Are you from a small town?

Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this. Those who didn't will be in disbelief. Name of small town: Tecumseh, Nebraska.


1) You can name everyone you graduated with. Yes
2) You know what 4-H means yes...duh, Head, Heart, Hands, and Health.
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.) Oh yeah!
4) You used to "drag" Main. yes, but tehcnically it was Broadway and Clay Street, you drove a big loop, then around the square.
5)You said the "F" word and your parents knew within the hour. probably but I didn't say that in front of adults...I was pretended to be a good girl.
6) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers, because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't. Yep, I knew people that did that and if you gave then a beer or invited them, they would leave you alone.
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. Yeah, but I never smoked and you could always find a small town where they would sell them to you.
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. I didn't smoke but I know it happened.
9) You knew which section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer dropped off. Oh yeah, but sometimes they would just had it to you through the windows somewhere.
10) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town. I don't know about cool...but it happend a lot.
11) The whole school went to the same party after graduation. Sometimes, sometimes not, it really depended on how close the class was. Ours wasn't that close for a class of 29 kids. I went to Jamie's party.
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. Oh yeah...I still do.
13) The golf course had only 9 holes. we had a golf corse but I couldn't tell you how many holes it had....but I can name several people that got it on, if you know what I mean...out on one of the holes.
14) You couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend. Yeah, that is true for the most part.
15) Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason. yeah, but if you lived in town, you had a clean car about half the time. We did have a do-it-yourself carwash.
16) The town next to you was considered "trashy" or "snooty," but was actually just like your town I don't remeber anything like that. There were issues with some other schools but that was because of big mouths and little brains.
17) You referred to anyone with a house newer than 1965 as the "rich people. no, that is kind of stupid.
18) The people in the "big city" dressed funny, and then you picked up the trend 2 years later Uh, I don't know about that. Nebraska has its own special kind of fashion statement going on.
19) Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or the town bar Yep, that is basically true.
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 not my friends....and I never saw anyone drive a grain truck to school....never ever. We were rural but not that hick.
21) The gym teacher suggested you haul hay for the summer to get stronger No, I was very strong already....but that would do the job. He did get annoyed with me because I wouldn't go out for track.
22) Directions were given using THE stop light as a reference yeah, we only had one.
23) When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull over and ask if you wanted a ride Yep, that happened a lot
24) Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names. I was the oldest. I was compaired to a few of my older Uncles, one in particular and my Mom verbally kicked my teachers ass over that.
25) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents. My aunt and Uncles, yes
26) You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID probably but we never did
27) The closest McDonalds was 25 miles away (or more) yep, Beatrice
28) The closest mall was over an hour away. 30 Minutes for the tiny pathetic Beatrice mall but Lincoln was only an hour or so away.
29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower. Hello! Grandpa, Uncle Jim....My Father...the list goes on and on Luckily I was not around the time my father rode a mule he was training through the middle of town.
30) You've pee'd in a cornfield and dirt roads, you name it. Beer runs right through you, once you go the first time, you go all the time.
31) Most people went by a nickname Yeah, I did.