfriend, and I resemble that remark. Twice over.
* 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. -- Hee! That was Carbondale in a nutshell.
* 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. -- Hey, in PA, that's the Turkey Hill.
* You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town. -- Well, not through town, but possibly in the country. (Although I didn't have too many friends who drove tractors anyway.)
* Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
* Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference. -- What stop light? We didn't have a stop light.
* 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 contest.
* You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride. -- *dies*
* Your teachers call you by your older siblings names. -- Well, I was the older sibling, so that wasn't a problem. And I don't think it was all that big of a problem for Bryan, either.
* Your teachers remember when they taught your parents. -- Ehhh ... no, but I know a few of them golfed with my mother.
* 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 out loud reading this because you know they're all true and forward it to everyone who lives in your town! (because you know them all!)
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Date: 2004-06-19 09:14 am (UTC)