Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this. Those who didn’t will be in disbelief.
- You Know You Grew Up In A Small Town If…
- You can name everyone you graduated with.
well, yeah…there were only 25 of us! - You know what 4-H means.
not only that, but i fuckin’ was in it! - You went to parties at a pasture, barn, gravel pit, or in the middle of a dirt road. On Monday you could always tell who was at the party because of the scratches on their legs from running through the woods when the party was busted. (See ..6.)
parties weren’t really busted…too small! - You used to “drag” Main.
colorado ave in la junta, actually… - You said the “F” word and your parents knew within the hour.
god damned nosy-ass neighbors… - You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers, because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn’t.
“parties” heh. so…i think our town was too small for “parties” to get busted, like, ever. - 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.)
i didn’t actually start smoking till i had been legal for cigarettes for quite a while, actually… - When you did find somebody old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out into the country and drive on back roads to smoke them.
see above… - You knew which section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer dropped off.
i didn’t drink till i was 20 and had been out of southeastern bumfuckville for over a year… - It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town.
::shrug:: i guess…and technically, i guess i did, but we went to the same school. - The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
pretty much, yeah…mine! :) - You didn’t give directions by street names but rather by references. “Turn by Nelson’s house, go 2 blocks to Anderson’s, and it’s four houses left of the track field.”
well, duh! i only live a few stumblings away from the model, after all. next to the hobo-corner! isn’t that how everyone gives directions - The golf course had only 9 holes.
this i don’t know…i’m not theretardedgolfin’ type - You couldn’t help but date a friend’s ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
ew gross! thank god, no! - Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
my daddy would’ve had my hide if my car stayed dirty, dirt roads or no dirt roads! - The town next to you was considered “trashy” or “snooty,” but was actually just like your town.
cheraw had a man-made lake full of turkey gizzards & innards & offal…’nuff said. - You referred to anyone with a house newer then 1965 as the “rich people”.
they sure was fancy! - The people in the “big city” dressed funny, and then you picked up the trend 2 years later.
i still think people in the “big city” dress funny & i live here. - Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or the town bar.
my hometown didn’t have a bar…then there was the log cabin. but the quickee mart had everything & everyone you’d ever need. - You saw at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one of your friends driving a grain truck to school occasionally.
tractors, yes; grain trucks, yes…but not to school. - The gym teacher suggested you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
not to me, but to the boys, yeah. - Directions were given using THE stop light as a reference.no stoplights in southeastern bumfuckville, colo.
- When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull over and ask if you wanted a ride.
heh…yeah. - Your teachers called you by your older siblings’ names.
not me, but some of my classmates had that happen to them. i’m teh oldest. - Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.
nope, i went to a different school than my folks. - You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID.
::sigh:: yeah, that was nice… - The closest McDonalds was 25 miles away (or more).
actually, there was one in lj…just like 6 miles away. - The closest mall was over an hour away.
this is actually true… - It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.
469-DEAN DEAN TUCKER, YO! - You’ve pee’d in a cornfield.
i plead the 5th, your honor… - Most people went by a nickname.
let’s see: brubaker, gravy, shaggy, pen-is, robdog, hall, king, sliver, moose…and i was “b” & a few others, so yeah…i guess you could say that. - You laughed your butt off reading this because you know it is true.
damn right! - When you came home from a date and sat in your boyfriends car a bit the neighbor let the town know how long you sat out there!
what is a “date”? and um…me in a boy’s car? aw hell no! i don’t think so! my daddy would’ve MURDERIZED any boy and locked me away in a nunnery…hell, he still hates the HS ex. STILL! (i love my daddy!)
yeah…i’m “awake”…
oh my god! that’s so my town!! it’s officially scary