You know you're from a small town in Saskatchewan when...

- it is quite common for people on horseback or for horses and buggies to travel around town and no one cares
- it is impossible for you to go for a walk without seeing someone you know
- people stop to talk in the middle of the road and no one cares
- when you go for a walk, you not only are greeted by every person you pass, half of them also inquire into the state of health of your grandparents
- if you meet someone that doesn’t recognize you, tell them your parents’ names and they will immediately exclaim how much you’ve grown
- you don’t need to tell the bank teller your number- they know your name
- it is not unheard of and is actually quite common to pay for things with fruit (saskatoonberries)
- there’s no such thing as a stray dog- they either belong to everyone or are allowed to roam freely; again, no one cares
- both your parents’ grad pictures are on the walls at the school
- people bale downtown
- you know exactly where everyone lives
- you can see the horizon by looking down the street
- to find out the latest news, you go to the sole coffeeshop in town at 6AM and talk to the farmers
- all the boys and half the girls are pulled out of school during harvest to help drive truck
- by grade 7 half your class has been driving for at least a year
- you walk into your neighbor’s house without knocking to borrow a cup of sugar because you ran out
- it is easy to tell when someone dies because downtown is never so full as when there is a funeral
- no one locks their doors
- everyone can predict the weather more accurately then the weatherman by looking at the sky
- dugouts make fine skating rinks
- if you can’t play hockey, there is only one other thing to do in winter- watch hockey
- people who go to university are either talked about proudly or shunned
- the blacksmith is still in business, as is the baker, the butcher, and the livery man
- if you move in, you are still regarded as “the new kid” until there is another new kid or sufficient time (excess of 3 years) has passed
- you sit on the grass in front of the post office to eat your ice cream
- 40 below doesn’t faze you
- the main course at the town fall supper is the deer Mr. Brown shot
- old people you don’t know come say hi to you at church, and they explain that they are the second wife of your great-uncle twice removed and the last time they saw you was at a family gathering six years ago
- you actually understand this and remember them
- babysitting is free, and all the neighbors take turns
- partyline is still used to its fullest extent
- going for coffee with someone of the opposite sex is considered a “date”
- ¾ of the town is Mennonite
- if you can’t climb a tree, you are shunned
- people walk through town singing at 2AM and they’re not drunk
- if you don’t know what a combine is, you are laughed at incredulously
- TV is frowned upon
everyone walks everywhere