[2740] in Humor
HUMOR: only in america...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Fri Apr 2 02:09:11 1999
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 02:08:36 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
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From: terry@cs.cmu.edu
Only in America. . .can a pizza get to your house faster than an
ambulance...
Only in America. . .are there handicap parking places in front of a
skating rink...
Only in America. . .do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to
the back of the store to get their prescriptions.
Only in America. . .do people order double cheese burgers, a large
fry, 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 in the
driveway and leave useless junk in the garage. . .
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. . .
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
"blood-sucking creatures". . .
Only in America do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering!
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