> 1. 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 place.
>
> 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 the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
> 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 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 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?
> Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
> Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
> If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?