Small towns.

My cousin just sent me this:

Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.
Those who didn't will be in disbelief.

1) You can name everyone you graduated with.

2) You know what 4-H means.

3) 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.)

4) You used to "drag" Main.

5) You got a traffic ticket and your parents knew it before you got home.

6) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police
officers because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones
wouldn't.

7) You could never buy cigarettes or beer because all the store clerks knew how
old you were (and if you were old enough, they'd tell your parents
anyhow).

8) 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.

9) You knew in which section of the ditch you would find the beer your
buyer dropped off.

10) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town, just not during football season.

11) The whole school went to the same party after graduation.

12) 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.

13) The golf course had only 9 holes.

14) You couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.

15) Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never
own a dark vehicle for this reason.

16) The town next to you was considered "trashy" or "snooty," but was
actually just like your town.

17) You referred to anyone with a house newer than 1950 as the "rich
people."

18) The people in the "big city" dressed funny, and then you picked up
the trend 2 years later.

19) Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or the
town bar.

20) You knew when a sophmore girl went out of town to "take care of her Great Aunt" that
she was actually in "the family way", and you knew who got her that way! No one needed
DNA testing.

21) The football coach suggested you haul hay for the summer to get
stronger.

22) Directions were given using THE stop light/sign as a reference.

23) When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull
over and ask if you wanted a ride.

24) Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names, and expected you to
live up (or down) to their reputation.

25) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.

26) You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID.

27) Your teacher would fink on you to your mother at the local grocery.

28) The closest mall was over an hour away.

29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a horse or a tractor.

30) You've peed in a cornfield.

31) Most people went by a nickname.

32) You laughed your butt off reading this because you know it is true,
and you forward it to everyone who may have lived in a small town