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1. You can name everyone you graduated with. 2. You know what 4-H is. 3. You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road 4. You used to drag "main." 5. You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour. 6. You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't-same goes with the game wardens 7. You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting 8. School gets canceled for state events. 9. You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old they'd tell your parents anyhow). 10. 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. 11. You were ever in the Homecoming parade. 12. You have ever gone home for Homecoming. 13. It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town. 14. You had senior skip day. 15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation. 16. You don't give directions by street names or directions by references (turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks east Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field). 17. The Country Club golf course had only 9 holes 18. You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend 19. Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason 20. You think kids that ride skateboards are weird 21. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like your town 22. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise 23. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people" 24. The people in the city dress funny, then you pick- up on the trend two years later 25. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday 26. Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store 27. You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town 28. Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger 29. Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference 30. The city council meets at the coffee shop 31. Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday 32. You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis 33. Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart 34. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests 35. You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride 36. Your teachers call you by your older siblings names 37. Your teachers remember when they taught your parents 38. You can charge at all the local stores 39. The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away 40. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower
------------------ Ross: "Inter arma, enim silent leges." Bashir: "'In the time of war the law falls silent.' Cicero. Have we become a 24th-century Rome, driven by the fact that Caesar can do no wrong?!" -Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
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