1. You still refer to that empty plot of land as “the old Wal- Mart”
2. Signs in your hometown are no more than 6 feet off of the ground
3. We NOW have a Taco Bell, although it looks nothing like any other Taco Bell.
4. You see a Ferrari once a week
5. Your high school has turned ghetto because someone ran down the hall with a pair of scissors
6. You end most nights at Starbucks
7. The moms gossip more than their children
8. The term “soccer mom” is a way of life
9. You spend an entire weekend out of your year at a festival buying the same things as everyone else
10. You know the complete menus for Chilis and American Cafe
11. You contemplate every year whether or not you should give up your prom for Music Fest
12. You know every single youth pastor at Germantown Baptist even though you’ve never attended a service
13. You know what I’m talking about when I say, “That big house on Forest Hill…”
14. You’re considered crazy for hitting 45 mph on Poplar
15. You know where every cops hides
16. You get excited because the new mall is now only 15 minutes away
17. You get out of school for a week because of a few flurries
18. The day you turn 16 you switch from the Forest Hill movie theater to the Collierville movie theater
19. Wal- Mart is not even an option, it’s always Target, forever
20. Shelby Farms is as country as it gets for you
21. Grizzlies occupy your winters and Redbirds occupy your summers
23. You’re shocked to ever be in the presence of a liberal
24. You had your high school graduation at some crazy place like the Pyramid, now the future site of Bass Pro Shop
25.You know the cops by name because every house party you ever went to was busted
26. You don’t understand why people lock their doors during the day
27. Every mom has an SUV, no questions asked
28. You get upset if your iPod doesn’t match your laptop
29. Your school parking lot wasn’t complete without BMW’s, Porsches, and Land rovers
30. You see 5th graders riding their bikes down the street with cell phones glued to their heads
31. You consider anything North of Farmington to be the “ghetto”
32. You or someone you knew had a house at Pickwick
33. Birkenstocks and Wallabees were a must
35. At one point in your life, you owned a Northface
36. It seemed that every year, your school was somehow “Best of the Preps”, no matter which school you went to
37. Your school won the “Souper Bowl” because instead of bringing sackfuls of cans, kids brought truckloads
38. Boys wearing girl pants no longer phases you
39. If you burn a piece of toast, five minutes later there are about three fire trucks and twenty cop cars
40. You take the Farmington vs. Dogwood feud personally (unless you paid to go to school)
41. You are guaranteed to see at least one tanning bed in every shopping center
42. Your town is known for a ritzy horse show
43. You are offended if you are not given your specific Vera Bradley pattern
44. A majority of your friends received ponies as their first pet
45. Your local car wash has people drive through for you
46. Your public pool is more like a theme park than a pool
47. You still refer to Shnuck’s as Seessel’s
48. You have and always will compare all other BBQ to the Commissary
49. The biggest game of the year was the Germantown vs. Houston game
50. You thought that Malco was a national chain until recently
51. It is illegal to have your grass more than 6 inches and you can’t leave your garage door open for more than 10 minutes unattended
52. You remember when there were cotton fields on Wolf River and when Wolf River didn’t connect to Forest Hill
53. You remember when Wolf River was called Dogwood road, not Wolf River
54. 1994 sucked: The tornado and the ice storm… enough said.
55. You have seen no more than five people on a public bus at a time
56. You’re a bit hesitant to go to the Collierville FunQuest bowling alley because it’s in a “sketch” neighborhood
57. You got your first car before you turned 16 (or for some of us 15…)
58. You received a hardship license at age 15 because both your parents worked.
59. You drove all the way out to the “76 on Winchester” every time you needed beer.
60. You got pulled over by a cop for something little like running a stop sign and knew that the cop in fact did NOT have anything better to do.
