only in america,

[micha1]

1.  Only in America...can a pizza get to your house
    faster than an ambulance.

2.  Only in America....are there handicap
    parking place in front of a staking ring.

3.  only in America...do drugstore make the sick walk
    all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions,
    while helthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

4.  Only in America....can a disabled combat veteran
    sleep in a box on the street, while a draft dodger
    sleep in the White House.

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 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 speak 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 "politic" 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 machine
     with braille lettering.

Got this today and loved it.  Hope you do.
Look at the post that follows.

[BubbaGump]

... in response to only in america,, posted by micha1 on Dec 30, 2002

I want to see quirky Canadian characteristics.  We know the American quirks already.

I don't know why all the golf courses in the US have to set aside handicapped parking spaces.  I've golfed over 30 years and have never seen a golfer in a wheelchair.

[LP]

... in response to only in america,, posted by micha1 on Dec 30, 2002

....could a Canuck be so free with such taking swipes and get away with it.

lol, whatsamatta, a little cold and bored up there Monsewer?

[micha1]

... in response to Only in America....., posted by LP on Dec 30, 2002

Not taking swipe, LP, just having fun.  And to go with it,  not a canuck but a québecois, there is a hell of a difference,  
the english speaking canadian, from Ontario west,, could move to the USA tomorrow and they would not see much
difference, but we would.
I love the USA and loved them, made the few bucks that I have, there.
But now in the fall (season) of my life, I just could not cut the nachos, tacos, fast food,  people carrying gun in
their car, in Florida, etc..  
Also, my cultural background was much different, you understand that.
Now it is France,  in winter Guadeloupe, Martinique, Seychelle, Reunion and in the spring Russia, I hope.
And should I wish to meet american girls, it is in Paris, where they are at their best,  why should I not take
the best of the world as to offer "from my point of views".
When I wrote to you, I did know about jet chartering, we do it often.
What I meant, was more modest, two engines, old fashioned birds and let wing it.
I have you ever read, Ernie Pyle, he once wrote about a guy living in the desert that painted his house everynight
in the dark, he could not wait till daylight in the morning, to see what his house look like.   Pyle wrote that when he was young he would have written a hell of a paper, built a hell of a case to prove that the guy was a nut, 100%.
But he said not that I am older, I am not sure the guy is crazy.  Because contrary to most of us, he doesn't  know
of what his tomorrow will be made of.  
This is where I am in my life at this time.

[LP]

... in response to Re: Only in America....., posted by micha1 on Dec 30, 2002

....I was only pulling your leg. I knew you were from Quebec (thats where the MonSewer part came from), I just didn't wanna mention it.

Btw, I'm 50%, my Mom was Montreal born and raised. And as I said, the Seychelles are *mighty* fine, so we agree on something.

lol, Whats wrong with carrying a gun in one's car?