You Know You're From Chatham County When.. http://www.geocities.com/cavanaughsc/ 1. You've spent countless hours "hanging out" at the powerlines.
2. You remember life when "Chatham Crossing" didn't exist and 15-501 was still two lanes.
3. You already hate Briar Chapel.
4. Every time you give directions you start from the courthouse and end with "turn down that there gravel road, and it'll be the second drive on the left"
5. You notice when they repaint Farrells.
6. You've had a lot of the same friends since you could talk - and can't remember life before them!
7. You know what the Dixie Deer Classic and Grassroots Festival are.
8. Half the roads near you are named after churches - and you know the difference between Martha's Chapel, Mt. Gilead, Mann's Chapel, and Mt. Carmel Ch Road.
9. You know the difference between Lystra and Old Lystra Rd.
10. You know that Cole Park is the place to be on Friday nights.
11. You know to stay out of Moncure after dark
12. You know where "Red Coon Run", "Cockroach Ranch Rd", and "All My Children Lane" are.
13. You LOVE the Pitt Stop.
14. All through elementary and middle school, you had less than 15 new people at your school.
15. You know that EVERYONE hunts!
16. You know all the best places to camp at Jordan Lake.
17. You remember back before Governor's Club when North Chatham had 500 kids and no money.
18. At school, theres no such thing as "the cool kids".
19. Its a common pastime to drive around the courthouse as many times as you can before getting pulled over.
20. You know NHS has the best arts department in the state, but prefer not to talk about it's academics.
21. Michael's has been there since you can remember, but the stores next to it change monthly.
22. You know, and LOVE Ghetto Cowboy.
23. You know Mr. Ramirez.
24. You party with people from ages fifteen to fifty, and don't think its weird
25. You know more than half of the 150 people who live in Bynum.
26. You know Perry Harrison was only formed because NCS got too full, and NCS was only formed because Horton got too full.
27. You know people who eat at Scoreboard at least twice a week.
28. You have a close relationship with Panda Garden and General Store workers.
28. You know not to swallow Jordan Lake water.
29. You know Alan and Sons has the best bbq.
30. You know that age doesn't really matter - you don't know the grade or age of some of your closest friends.
31. You don't think its weird that the funnest thing to do in Pittsboro is hike half a mile to an old piece of rope and jump off of it into Haw River.
32. At some point, you wore the blue planter's pants.
33. You know what CCCC is - and know that you have, are, or are going to take classes there at some point.
34. Youve rented a scratched movie from Video Boothe and know who messed it up
35. You know EVERYONE at school - and their families.
36. You know that even if you hate country, it sounds good blasting out of the speakers at Farrells.
37. You know the right way to say Lystra.
38. You know you're in the country when you see tractors on the highway.. but you know you're in chatham county when they're keeping up with you!
39. You know that theres a HUGE difference between East and West Salisbury St.
40. You know Lakeside Grill, next to Farrells, had the best breakfast, before it was shut down.
41. By the time you were in eighth grade you'd dated EVERY member of the opposite sex in your school.
42. You've NEVER dressed up to go to a party..
43. You know what people say about Horton isn't all true - its not THAT bad!
44. You know that NHS has the best (and best looking!) boys varsity soccer team.
45. You know Governor's Club isn't REALLY part of Chatham County; its just an island in the sea of redneck!
46. No one really cares how much money you have or what your parents do, and you're shocked that in other places, people care about that stuff.
47. You've lived here you're whole life, and couldn't imagine living anywhere else!
