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 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.

11. Only in America......can a homeless
combat veteran live in a cardboard
box and a draft dodger live in the
White House. (This was popular when
Clinton was in office)