You Know You Grew Up In
a SMALL TOWN if...



...You can name everyone you graduated with.
...You said the 'f-word' in a store and your parents knew within the hour.
...You ever went to parties at a pasture, a barn, or in the middle of a dirt road.





...You were in 4-H.
...School got canceled for state events.
...You ever went cow-tipping.







...The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
...You ever used to "drag main."
...You scheduled parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.






...You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were ,and even if you were 18 they'd tell your parents anyhow.
...When you did find an adult to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out and drive on back roads to smoke them.
...You didn't give directions by street names, just by references (turn by Johnson's house, go two blocks east from Smith's, and it's three houses past the old track field).





...You couldn't date anyone without it being a friend's ex.
...Your car stayed filthy from the dirt roads, and you still won't own a dark vehicle for that reason.
...Football coaches suggested that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.





...The city council met at the coffee shop.
...You wore your letter jacket after your 19th birthday.
...Directions were given using "the" stop light as a reference.





...Every time you decide to go for a walk for exercise, 5 people would pull over and ask if you needed a ride.
...Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names.
...Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.




...You forward this to everyone who lived in your town, because you know them all!

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