Spread the Stupidity

[Tarsha]

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 buy cigarettes at the front.

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

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

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

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

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'.

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 doctors call what they do 'practice'?

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?

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?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

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?

Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the stupidity and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle)...in other words, send it to everyone. We all need to smile every once in a while.

[Larrin]

actually I'm in europe now, and i've seen many things that supposedly happen "ONLY in america". Whoever wrote those really didn't do much reasearch at all....The garage thing is DEFINITELY not just in america, no one in my "Hammeau de Voltaire" (which i think means Voltaire's Hamme) keeps their car in their garage.

and some of those can be shortened.
Only in America do they have drive-up ATM machines
Only in America do we buy hot dogs
Only in America do people order double cheeseburgers (and if they do elsewhere, its at a mcdonalds, so they probably order a diet soda too)

A few of my own observations:
Only in America is KETCHUP readily available at restaurants (its 20 cents per packe in the cafeteria!)
Only in America do people eat a meal at a restaurant in under 3 hours, and start before 8pm.

i think i'm hungry......