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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-04 04:45 PM
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Only in America
Only in America

Only in America......can a pizza get to
your house faster than an ambulance.

2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.

3. Only in America.......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

4. Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.

5. Only in America.......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

6. Only in America........do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first pl ace.

8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

9. Only in America.......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.

10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

EVER WONDER


Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-04 04:53 PM
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1. A couple more...
Why are they called "apartments" when they are joined together? Why do you drive through a parkway, and park in a driveway?
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-04 04:57 PM
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2. Nope, never wondered...
Until now. Thanks so much for giving me MORE to think about! <grin>
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