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Thread started 04/22/05 10:08am

Machaela

>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 women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed? >

Why don't you ever see the headline
"Psychic Wins Lottery"? >

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word? >

Why is it that doctors call what they do
"practice"? >

Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you
have to click on "Start"? >

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

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? >

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? >

You know that indestructible black box
that is used on airplanes? Why don't
they make the whole plane out of that
stuff?! >

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? >

Why are they called apartments when
they are all stuck together? >

If con is the opposite of pro, is
Congress the opposite of progress? >

If flying is so safe, why do they call
the airport the terminal? >
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Reply #1 posted 04/22/05 10:30am

PANDURITO

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Reply #2 posted 04/22/05 10:34am

Kayleigh

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One of my favourites is my sons question:

'Where does the wind sleep?'

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Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like bananas
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Reply #3 posted 04/22/05 10:37am

SomeoneElse

Machaela said:

>
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'. >


Not only in America biggrin
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Reply #4 posted 04/22/05 10:41am

Machaela

SomeoneElse said:

Machaela said:

>
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'. >


Not only in America biggrin


giggle i didnt WRITE it ...
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Reply #5 posted 04/22/05 12:19pm

roanmairin

hehehe funny
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Reply #6 posted 04/22/05 1:25pm

AzurePanther

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Machaela said:

>
EVER WONDER >

Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you
have to click on "Start"? >


To start the process of stopping nod

Ooh how im looking forward to visiting the US smile
No Freestyling.
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