You might be from a small town if...

[Seth]

Bold ones apply to me:

1. You can name everyone you graduated with.
2. You know what 4-H is.
3. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.
4. You used to drag "main."
5. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour.
6. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers since you know which ones would bust you.
7. You ever went or thought about going cow-tipping.
8. School gets canceled for a sports team going to State
9. You could never buy cigarettes cause all the store clerks knew how old you were.
10. When you did find someone old enough to buy smokes for you, you had to drive down country backroads to smoke them.
11. You never missed a Homecoming parade.
12. You still go home for Homecoming.
13. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
14. You had a senior skip day.
15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
16. You can't help but date a friend's ex.
17. Your car is allways filthy from the dirt backroads.
18. You think that kids who ride skateboards are weird.
19. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snotty" when it is just like your town.
20. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
21. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people."
22. The people in the big citydress funny then you pick up on the cool new trend two years later.
23. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes
on your truck for your birthday.
24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be
found at Main Street or the local resturants.
25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walgreens.
26. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.
27. You decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you need a ride.
28. Your teachers call you by your older sibling's name.
29. The closest "cool stores" are at least 45 miles away.
30. You laugh your head off reading this because you know it's true and then forward it to eveyone in your address book, which is actually half your town.

[PZelda]

I don't live in a small town anymore, but I spent part of my childhood growing up in a crappy-ass small town. :lol:

1. You can name everyone you graduated with.
(Just barely -- I graduated with 135 people. I can probably name a good 100 or so)

2. You know what 4-H is.
(Yup! :D)

3. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.
(Nope, but people in town did that)

4. You used to drag "main."
(I didn't do the driving, but I came along for the ride a few times)

5. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour.
(haha, no.)

6. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers since you know which ones would bust you.
(Nope.)

7. You ever went or thought about going cow-tipping.
(Nope.)

8. School gets canceled for a sports team going to State
(Yup. :lol:)

9. You could never buy cigarettes cause all the store clerks knew how old you were.
(Nope.)

10. When you did find someone old enough to buy smokes for you, you had to drive down country backroads to smoke them.
(Nope.)

11. You never missed a Homecoming parade.
(Yup. It was practically the highlight of the year :lol:)

12. You still go home for Homecoming.
(Nope.)

13. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
(Nope.)

14. You had a senior skip day.
(YES! Unfortunately the year I was a senior, we couldn't do it because the teachers found out and told us we would be suspended if we attempted senior skip day.)

15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
(Nope.)

16. You can't help but date a friend's ex.
(I did that. :lol:)

17. Your car is allways filthy from the dirt backroads.
(Not just the backroads, but the whole frigging town. Sigh!)

18. You think that kids who ride skateboards are weird.
(Nope.)

19. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snotty" when it is just like your town.
(Haha, no...That town and the surrounding towns sucked the big one!)

20. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
(Nope.)

21. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people."
(Nope.)

22. The people in the big city dress funny then you pick up on the cool new trend two years later.
(Nope.)

23. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.
(I don't drive. :p)

24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be found at Main Street or the local resturants.
(How true!)

25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walgreens.
(Haha, we didn't even have a Walgreens...So, no.)

26. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.
(We didn't have beauty contests.)

27. You decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you need a ride.
(Haha, yes!)

28. Your teachers call you by your older sibling's name.
(God YES. That happened to me ALL THE TIME. Or -- one of the teachers would stop me in the hallway and say, "I know who you are! You are [insert my sister's name]'s little sister!")

29. The closest "cool stores" are at least 45 miles away.
(Adjust that number to 90, and you're set.)

[Penny Lane]

Yup that about describes my little hometown of around 300 back then!


So true! So true! :lol:

[TJL]

You know you live in a small town when the Library closes down because someone forgot to return the book.

Thank you folks, I'm here all week!

;)

[EmoJoe]

I dont live in a small town (well its average) but these 3 still apply to me :p


13. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
14. You had a senior skip day.
24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be
found at Main Street or the local resturants.

[LuLu Rogers]

:bump

These apply to me

2. You know what 4-H is.
3. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.
5. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour.
7. You ever went or thought about going cow-tipping.
8. School gets canceled for a sports team going to State
9. You could never buy cigarettes cause all the store clerks knew how old you were.
10. When you did find someone old enough to buy smokes for you, you had to drive down country backroads to smoke them.
11. You never missed a Homecoming parade.
12. You still go home for Homecoming.
13. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
14. You had a senior skip day.
16. You can't help but date a friend's ex.
19. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snotty" when it is just like your town.
20. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be
found at Main Street or the local resturants.
25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walgreens.
26. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.
27. You decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you need a ride.
29. The closest "cool stores" are at least 45 miles away.
30. You laugh your head off reading this because you know it's true and then forward it to eveyone in your address book, which is actually half your town.

