You might be from a small town if...
Raj sent these to me a long time ago. Thought I'd share. You know how most of these type things always have several that are ridiculous and stereotypical...but this is noooo lie! I'll comment where I feel it is needed!
1. You can name everyone you graduated with.
2. You know what FFA is.
3. You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road. ***can you say "New Year's?"
4. Your idea of a FUN weekend was riding around parking lots because that is where EVERYBODY was.
5. Your idea of an EXCITING weekend was watching a fight in the parking lot.
6. You swore at someone and your parents knew within the hour.
7. You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.
8. School gets canceled for city, county, or state events.
9. You were ever in the Homecoming parade. ***yep
10. You have ever gone home for Homecoming. ***yep
11. Everyone thought it was really cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
12. You had senior skip day. ***we did, but I had to go back and take a chemistry exam. LAME.
13. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
14. You don't give directions by street names, but instead like this: Turn right by Nelson's house, go two blocks east past Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field.
15. The country club golf course had only 9 holes. (Or there wasn't even one.)
16. You can't help but date a friends ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
17. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people".
18. The people in the city dress funny, then your town picks up on the trend a few years later.
19. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.
20. Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store. ***actually, the square or Petro
21. You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.
22. The football coach suggested that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
23. Directions are given using "the" stoplight as a reference.
24. The city council meets at the coffee shop. ***no coffee shop
25. Your "letter jacket" was worn after your 19th birthday.
26. You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride. ***actually happened to me. good ol john lewis still.
27. Your teachers call you by your older siblings' names.
28. Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.
29. The closest Taco Bell or Burger King is at least 30 miles away. ***Dothan, Ala
30. So is the closest shopping mall. ***see above
31. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawnmower. ***that or a hoverround, those motored wheelchairs, with the bright orange triangle sticker on the back.
1. You can name everyone you graduated with.
2. You know what FFA is.
3. You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road. ***can you say "New Year's?"
4. Your idea of a FUN weekend was riding around parking lots because that is where EVERYBODY was.
5. Your idea of an EXCITING weekend was watching a fight in the parking lot.
6. You swore at someone and your parents knew within the hour.
7. You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.
8. School gets canceled for city, county, or state events.
9. You were ever in the Homecoming parade. ***yep
10. You have ever gone home for Homecoming. ***yep
11. Everyone thought it was really cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
12. You had senior skip day. ***we did, but I had to go back and take a chemistry exam. LAME.
13. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
14. You don't give directions by street names, but instead like this: Turn right by Nelson's house, go two blocks east past Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field.
15. The country club golf course had only 9 holes. (Or there wasn't even one.)
16. You can't help but date a friends ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
17. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people".
18. The people in the city dress funny, then your town picks up on the trend a few years later.
19. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.
20. Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store. ***actually, the square or Petro
21. You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.
22. The football coach suggested that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
23. Directions are given using "the" stoplight as a reference.
24. The city council meets at the coffee shop. ***no coffee shop
25. Your "letter jacket" was worn after your 19th birthday.
26. You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride. ***actually happened to me. good ol john lewis still.
27. Your teachers call you by your older siblings' names.
28. Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.
29. The closest Taco Bell or Burger King is at least 30 miles away. ***Dothan, Ala
30. So is the closest shopping mall. ***see above
31. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawnmower. ***that or a hoverround, those motored wheelchairs, with the bright orange triangle sticker on the back.