Only in America......
can a pizza get to your house faster than an
ambulance.
Only in America......
are there handicap parking places in
front of a skating rink.
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.
Only in America......
do people order double cheese burgers, large
fries, and a diet coke.
Only in America......
do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America......
do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our
useless junk in the garage.
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.
Only in America......
do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
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'.
Only in America......
do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
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