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You know you are an Aggie if.......

You know you're an Aggie  if...

You can name everyone you graduated with.

You have attended regular 4-H events 

The county fair is the highlight of the year.

You ever went to parties in a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt road.

School gets canceled for state events.

You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you and will tell      your folks. 

It was cool to date someone from another school.

 You had senior skip day.

The whole school went to the same party after graduation.

You don't give directions by highway numbers or road names.  You used  directions by references (turn by Nelson's house, go past the two fence posts then past the red barn with double silo's, and it's four houses left of the track field).

You know where Moonshine Alley is.

The school cooks knew you and gave your double when they served something you liked.

You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend

 Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.

Almost  no one walked to school, they all took the bus.

The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty".

You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1960 as the "rich people."

You know what teacher "Doc" was and what bus driver "Cash"   was.

You know what beanburgers are and now actually fix them for your family.

The people in the city dress funny, then you pick-up on the trend two years later.

You now use Ondossagon for a password – (no one else can spell it the same way twice)

You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor in  a field.

 Basketball coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.

 Weekend excitement involves a trip to Ashland.  

You have fond memories of Huffs  or Trinko's store

You regularly attended FHA or FHA meetings.

Your teacher calls you by your older siblings' names.

Your heart &  mind hold wonderful memories of a kinder simpler time when we walked the halls of OHS!

 

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