Only In America

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.
• do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
• do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
• do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
• do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
• do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
• 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 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?
• 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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