You know you are from a small town when .......

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flacowman

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when cows on the ballfield are no big deal
when half the teacher's you had were one parent or the other's first cousin
and when the whole town gets invited to weddings and it's still barely a churchful
 

nkotb

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What about when your school/town shuts down for all major high school sporting events.  We used to joke that you could rob every town in NW Kansas the weekend of state wrestling and no one would notice.
 

aandtcattle

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When the high school football game is temporarily interrupted to get the billy goats off the field.
When you can bum a chew off your high school football coach.
When you outrun the town cop and he calls your parents before you get home.
Graduated 6th in my class and made the top 50% - barely! (17)
When the biggest get-together in town is in the fall when everybody brings a pen of three heifers, steers or bulls to town and displays them in pens on main street.  No clippers, blowers, halters or adhesives.  But there are 2 beer gardens!
 

RidinHeifer

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You get a day off school for the first day of shotgun deer season because less than half the school including teachers would show up
 

cowcrazy

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When the Christmas parade consists of flatbed trailers, using hay bales for seats and being pulled by dually's.
The feed store still hand writes their receipts and keeps the money in a coffee can behind the desk.
You can ride your horse through the drive thru at the bank or tie them up at the grocery store.
 

LostFarmer

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When directions to your farm include, "Turn left at the haystack any man would be proud of."

When a cow is out you know the brand and can call the owner. 
 

flacowman

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when the cow doesn't need a brand to be identifiable, everyone knows everyone else's herds
 

willow

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All these stories make me want to move  :(  Our town used to be one of those small towns, but we were fortunately part of a big oil boom and our small town is no more.  I guess it is a give and take, but I would prefer the small town again.
 

clubcalve

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When the neighbor boy shoots a big buck and it makes the front page of the paper!
 

ssmith

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They take the stop light out because it costs to much to run... or when the cattle outnumber people well over 20:1
 

KSanburg

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The 8 man high school football team has to play both ways with one extra for a sub and the only reason he is there is because they held him back one year he is also the kicker/punter.
 
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