If You Grew Up In Rural *fill in the blank*
*You know how to polka, but never tried it sober. - I pride myself in NOT knowing the polka.
*You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means. - Determines DH's mood for the next 5 months.
*You know it is traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the reception and wedding dance. - I just wish they'd let us eat while they do that.
*You know the difference between "Green" and "Red" farm machinery, and would fight with your friends on the playground over which was better! - Oh yes. Oh my yes.
*You buy Christmas presents at Fleet Farm. - heck yes. did you get their toy catalog yet?!?
*You spent more on beer and liquor than you did on food at your wedding. - uh huh
*You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't break into uncontrollable laughter. - just said it about 8 times today
*You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at the county fair. -nope
*You know that "combine" is a noun. - I had to ask how combines work when I moved here. I thought it was magic
*You let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel post in the middle of winter. ------- no.
*You think Lutheran and Catholic are THE major religions. I'm baptist....
*You know that "creek" rhymes with "pick". --- I grew up in too many places, I do say Creeeeek.
*Football schedules, hunting season and harvest are all taken into consideration before wedding dates are set. we had to get married when it was -26F due to hunting season.
*A Friday night date is getting a six-pack and taking your girlfriend shining for deer. - Well, something like that
*Saturday you go to your local bowling alley. - we sit in the barn/shop and drink beer
*There was at least one, if not several, in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning. - my brother
*You have driven your car on the lake. - in Wyoming
*You can make sense of "upnort," "bat-tree" and "warrssh." - You betcha!
*Every wedding dance you have ever been to has the hokey pokey and the chicken dance. - unfortunately
*Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar. - No bar, that's a small town.
*The local gas station sells live bait. - no lakes close enough. But they sell bags of milk replacer.
*At least twice a year some part of your home doubles as a meat processing plant. - oh yes
*You think that the start of deer season is a national holiday! - it was in Wyoming.
*You know how to polka, but never tried it sober. - I pride myself in NOT knowing the polka.
*You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means. - Determines DH's mood for the next 5 months.
*You know it is traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the reception and wedding dance. - I just wish they'd let us eat while they do that.
*You know the difference between "Green" and "Red" farm machinery, and would fight with your friends on the playground over which was better! - Oh yes. Oh my yes.
*You buy Christmas presents at Fleet Farm. - heck yes. did you get their toy catalog yet?!?
*You spent more on beer and liquor than you did on food at your wedding. - uh huh
*You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't break into uncontrollable laughter. - just said it about 8 times today
*You or someone you know was a "Dairy Princess" at the county fair. -nope
*You know that "combine" is a noun. - I had to ask how combines work when I moved here. I thought it was magic
*You let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel post in the middle of winter. ------- no.
*You think Lutheran and Catholic are THE major religions. I'm baptist....
*You know that "creek" rhymes with "pick". --- I grew up in too many places, I do say Creeeeek.
*Football schedules, hunting season and harvest are all taken into consideration before wedding dates are set. we had to get married when it was -26F due to hunting season.
*A Friday night date is getting a six-pack and taking your girlfriend shining for deer. - Well, something like that
*Saturday you go to your local bowling alley. - we sit in the barn/shop and drink beer
*There was at least one, if not several, in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning. - my brother
*You have driven your car on the lake. - in Wyoming
*You can make sense of "upnort," "bat-tree" and "warrssh." - You betcha!
*Every wedding dance you have ever been to has the hokey pokey and the chicken dance. - unfortunately
*Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar. - No bar, that's a small town.
*The local gas station sells live bait. - no lakes close enough. But they sell bags of milk replacer.
*At least twice a year some part of your home doubles as a meat processing plant. - oh yes
*You think that the start of deer season is a national holiday! - it was in Wyoming.
