You know you're from a small town if . . .
- you can name everyone you graduated with.
- you ever went to parties at a pasture, in a barn, or in the middle of a dirt road.
- you used to drag Main.
- you said a cuss word and your parents knew within the hour.
- you scheduled parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't. (Same went with the game warden.)
- you ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.
- 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.
- the whole school went to the same party after graduation.
- you didn't give directions by street names but by directions and references. "Turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks east to Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field."
- you couldn't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend.
- your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
- the people in the city dressed funny, then you picked-up on the trend two years later.
- anyone you wanted could be found at either the Dairy Queen or the A&W.
- football coaches suggested that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
- your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday.
- weekend excitement involved a trip to a Pizza Hut.
- you knew what 4-H was.
- you decided to walk somewhere for exercise and five people pulled over and asked if you needed a ride.
- your teachers called you by your older siblings' names.
- your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.
- you could charge at all the local stores.
- the closest McDonald's was 45 miles away. (So was the closest mall.)
- —author unknown