[nmnf920]

5. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour. - well i've said it to him
14. You had a senior skip day. - i believe my class had one, but i didn't participate
24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be found at Main Street or the local resturants.
25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walgreens.
29. The closest "cool stores" are at least 45 miles away.

[ekkostar]

1. You can name everyone you graduated with.
I can remember maybe a quarter of the names of people I graduated with. A lot of them have either died in car accidents over the past 5 years or have dropped out of sight completely.

2. You know what 4-H is.
Yup, but I never attended.

3. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.
Never did this because I'm lame, but I have no doubts that there are ones being held every weekend around here.

4. You used to drag "main."
Not sure if you're talking about taking a hit or drag racing on Main St.

5. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour.
After a while my mother didn't care anymore. By the age of 16 I said the excrement word to myself a lot when I was frustrated.

6. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers since you know which ones would bust you.
I have no doubt that people did this, especially being in a town where everyone knows everyone and most of the youth population drinks or tokes up.

7. You ever went or thought about going cow-tipping.
No, never cow tipped, but I always admire the cows.

8. School gets canceled for a sports team going to State
School never got canceled while I was there, but the Earth nearly stops for the rival town game on Halloween night.

9. You could never buy cigarettes cause all the store clerks knew how old you were.
I never attempted to buy cigarettes, but it seems like everyone else around me smoked.

10. When you did find someone old enough to buy smokes for you, you had to drive down country backroads to smoke them.
Nah. Like I said, I'm a nonsmoker.

11. You never missed a Homecoming parade.
Not Homecoming parade, but I and every student was FORCED to attend the pep rallys. Spirit weeks always sucked. :rolleyes:

12. You still go home for Homecoming.
If I had my choice, I wouldn't come back home. I'm sick of living here and can't wait to get a job were I can afford to move out.

13. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
Not sure about this one, but there were people who did.

14. You had a senior skip day.
Yeah, but I still went to class.

15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
Not me...

16. You can't help but date a friend's ex.
Date? I've never been on a date and I'm in college now! I haven't found that ideal well-dressed man yet!!! I've had those high standards since high school!

17. Your car is allways filthy from the dirt backroads.
Seconded. If it isn't from a dirt road, it's from unkempt dusty paved roads with huge pot holes and cracks.


18. You think that kids who ride skateboards are weird.
Not exactly. The teachers thought they were weird. I always wanted a skateboard and even adopted the skater look a few years back. Heck, I still do. I also want to snow board because the boards have awesome decals. I need a boyfriend who is not only well dressed, but will also be willing to teach me how to snow board.

[B]19. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snotty" when it is just like your town.
Nah. They were pretty much a clone of our town. :rolleyes:

20. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
Getting paid OVERTIME is considered a raise! I miss working overtime and getting $250-$300 a week for my weekend work!!! I used to spend my break days hanging at the mall or the grocery store!

21. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people."
LOL no. A lot of people around here build new houses or buy nice modulars and they certainly are NOT rich! Some of them can't even pay for the mortgage!

22. The people in the big citydress funny then you pick up on the cool new trend two years later.
Actually, I like to keep up with fashion, but I'm a bit behind right now because of the recession. I'm wearing old jeans from high school right now, but I'd rather be buying myself new suits from Steve and Barry's.


23. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes
on your truck for your birthday.
I best be thinking I'd be bragging if I did any modding to my vehicle. If I had my way there would be an SanDisk card-supported stereo in mine.

24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be
found at Main Street or the local resturants.
Actually, this is the truth. The restaurants are always packed on Friday and Saturday night.

25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walgreens.
Weekend excitement involves a trip to the mall or marketplace, although the marketplace is getting kind of old for me because my school is right across from it.

26. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.
Uh, I've seen our beauty contests. It's usually the fortunate ones that can afford the Botox.


27. You decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you need a ride.
No, I never encountered this. I do get neighbors who wave at me when they drive by, though.

28. Your teachers call you by your older sibling's name.
Seeing as I have no siblings, this never happened, but it happened to other classmates I knew.

29. The closest "cool stores" are at least 45 miles away.
It depends on where you live and how far away the next town with a Super Wal-Mart and a Hannaford is.

[Courtnee]

1. You can name everyone you graduated with.
2. You know what 4-H is.
3. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.
4. You used to drag "main."
5. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour.
6. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers since you know which ones would bust you.
7. You ever went or thought about going cow-tipping.
8. School gets canceled for a sports team going to State
9. You could never buy cigarettes cause all the store clerks knew how old you were.
10. When you did find someone old enough to buy smokes for you, you had to drive down country backroads to smoke them.
11. You never missed a Homecoming parade.
12. You still go home for Homecoming.
13. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
14. You had a senior skip day.
15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
16. You can't help but date a friend's ex.
17. Your car is allways filthy from the dirt backroads.
18. You think that kids who ride skateboards are weird.
19. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snotty" when it is just like your town.
20. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
21. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people."
22. The people in the big citydress funny then you pick up on the cool new trend two years later.
23. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes
on your truck for your birthday.
24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be
found at Main Street or the local resturants.
25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walgreens.
26. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.
27. You decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you need a ride.
28. Your teachers call you by your older sibling's name.
29. The closest "cool stores" are at least 45 miles away.
30. You laugh your head off reading this because you know it's true and then forward it to eveyone in your address book, which is actually half your town.

