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 used to drag "main."
5. You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.
6. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.
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 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, but by references (turn by Nelson's house,go two blocks east Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field).
17. The cc golf course had only 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 your 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 two 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 the Dairy Queen or the feed store
28. You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town
29. Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger
30. Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference
31. The city council meets at the coffee shop
32. Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday
33. You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis
34. Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart
35. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests
36. You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride
37. Your teachers call you by your older siblings' names
38. Your teachers remember when they taught your parents
39. You can charge at all the local stores
40. The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away
41. So is the closest mall
42. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower
43. You laugh reading this because you know they're all true andforward it to everyone who lives in your town! (because you're in a small town and don't have anything better to do!)