61. Thursday Night: Fuel was the place to be.
62. You had to drive more than 45 minutes to go to a “field party”
63. You pride yourself on being able to shoot 15 toothpicks in a row into the ceiling at Huey’s
64. Your ride to High School Prom was either a stretch Navigator or a stretch H2.
65. You or your friends had a 4wheeler but no where to ride it.
66. You never went to the neighborhood pool because 8 out of 10 of your friends had one in their backyard.
67. You prefer to use the “cut through road” when travelling from Johnson Road to Forest Hill Irene.
68. You consider Houston Levee Road to be still part of Germantown.
69. You knew at least 12 people with “land”
70. Your high school parking lot had a substantial percentage of Trucks/SUVs with 5 inch lifts and 35 inch mud tires that had never left the pavement.
71. You (or friends) had a stereo system that cost more than $500 and was supplied solely by Memphis Audio.
72. A truck without an 8 foot CB radio antenna was simply not complete.
73. You felt like school and neighborhood speed limits were more of a guideline than a rule.
74. You believed that school busses were for people without older friends.
75. You’ve only seen 2 fights: they both lasted for less than 30 seconds, they both happened during the Houston/Germantown game, and they may or may not have contained an actual punch.
76. You remember the 90 mph straight line winds in 2003 that blew a tree over in your front yard and left you without power for almost a whole day.
77. A snow day consisted of a 4wheeler, a sled, and breakneck speeds.
78. (see #77) you drove your car all around town against your better judgment.
79. You skipped more than one day of High School because it was raining.
80. Saddle Creek…enough said.
81. You were pissed when they put cameras at traffic light on Poplar.
82. After midnight you had 2 options: 1) Wendy’s at Forest Hill or 2) Taco Bell in Collierville.
83. You still can’t understand why they closed one Wal-Mart and built another one less than a mile away.
84. You knew there was going to be traffic on Germantown Parkway but you went that way anyway.
85. An eventful night consisted of watching a movie at a friend’s house.
86. Out of school suspensions practically don’t exist.
87. You were a member of the Germantown center and so were all of your friends.
88. One of your school organizations hosted a carwash at the First Tennessee almost on a weekly basis.
89. You act like you know all about Orange Mound but let’s be honest…you’ve never been there.
90. You or one of your friends owned a Jeep Wrangler.
91. Reindeer humping (mounting) during Christmas season, Rolling at all other times of the year.
92. Your High School had no more than 1 girl per year who got pregnant. (if that…)
93. When the Hummer H2 came out you could have sworn they were just giving them away.
94. You used the Spanish House as a point of reference and always wonder what’s behind the white fence…
95. You remember when what is now Arby’s, what was Krystal’s, was Captain D’s
96. There is already a bank on every corner and yet, it seems that there’s a new one being built everyday
97. Your hose water is just as good, if not better, than bottled water
98. You remember when 94.1 was Froggy 94 and 94.1 The Buzz and when 107.5 was Kiss FM and the Pig
99. You use your credit or debit card to pay for a pack of gum
100. You might just buy someone an iPod for Christmas
101. You wonder why Saddle Creek puts their lights up before Thanksgiving…
102. Your Christmas break isn’t complete without “deer humping”
103. If you sit in the left turn lane and have to cut someone off to get onto Poplar from Dogwood Road because you are so used to it being a 4 way stop with only one turn lane
104. You can no longer use the good, old-fashioned black leaf bags but no must use clear leaf bags
105. You think you’re hardcore for driving past Orange Mound and if you’re really dumb, you venture off into Voodoo Village
106. Going on vacation to get away is a lie. When you go to Destin, you’re bound to see a quarter of the Germantown population there year round
107. Apparently, when you drive South on Germantown Parkway (from Cordova to Germantown) the street lights make an outline of a dolphin fin. Going the other way, they outline the head of an eagle.
108. Birkenstocks, Wallabees, New Balances, North Faces, and Columbias were clothing staples.
109. One of your teachers taught Justin Timberlake.
110. Going to the Corn Maze is a strict annual event.
111. You have seen the entire Vera Bradley collection at just one sleepover.
112. You know which house Ringo Starr “lived” in.