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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 cheeseburgers, 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.

EVER WONDER

Why the sun lightens our hair, but
darkens our skin?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial
flavor, and dishwashing liquid made
with real lemons?

Why is the time of day with the slowest
traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

When dog food is new and improved
tasting, who tests it?

Why didn't Noah swat those two
mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for
lethal injections?






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carrots_rock
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commentCommented on: Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 03:08am
Ultra-violet rays bleach the outer most pigment layer of your hair, which is different from the pigment in our skin. Therefore, the same rays lead to a different result than when sun affects hair; the pigment in -skin- is darkened.

The difference between the lemon in dishwashing detergent and in lemon juice is what each is used for. The acidic quality of a lemon is what is required in dishwashing soap. Therefore in this case natural lemons are used. In lemon juice, the taste is what is important. Although many brands do use natural lemon juice, other brands use artifical flavors to enhance the taste of the lemon juice. Usually this is done to either sweeten the juice or to remove some of the acidity that makes it bitter.

The 'rush' in rush hour does not refer to the overall speed of traffic, but the sudden fluctuation of cars and noise. Basically, the question picks apart the use of the word "rush" and it's synonyms to acheive a comic effect.


commentCommented on: Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 03:10am



carrots_rock
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SMiNKLe
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commentCommented on: Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 02:26pm
Le Carrots is so intelligent. pirate cool


commentCommented on: Mon Aug 01, 2005 @ 11:31pm
I gots one!

11. Only in America......do fortune cookies give provebs!



creepy slut
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Vampire Fantasy Goddess
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commentCommented on: Wed Nov 02, 2005 @ 10:26pm
xd I love it


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