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Strategies & Market Trends : The Thread Formerly Known as No Rest For The Wicked
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To: kathyh who wrote (60780)9/17/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: bobby is sleepless in seattle  Read Replies (1) of 90042
 
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.

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