Edited transcript from episode 1 of the “E.R.’s Got Jokes” podcast
Howdy, everybody!
I moved back home after college a couple months ago, and I’m still kind of adjusting to being back. I was gone at school for 4 years, and I came back for the summers and stuff like that, but I kinda got used to being on my own and now I have to get used to living in the town I grew up in.
I grew up in a teeny tiny town you’ve never heard of with a population of 290 residents. But according to Google, we’ve made it to 322 now. Though, one of our census signs has said 400 since 2007, so I’ve never really gotten a definitive answer on that. But I also didn’t realize our town was on the map until I was in 5th grade. In my defense though, every map they ever showed us in school was just the state capitals and bigger cities, like Chicago and Springfield, so I assumed they either forgot about us or we just weren’t important enough. I didn’t actually question it either, because both of those explanations make a lot of sense to me. I never thought there was anything great about my hometown…until I went to college.
So in college, you have all these “firsts”, but mine were a little different than my classmates’. I mean, I had the other “firsts” too, but we’ll save those for future episodes. Anyway, my biggest…
