Monday, December 12, 2011

10 Things that Say You are from My Home Town

This weeks listicle is courtesy of Amanda


I grew up in Shelton, WA not many people would admit that, it was a small town but it grows every year, the town used to end at a tavern and now where the tavern was is a Jack in the Box and a car wash, Walmart came to town over 10 years ago, and it was a big deal. After that most of the mom and pop stores closed, JC Penney and Sears were downtown, and they became a thrift store and a senior center. It's just proof that change is constant.

Here's my list of things that would say you are from my home town

1. You are from my home town if you have a mullet

2. You are a woman and think it's ok to wear work boots with sweat pants to a restaurant 

3. You have at least one broken down car in your yard

4. When new people come to town the highlight is driving them past the giant Santa Clause or the Paul Bunion statue

5. You remember how awesome it was when Walmart came to town

6. You have at least one family member who is a member of the Eagles or the Melks Lodge (the Moose and the Elks share a building)

7. You know all the side streets to keep from getting stuck behind the train

8.You have watched salmon swim across the road

9.You have gotten food poisoning from The Ritz Drive In  restaurant but you keep eating there because it tastes so darn good

10. You remember when the Skyline drive in theater used to only show porn

31 comments:

  1. I love this list, it's hilarious! I love that you've watched salmon swim across the road, ostensibly while wearing sweats/work boots AND a mullet! (-:

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  2. Before we got a Walmart there were some really good mom 'n pop stores in our town, too.

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  3. I'm afraid of small towns.  It's kind of like those scenes in "
    The Hills Have Eyes".  Know what I mean?

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  4. This is hilarious! I'm also from a small town in Washington state. I'm learning that no matter where we move to, we're always gonna be the Washington weirdos! Haha...

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  5. We used to be able to spot "outsiders" not so much any more.

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  6. I didn't say the stores were good.

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  7. ahahahah   I didn't say I had a mullet, my brother still does however, and I don't own work boots, ok I do, but I only wear them when I'm climbing in the ivy in my yard or in the snow, and never with sweats.

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  8. You always make me laugh! What a great list. So you, so WA! Love it.

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  9. I believe I won't be visiting your hometown...but I will point and laugh! 

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  10. totally WA we're a breed all our own

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  11. I don't want to visit my home town either, I'm glad I don't live there any more.

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  12. Having spent some time in Shelton (we have good friends with a cabin in Grapeview), I got quite the laugh out of this list! And I admit I've had some entertainment people watching at that Wal-Mart.

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  13. I will also say I don't have much ground to stand on while I laugh and point, as I grew up in Renton... :)

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  14. Grapeview really? Is it on Mason Lake?

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  15. these are so funny. I think my favorite one is

    "2. You are a woman and think it's ok to wear work boots with sweat pants to a restaurant "

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  16. Yeah, they generally also wear a tavern jacket and a trucker cap, really really classy.

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  17. just was over at your place, love your vintage umbrella lady, makes me want a pinup tattoo.

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  18. I love small towns! LOVE your list down to the mullets, salmon swimming, & work boots in sweats!

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  19. Mullets, work boots in sweats! Ha! Too Funny!

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  20. I remember going to the Skyline when I was only 17, having them check my ID and sending me back to do the "Drive of Shame" past the over 18 crowd who were happily able to enjoy their porn with big bucket of  greezy popcorn and a watered down coke. Alas, those were the days before internet...

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  21. So, I guess the fashion capitals of the world are now New York, Paris, Milan, Tokyo,  and Shelton. It sounds really fancy.

    Are the people related to members of the Eagles who sing or the Eagles who play football or ?

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  22. Hahaha, no the Eagles club is supposedly a group of people that do things in the community, but I'm not exactly sure what they do, all I know is if you can get in the door, the drinks are stupid cheap.

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  23. Ha ha ha Shelton. As much as I want to make fun of it... its bigger than the town I live in now. Or my hometown of Monroe Wa

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  24. By the time I was old enough to think about porn it had closed down, at least you got to try to sneak in.

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  25. I know right? I don't know of anybody that would want to go to drive in porn, but it was packed every weekend.

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  26. Oh Monroe, I don't I drive through there on my way back from Leavenworth?

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  27. So, wait. Workboots with sweats = bad? What if they're my really good sweats, though? :-)

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  28. People still have mullets? Ewww. And there are still drive-in theaters? Cool. That cancels the mullets.

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  29. That's good, I'm glad that drive-in's cancel mullets, do they cancel if they once only showed porn?

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