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CHS_CG
01-23-2007, 09:07 AM
THIS IS SOO CALDWELL!!!



You know you are from a small town if......
__________________________

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 went to a General Store for the essential groceries
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. You push a "buggie" when you go to Wal-Mart, not a shopping cart.
14. Teachers didn't plan any quizzes or tests on Senior Skip Day.
15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
16. It's normal for kids to be absent from school during hunting season
17. Your car is allways filthy from the dirt
backroads.
18. You are always "fixin" to do something.
19. It takes 10 min to walk down your driveway.
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. It's normal for people to wear "coveralls" to school
23. You bragged to your friends because you got bigger tires on your truck for your birthday.
24. On Saturdays, anyone you want to find can be found at Main Street or the local resturants.
25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Wal-Mart.
26. You see nothing wrong with having a shot-gun in the back window of your pick-up.
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" (this does not include Tractor Supply or Southern States) are at least 30 miles
away.
30. Local businesses close early Friday night for the home football game.
31. If you've ever been in a traffic jam behind a tractor.
32. People would show up to school in muddy cammo after spending all morning duck hunting.
33. Anyone has ever driven the "tractor" portion of an 18 wheeler to school.
34. It was common place to see someone at school wearing rubber boots.(and we are not talking about the cute pink polkadot ones!)
35. You have ever witnessed friends engage in a battle to see who can progressively make their truck higher.
36. If your school prom queen was an active member of the FFA.
37. If your mom, dad, aunt, uncle or grandmother buys you beer.
38. If you find yourself wearing camo on an everyday basis, whether its hunting season or not.
39. If a tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
40. If you know cowpies are not made of beef.
41. If you go to the river/lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
42. If you've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
43. If you know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
44.You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
45. If You measure distance in minutes.
46. If Little Smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.
47. If you listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.



Some of these are soo true it scares me!

Phil C
01-23-2007, 09:09 AM
Don't forget this one CHS -

YOU NEGLECT POSTING RECENT PICTURES OF THE BABY GIRL!!

:mad: :mad: :mad:






;)

Gobbla2001
01-23-2007, 09:09 AM
That sounds like Houston

CHS_CG
01-23-2007, 09:11 AM
Originally posted by Gobbla2001
That sounds like Houston

oh hush.. half of those probably apply to Cuero too!

CHS_CG
01-23-2007, 09:12 AM
Originally posted by Phil C
Don't forget this one CHS -

YOU NEGLECT POSTING RECENT PICTURES OF THE BABY GIRL!!

:mad: :mad: :mad:









;)


I'm workin on it.. I cant get her to sit still for pictures any more.. I think she knows shes being posted on the net.. I am gunna try to get one of her sleeping tonight... if I dont fall asleep! lol

Gobbla2001
01-23-2007, 09:13 AM
Originally posted by CHS_CG
oh hush.. half of those probably apply to Cuero too!

no...

example: Car dirty because of the backroads...

Not correct, we ride horses to school, they're dirty :D

CHS_CG
01-23-2007, 09:14 AM
Originally posted by Gobbla2001
no...

example: Car dirty because of the backroads...

Not correct, we ride horses to school, they're dirty :D


ROFLMAO.. well that def. applies in Caldwell.. not to mention the one where you watch ur friends to see who can jack their truck up the highest!

Gobbla2001
01-23-2007, 09:16 AM
Originally posted by CHS_CG
ROFLMAO.. well that def. applies in Caldwell.. not to mention the one where you watch ur friends to see who can jack their truck up the highest!

it was funny... had a guy in Cuero who was all gansta-like... had a low-rider... showed up to school the next year with a truck that had the highest lift on it in the parking lot...

#1, it was funny how he went from the lowest to the highest and because it wasn't a gangsta ride at all

#2, all of the renecks got outdone by a gangsta

bwahahaha

CHS_CG
01-23-2007, 09:18 AM
Originally posted by Gobbla2001
it was funny... had a guy in Cuero who was all gansta-like... had a low-rider... showed up to school the next year with a truck that had the highest lift on it in the parking lot...

#1, it was funny how he went from the lowest to the highest and because it wasn't a gangsta ride at all

#2, all of the renecks got outdone by a gangsta

bwahahaha



we had somebody that had a General Lee car.. the horn and everything.. it was badass!

Gobbla2001
01-23-2007, 09:24 AM
Originally posted by CHS_CG
we had somebody that had a General Lee car.. the horn and everything.. it was badass!

The Dodge Charger, sweet...

I saw one at a carwash in Shiner for Bocktoberfest a couple of years back...

Bearkat
01-23-2007, 09:33 AM
WOW, sounds alot like Cameron.

CHS_CG
01-23-2007, 09:37 AM
Originally posted by Bearkat
WOW, sounds alot like Cameron.

considering cameron is only 45 minutes from here i would think so!

DU_stud04
01-23-2007, 09:44 AM
like the title states......its small town facts....meaning everyone on this board probly feels the same bout most things listed. dont feel special.

mustang68
01-23-2007, 10:00 AM
What is so amazing to me is how cross generational these things are.

pirate4state
01-23-2007, 10:36 AM
Originally posted by DU_stud04
like the title states......its small town facts....meaning everyone on this board probly feels the same bout most things listed. dont feel special.

ROFL! buzz kill

Phantom Stang
01-23-2007, 04:33 PM
Originally posted by CHS_CG

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

I've been in the Metroplex long enough to remember when that used to happen on FM1709 between Keller and Hwy 114.

That was a stretch of country road that's known nowadays as "Southlake Blvd".

FormerBellvilleBrahma
01-23-2007, 04:40 PM
Small towns, you got to love them!

eagles_victory
01-23-2007, 05:08 PM
Originally posted by CHS_CG
THIS IS SOO CALDWELL!!!



You know you are from a small town if......
__________________________

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 went to a General Store for the essential groceries
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. You push a "buggie" when you go to Wal-Mart, not a shopping cart.
14. Teachers didn't plan any quizzes or tests on Senior Skip Day.
15. The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
16. It's normal for kids to be absent from school during hunting season
17. Your car is allways filthy from the dirt
backroads.
18. You are always "fixin" to do something.
19. It takes 10 min to walk down your driveway.
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. It's normal for people to wear "coveralls" to school
23. You bragged to your friends because you got bigger tires on your truck for your birthday.
24. On Saturdays, anyone you want to find can be found at Main Street or the local resturants.
25. Weekend excitement involves a trip to Wal-Mart.
26. You see nothing wrong with having a shot-gun in the back window of your pick-up.
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" (this does not include Tractor Supply or Southern States) are at least 30 miles
away.
30. Local businesses close early Friday night for the home football game.
31. If you've ever been in a traffic jam behind a tractor.
32. People would show up to school in muddy cammo after spending all morning duck hunting.
33. Anyone has ever driven the "tractor" portion of an 18 wheeler to school.
34. It was common place to see someone at school wearing rubber boots.(and we are not talking about the cute pink polkadot ones!)
35. You have ever witnessed friends engage in a battle to see who can progressively make their truck higher.
36. If your school prom queen was an active member of the FFA.
37. If your mom, dad, aunt, uncle or grandmother buys you beer.
38. If you find yourself wearing camo on an everyday basis, whether its hunting season or not.
39. If a tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look for a funnel.
40. If you know cowpies are not made of beef.
41. If you go to the river/lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
42. If you've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
43. If you know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
44.You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
45. If You measure distance in minutes.
46. If Little Smokies are something you serve only for special occasions.
47. If you listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.



Some of these are soo true it scares me! this is so old