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Only in America

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:23 am
by TexasStooge
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 cheese burgers, 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.

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:32 am
by Pburgh
Sorry, I posted the same thing.

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:51 pm
by JonathanBelles
only in America.......do we have yard sales in the driveway.

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:53 pm
by feederband
only in America...I live in a brand new subdivsion...I think we are the only Americans in the subdivison... :D

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:24 pm
by Aquawind
10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.



:rofl: Whata country I live in..

Re: Only in America

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:27 pm
by Brent
TexasStooge wrote:8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.


I have never figured this out! :P :lol:

Re: Only in America

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:55 am
by HurricaneBill
TexasStooge wrote:8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.


2 of them are practice dogs.

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:40 am
by JQ Public
8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.


I have noticed this is getting better lately?! Maybe its b/c I get the turkey dogs?

Re: Only in America

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:36 pm
by Ptarmigan
TexasStooge wrote: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 cheese burgers, 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.


1.) I've ordered pizza and it took almost an hour for it to arrive.
2.) and 10.) Any public place must comply with Americans With Disability Act.