from the county

You know you’re from Aroostook County when…

1. It’s easier for you to leave the country than to leave the state.
2. There are tractors in your senior parade.
3. You know where the meth lab is.
4. You or someone you know is in the FFA and 4-H.
5. You know everything there is to know about potatoes.
6. You have hiked up a big hill or small mountain at least once for a party.
7. You’ve been going to a bar since you were 18.
8. You thought that the only main roads were Rt.1 and I-95.
9. You know how to properly hit a moose.
10. Going to school on a Snowmobile is normal.
11. Everyone has studs on their tires.
12. You know how to drive in the snow.
13. Your favorite thing to eat is poutine.
14. You have never been south of Houlton.
15. You have never flown on the airplane.
16. If you have flown you know the stewardess name, Kelly.
17. You know that all flights connect in Boston International at Gate B9.
18. You know how to read the temperature in degrees Celsius.
19. Your high school doesn’t have football, you have never played and you’ve never seen a game.
20. There is a farm within miles of your house (or you live on one)
21. You don’t know what ticks are.
22. You don’t talk like those people from southern Maine.
23. You know the county song.
24. Your graduating class is under 50.
25. Someone in your class got pregnant, is pregnant or will be pregnant before graduation.
26. You groom your own sports fields.
27. Your school has a farm.
28. Your school has an ag department.
29. The biggest traffic jam was when Phish came to play at the base.
30. You have moose in your front yard.
31. You will or have been to U-Maine.
32. You hang out down town at The Car Wash, or Ames.
33. 40*F is –not- cold.
34. You wear shorts in December.
35. Everyone is invited to prom, and you think that’s normal.
36. One person in every family owns a pick-up (or knows someone who does).
37. You can buy beer from the Rite-Aid.
38. You root for the Red Sox… Death to the Yankees.
39. You know what the biathlon is.
40. You have to explain to the folks from the west where Maine is, behind the weatherman’s head.
41. You’ve never heard of public transportation.
42. You think Lewiston is the city.
43. The big shopping spree is a 3 hour drive to Bangor.
44. You know what a Door Yard is.
45. You know you can’t really tip a cow.
46. You get pissed at the vacationers.
47. Sneaking out requires modes of transportation out of the woods.
48. You know the first and last name of every student in your school.
49. Getting 3 weeks off in the fall for potato harvest isn’t weird.
50. You have worked on a potato harvester.