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10. You were in Graceland!

(Basically.)

So, I grew up in a very small town, and when I moved away to the 'big city' (LOL), everyone was interested in why I kept mentioning how I preferred it over where I was raised. (BTW, I am referring to the area around the Dismal, the Outer Banks was always my preferred place, but being there was expensive and a tough place to earn income once the tourist went away for the season.) Finally, one of my friends asked me point blank why I preferred the city over my home town. I finally had an inspiration as to how to answer it, thanks to the fact that I was back home for the holidays at the moment.

I replied, "Because I can go out and buy Christmas presents at three in the morning, that's why!"

(That freaking home town of mine rolled up the sidewalks at 8 pm. So, because of the schedule of most of the people (farm related), the town held its forty hour week differently, so that the farmers and their help could handle certain business that they could not from Monday to Friday. So, everything in my town would shut down on Wednesdays at noon, so that they could all be open on Saturday from 6-7am till 12-1pm. Which means that, on Wednesday, you either remembered to get to the local store by noon, or you had to drive 32 miles to find another store. Fun times. Also, only the grocery store would open on Sunday, but only from noon till six pm.)