I am from a small town ...

Here is a little background on Clint and I ...

I come from a small town.

Clint does not.

4 years ago on July 29th ... Clint and I packed up our family left "the big city" of Emporia ... and move to Eudora.  Eudora was just what I always imagined raising my family in.  Nice small town! 

Although ... this "small town" was a whole new world for Clint.  And it honestly took him awhile to get adjusted to it. 

I think his first real "small town encounter" was when we "sold" our house and the people backed out of it the day before we were suspose to close ... suddenly everyone knew about it.  Clint had a complete stranger ask him about it at the gas station, in the grocery store and someone walked up our drive way and ask him about it ... and he had no clue who any of these people were.   

It got me thinking of how some people have no idea what living in a small town is really like.  So I thought I would let you "city folk" know what you are missing out on.  To all my "small town" peeps ... sit back and enjoy a few laughs. 

You were in 4-H or FFA.


You know what 4-H or FFA is.

You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.


You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.

School gets canceled for state events.


If you've ever pulled up in the school parking lot with the trailer still hooked onto the back of your truck.
If you can get anywhere in town within 10 minutes.

Your teachers calls you by your older siblings names.


Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.


You were ever in the Homecoming parade.


You have gone back home for Homecoming.


It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.


You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend/boyfriend.
You had senior skip day.


Teachers didn't plan any quizzes or tests on Senior Skip Day.

It's normal for kids to be absent from school on opening day of hunting season.

You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road.


You can name everyone you graduated with.


The whole school went to the same party after graduation.


You used to drag "main" on the weekends.

If the cool hang out spots consist of places like Bruster Bean Town Burgers of Paradise Pizza.


You went mudding.


You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.


It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawnmower.


You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.


You don't give directions by street names ... it is more like ... turn left at Smith's house and go till you see the firestation and it is on your left hand side.


You do not have a stop light in your town.

The golf course had only 9 holes.


Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.


You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people"


On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be found at Main Street or the local restaurant.


Even the ugly people enter beauty pageants.


You can charge at all the local stores.


The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away.


So is the closest mall.


Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart.

If you go to Wal-Mart and run into at least 7 different people you know



If you start a rumor about someone, the entire school knows about it the next day.



If you dont carry a house key with you because you dont ever lock your doors.
 
If you've ever called the wrong number and they give you the one you wanted



If you leave your keys in the cup holder of your car so you always know where they are and dont want to carry them around with you.



If you've ever been in a traffic jam behind a tractor.

If you can walk from one end of your school to the other in less than 3 minutes.

If you know the first names of all the teachers in the school AND where they live.

You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.

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.

When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out to the country and drive on back roads to smoke them.

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.

You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.