Only in Kirksville

Only in Kirksville can you find:

* people riding their lawn tractors down the road as if they were cars.
* people who are riding their lawn tractors down the road, pulling a cart behind them with their kids in it.
* people "hanging out" at Wal-mart
*People hanging out, having deep conversations in the Wal=Mart food court because NOTHING is open after 9pm.(i did that, i admit!)
* "The City"- everyone who has been to Kirksville knows what i'm talking about.
* the duals- a stretch of lanes that switches to 4 lane.
* More bars than restaurants
* "Crickers" sitting on their front porch with thier pit bulls running loose around the neighborhood
* kids who came here "just to go to college!" and are still here 5 years later. . .
* El Vaquero!!!(ok apparently you can also find it in Moberly, lake of the ozarks, wentzville and maybe a few other places..)
* people who have satellite dishes, big screen t.v.'s, 25 cases of mountain dew, 5 cartons of cigarrettes and an eviction notice on their front door
* a pond that they were "draining to refill and make it look a lot better", that is actually full of trees now.
*a road system that is so screwed up. You may follow a road to the end, only to realize it picks back up on the other end of town.
*a town that only has 1 tornado siren...seriously, this is a problem for me!
* a population of 14,000 but has been on CNN twice in the past 3 years!

I love this little town but it definitely has its quirks. Everyday it seems i see something new that just amazes me and sets this town apart; so set it apart for the good, others for the bad.