Only In America - United Bimmer Community

**komodo** · 06-28-2005, 06:28 PM

This is sad how true this is. haha

Things Found 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 to the vault 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.

witeshark · 06-28-2005, 06:30 PM

The amazing thing is how it's all true!

**spiff** · 06-28-2005, 06:30 PM

Haha. #10...classic

**Addicted?** · 06-28-2005, 06:37 PM

^^agreed haha all those were hella funny though

David

**ChrisWorrell** · 06-28-2005, 06:59 PM

10 makes sense, drive your friend who is blind to get some money from an atm.

**EcianIce** · 06-28-2005, 10:00 PM

thats from nikkis profile .. haha

**komodo** · 06-29-2005, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by EcianIce

thats from nikkis profile .. haha

Pfft, profile stalker.

It was amusing so I posted it, hehe.

**Cellardoor** · 06-29-2005, 12:42 AM

ahahah thats awsome

-Hutch-

**BMWbeauty416** · 06-29-2005, 08:05 AM

I asked my mom when I was like 10 why there was bumps for the blind people when you have to drive to the money machine.

she just said I don't know and started laughing like crazy

~*Teg*~

**komodo** · 06-29-2005, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BMWbeauty416

I asked my mom when I was like 10 why there was bumps for the blind people when you have to drive to the money machine.

she just said I don't know and started laughing like crazy

~*Teg*~

Actually I've asked a bank that. They say it's to save money for mass production. The walk up ones obviously have braille keys, and if they make 10 million braille buttons they can save money rather than making 5 million braille ones and 5 million non-braille ones.