You
can name everyone you graduated with.
You
know what 4-H is.
You
ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road.
You
said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.
You
schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust ya and which ones
wouldn't --- same goes with the game warden.
You
ever went cow-tippin or snipe hunting.
School
gets canceled for state sporting events.
It
was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
You
had senior skip day.
You
can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend.
Your
car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
The
town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like your town.
Gettin
paid minimum wage is considered a "raise."
Ya
bragged to your friends because ya got pipes on your truck fer yer birthday.
Anyone
you want can be found at either the local Dairy Queen or the feedstore.
You
see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.
Football
coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
Directions
are given using "the" stop light as a reference.
Your
letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday.
Weekend
excitement involves a trip to the local Wal-Mart.
Even
the ugly people enter beauty contests.
You
decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.
Your
teachers always call you by your older siblings names.
Your
teachers remember when they taught your parents.
You
can charge at all the local stores.
It's
normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.
You
can drive golf carts, 4 wheelers, and go carts in town.
When
someone gets pulled over the whole town drives by at least twice.
Everyone
else hears it on their scanners.
You
have ever partied with a guy who is 25, has no job, but is the 'buyer' for all of the best parties.
Almost
everyone in your school also has a cousin in your school.
Your
only newspaper was a weekly.
It
doesn't take much to amuse you.
Your
first smoke was straw out in the barn.
Your
summer swimming was often done in a pond or a gravel pit.
You
never waited long at stop lights, but regularly waited 15 minutes at the railroad crossings.