[Chocoholic]

"My town is so small."
"How small is it?"
"My town is so small that the library had to shut down because someone forgot to return the book!"

"My town is so small"
"How small is it?"
"My town is so small that I can sneeze and the person across town says "God bless you'."

:lol:

[crystaldawn]

Here's one that circulates around here and is pretty good:

You Know You're From Downstate Illinois When:

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

You measure distance in minutes.

You know several people who have hit a deer....and sometimes the same deer.

Your school classes were canceled because of the cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of the heat.

Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary proposition. For example: "Where's my coat at?" or If you go to town I wanna go with."

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You don't pronounce the "s" in Illinois like the rest of the world.

Vacation means going to Six Flags.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

You know if another Illinoisan is from southern, central or northern Illinois as soon they open their mouth.

You know which tree leaves make good toilet paper.

You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.

You think that deer season in a national holiday.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages from sports.

There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.

You actually understand these jokes and probably will send them to a lot of your friends.

[sunshinefizzy]

Mostly all of them apply to me as well. My town is so small you have to go outside to change your mind.

[catlover79]

:rofl: :brent Those are all too hilarious.

[SBTB Geek]

Sounds like fun!

I grew up in a big city but I loved visiting family members who lived in a small town in Central California. We were there so often that we became honorary citizens. Because of that, I've experienced the party 20 miles on a deserted road and I WAS the city kid with the weird clothes. LOL :D

[dawsongirl]

I grew up in a suburn of a decent-sized city. Let's see if any apply to me anyway.

The ones that apply to me with be in pink. :)

1. You can name everyone you graduated with. ... God Lord, no. There were like 400+.

2. You know what 4-H is. But don't ask me what the H's stand for.

3. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.
4. You used to drag "main."
5. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour.
6. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers since you know which ones would bust you. ... Sounds like something my dad would have done though. lol

7. You ever went or thought about going cow-tipping.
8. School gets canceled for a sports team going to State ... It might as well have been. Almost everyone bought a ticket just to get out of school.

9. You could never buy cigarettes cause all the store clerks knew how old you were.
10. When you did find someone old enough to buy smokes for you, you had to drive down country backroads to smoke them.
11. You never missed a Homecoming parade.
12. You still go home for Homecoming.
13. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
14. You had a senior skip day.
15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
16. You can't help but date a friend's ex.
17. Your car is allways filthy from the dirt backroads.
18. You think that kids who ride skateboards are weird.
19. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snotty" when it is just like your town.
20. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
21. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people."
22. The people in the big city dress funny, then you pick up on the cool new trend two years later.
23. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes
on your truck for your birthday.
24. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be
found at Main Street or the local resturants.
25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Walgreens.
26. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests. ... Welcome to the Midwest. :lol:

27. You decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you need a ride.
28. Your teachers call you by your older sibling's name.
29. The closest "cool stores" are at least 45 miles away.
30. You laugh your head off reading this because you know it's true and then forward it to eveyone in your address book, which is actually half your town.



I be big city, G.

[dawsongirl]

Here's one that circulates around here and is pretty good:

You Know You're From Downstate Illinois When:

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

You measure distance in minutes.

You know several people who have hit a deer....and sometimes the same deer.

Your school classes were canceled because of the cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of the heat.

Stores don't have bags, they have sacks.

You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary proposition. For example: "Where's my coat at?" or If you go to town I wanna go with."

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You think of the major four food groups as beef, pork, beer and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You don't pronounce the "s" in Illinois like the rest of the world.

Vacation means going to Six Flags.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

You know if another Illinoisan is from southern, central or northern Illinois as soon they open their mouth.

You know which tree leaves make good toilet paper.

You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.

You think that deer season in a national holiday.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires 6 pages from sports.

There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.

You actually understand these jokes and probably will send them to a lot of your friends.
I've gotten one similar to that too.

[Schmoopie]

Those are funny. On a serious note, my grandmother lived in a really small town and it was predominately white. She said that an african american family moved there and soon the whole town knew about it, and the family didn't stay long. I think this must have been a LONG time ago, because now it wouldn't be such a big deal, but isn't that terrible?

Oh, I have one. When my dad died, the church was absolutely PACKED, and a lot of the people there didn't even know my dad. They came to the funeral in support of my grandmother. I swear I think that literally the whole town was there.

Andrea