Small towns in Maine are…special. Pit parties ruled your weekends and you took tests in a trailer. Pour yourself an Orloff and dig into these 11 things you’ll only understand if you went to a small high school in Maine.

1. You and your friends rocked Carhartts because it was COLD, not because it was cool.
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2. Your English teacher remembered your mother's score on her 10th grade final exam...
... and told you all about it.
3. You actually took that exam in a small trailer rather than an actual room in a building.
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4. You drank Allen's at your best friend's house...
"Hip, Hip, Hurrah!" by P. S. Krøyer, / Wikimedia
...and thought you'd never feel more sophisticated in your life.
5. Oh, we got 2 feet of snow last night?
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See you in 6th period Algebra!

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6. You remember when the guy sitting next to you at graduation got himself stuck in a toilet on the first day of 1st grade.
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And have no problem bringing it up right before his name is called!
7. During the summer, you had a job packing Gifford's ice cream cones.
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If you didn't, at least one of your friends did.
8. You went to at least one Grange Bean supper. Per year.
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9. Parent/teacher conferences were just a formality.
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Your teachers had already told your parents everything at the Grange Bean Supper.
10. You dated the same person three different times.
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There were only so many people to go around!
11. You got back together for the third time while drinking Orloff at a pit party.
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Ready to head back to high school yet? Yeah, me either. What do you remember about your small town high school? Tell me in the comments!

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