You Know You Are From A Small Town When

• The local phone book has only one yellow page.
• Third Street is on the edge of town.
• The "road hog" in front of you on Main Street is a farmer's combine.
• You leave your jacket on the back of the chair in the cafe, and when you go back the next day, it's still there, on the same chair.
• You don't signal turns because everyone knows where you're going, anyway.
• No social events can be scheduled when the school gym floor is being varnished.
• You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.
• Everyone knows all the news before it's published; they just read the hometown paper to see whether the publisher got it right.
• The McDonalds only has only one Golden Arch.
• A "Night on the Town" takes only 11 minutes.
• You have to name six surrounding towns to explain to people where you're from.
• Headline news is who grew the biggest vegetable this year.
• You can name everyone you graduated with.
• School gets canceled for state sporting events.
• Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store.
• Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference
• It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.
• The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
• You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.
• Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.
• You can charge at all the local stores.
• The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away. So is the closest mall.
• The golf course had only 9 holes
• You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend.
• Getting paid minimum wage is considered a great job.
• The town population increases by one-third when the universities go on break.
• The best burgers in town are at the rink.
• You know exactly where to go when the party is at "the lake".
• The city council meets at the coffee shop.
• Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday.
• It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.
• Everyone who played sports had to play on every type of team, or there wouldn't be enough people to have a team.
• You can remember when your town finally got cable.
• You went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road.
• You went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.
• The whole school went to the same party after graduation.