Only in America...

United States
September 11, 2008 8:04am CST
Things happen only in America... 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 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 on a safe 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 the 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.
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• United States
11 Sep 08
the ambulance rule no longer applies since they got rid of the 10 minutes or less deal. Now it usually takes about 30 minutes for a pizza to get to my house usually more. The dang pizza man wonders why I don't tip him more... here's a tip get my pizza here faster I know ya can! lol. Anyway love the jokes ^_^
@Browisn (782)
• United States
11 Sep 08
Hi CarrieandJohn. Here's #11. Only in America where the minimum wage is $6.55 per hour, will millions of people sit at there personal computers all day long trying to make about $.75 (75 cents). LOL!
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• United States
17 Sep 08
Well I had to laugh! As I read those I thought well...1. I have to agree they don't come fast really anymore. I honestly gotta pray they aren't faster than ambulances but if so at any given time this becomes true for someone, I hope they live mighty close to the pizza place and farther from the hospital. 2. Sounds weird but truth is... those people maybe there to view others they are friends with or love, or they are indeed handicapped but need exercise to keep the handicap under control such as extra exercise. 3. That one I really can't touch except to say even way back when... it was set up with the pharmacy in back but.... locking pharmacy meds up probably does help to have in the back now. to better accomidate customers some now have drive throughs though. 4. Well I can't explain that except to say if You like or drink coke vs diet coke that's what You drink You eat what You eat to. 5. Those doors are open for easy access of those who have a box and what not... there really is no money just lying around in there. The banks now will almost always give You a pen so I don't know why they chain them anymore, in the past I am sure people walked off with them by mistake ha ha. 6. Well yeah... sort of like who doesn't? WE ARE PIGGIES AND PACK RATS but I do honestly make my vehicle squeeze in to. 7. I don't do this but honestly might in the future! P.S. Give Me a call Just don't try to sell me something. 864-814-7266 and don't put me on a list to be called either. I can always use a good chat. 8. I know that has never made sense. But someone started it and the bakers don't seem to want to stray from the "norm" of other bakers... to much of a neck to stick out there. 9. Can that be put any better to describe those people as a whole? I pray there are some not described well by that. Truth be known though not many. SO SAD. 10. I dare say some blind people are driven and pulled up backwards to the atm. Further some might actually walk up to that drive up. Remember when You had to get out of Your car and walk into a vestibule or building side to do that before they had drive ups? Oh OH and 11. Ha Ha... Yep hours for .75 cents in surfing but seems We all have to do our fair share. Somehow. It's almost all I can do at this time. Thanks for the laughs!
• United States
11 Sep 08
This is kind of funny, but it is true! We are a bunch of goofy suckers, aren't we? I especially like the last one. I have wondered about that many times.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
11 Sep 08
I am sure that other countries must have contradictions also. We can't be the only ones. But we just don't hear about their's or mabe they don't have as much freedom to express such things as we do.
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