Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this!

Those who didn’t will be in disbelief and won’t understand how true it is.

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) Most people went by a nickname

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 because all the store clerks knew how old
you were (and if you were old enough, they’d tell your parents anyhow.)
Besides, where would you get the money?

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 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.

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. ((WHAT GOLF COURSE?))

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 then 1955 as the ’rich’ people


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

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

20) 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.

21) The gym teacher suggested you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.

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

23) When you decided to w alk 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.

25) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.

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

27) There was no McDonalds.

28) The closest mall was over an hour away. ((OR 20 MINUTES))

29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn
mower.

30) You’ve pee’d in a cornfield.

31) 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.

I would not have wanted to have been raised any other way!!!!

Tough times don’t last... Tough people do...

Have A Fabulous Day, My Friends!

This story is so true and funny now that i'm older thanks for what i forgot about a small town.
latinagrl

HAHAHAHAHA.....THIS IS MY TOWN

This is all sooooo true .....I actually posted this last week because I loved it soooo much!

HEY brown eyes they are talking about our town!!!! hahaha!!

Hey Dottie meet me on the dirt road past the red light next to the red barn for a drink after work.....

sorry fresh...I did not see it. I thought it was funny..... been there done that..

SO TRUE!!!!!

I was on the phone with my mom a few weeks ago as she was driving to work and she told me "only in Iowa will ya find ten porta-potties in the middle of a cornfield!" I guess what's even funnier is that I lost my virginity in the middle of a cornfield!

Oh, and I used to be in 4-H and so was my mom! In fact, she spent her honeymoon with my father in a tent at the county fair because she had a 4-H project being judged the next day!