25 Signs You Grew Up In Bedford: 1. When you explain where Bedford is to outsiders, you either use Evansville, Bloomington (IU), or Indianapolis as reference points. In case you didnt know, Bedfords full name is, Bedford-its-a-small-town-in-southern-Indiana-you-probably-dont-know-where-it-is. 2. When your friends are bragging about their big city hometowns, you always feel the need to insert the Well, Bedford is the limestone capital of the world fact. You are both embarrassed and proud of this fact. 3. You compare every American flag you see to Golden Corrals. You have never seen one bigger than it. 4. Damon Bailey. 5. You have a horror story about the Tunnelton Tunnel. 6. You have said the old Walmart parking lot and you remember your first trek into the new Walmart. 7. When people from large public high schools gawk at how small BNL is, you suppress a rant about how great the teachers are, how great your education was, and how you are pissed off that people look down on your high school without knowing anything about it. 8. When people from small public high schools gawk at how big BNL is, you are secretly smug. 9. Youve been both appalled and amused by Sam Shaws signs. 10. You mark time by what restaurant chains were in town. 11. You could still have an argument about which nearby elementary school is better. Just thinking about it makes you want to get into an argument. Also, you dont understand why there are so many. 12. You went to Jiffy Treat after any major event. 13. You remember the epic winters in which you didnt go to school for 4 weeks straight because of blizzards and the very sad winters when the snow barely came. 14. You thought you would go into depression when they stopped having half-days of school. 15. You just remembered that and now youre depressed. 16. You feel like youve truly experienced pioneer life due to Spring Mills Pioneer Village. 17. The first thing you did when you got your license was drive a car load of friends to Bloomington, and you felt like you were in a movie. 18. Youve tried everyones version of the best doughnut in the world and you are still convinced that nothing will ever beat Magic Morning. 19. You wonder why Premier is still in business, because it doesnt have cup holders and its 5 feet away from the other theater in town. 20. You went on a field trip to Applacres in elementary school, and you cant drive by without getting a cherry cider shake. 21. Sometimes you wonder why you know so much about peoples lives who youve never really talked to. Then you remember, oh yeah, its Bedford. Everyone knows everyones junk. 22. Youve watched a building or house burn down with half of the town. 23. Youve had or been to a birthday party at Mr. Gattis. 24. You realize that only in Bedford is a double drive-thru at a McDonalds comparable to rocket science. 25. You realize its fine to make fun of Bedford with other Bedfordites. Other people will get punched in the face.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 16:05:59 +0000
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