- 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 cheeseburgers, 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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Only in America
by Antony » Sat 10 Aug, 2002 3:53 am
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by Mr. Tinkles » Mon 10 Feb, 2003 2:35 am
I can't help it, I just have to add these lyrics from "Livin' In America" by James Brown!
Superhighways - coast to coast - easy takin' anywhere -
On the transcontinental overload
just slide behind the wheel.
How does it feel when there's no destination that's too far
And somewhere on the way
you might find out who you are.
Living in America - eye to eye - station to station.
Living in America - hand in hand - across the nation.
Living in America - got to have a celebration - rock my soul!
Smokestack - fatback - many miles of railroad track.
All-night radio keep on runnin' through your rock'n' roll soul.
All-night diners keep you awake
on a black coffee and a hard roll.
you might have to walk a fine line
you might take a hard line
But everybody's workin' overtime.
Living in America - eye to eye - station to station....
I live in America - I live in America - wait a minute -
you may not be lookin' for the promised land
But you might find it anyway.
Under one of those old familiar names like;
New Orleans - New Orleans
Detroit City - Detroit City
Dallas - Dallas
Pittsburgh P. A. - Pittsburgh P. A.
New York City - New York City
Kansas City - Kansas City
Atlanta - Atlanta.
Chicago and L. A.
Living in America - hit me - living in America - Living in America.
I live in America - staying alive - we'll make the prime.
I live in America - hey
I know what it means.
Living in America - hit me - eye to eye - station to station.
Living in America - so nice - would you better stop?
Living in America - I feel good!
Superhighways - coast to coast - easy takin' anywhere -
On the transcontinental overload
just slide behind the wheel.
How does it feel when there's no destination that's too far
And somewhere on the way
you might find out who you are.
Living in America - eye to eye - station to station.
Living in America - hand in hand - across the nation.
Living in America - got to have a celebration - rock my soul!
Smokestack - fatback - many miles of railroad track.
All-night radio keep on runnin' through your rock'n' roll soul.
All-night diners keep you awake
on a black coffee and a hard roll.
you might have to walk a fine line
you might take a hard line
But everybody's workin' overtime.
Living in America - eye to eye - station to station....
I live in America - I live in America - wait a minute -
you may not be lookin' for the promised land
But you might find it anyway.
Under one of those old familiar names like;
New Orleans - New Orleans
Detroit City - Detroit City
Dallas - Dallas
Pittsburgh P. A. - Pittsburgh P. A.
New York City - New York City
Kansas City - Kansas City
Atlanta - Atlanta.
Chicago and L. A.
Living in America - hit me - living in America - Living in America.
I live in America - staying alive - we'll make the prime.
I live in America - hey
I know what it means.
Living in America - hit me - eye to eye - station to station.
Living in America - so nice - would you better stop?
Living in America - I feel good!
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Re: Only in America
by hartlandcat » Fri 28 Feb, 2003 3:17 pm
No
We do that in England as well!!!!! ~^_^~
(except it's cars worth thousands of pounds of course!!)
Antony wrote:Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
We do that in England as well!!!!! ~^_^~
(except it's cars worth thousands of pounds of course!!)
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by Edward » Fri 28 Feb, 2003 9:01 pm
Referencing #3 in Antony's post, supermarkets here that also have pharmacy counters inside them, they are all located at the front of the store.
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by Lorraine » Wed 08 Mar, 2006 12:09 am
Well I thought I lived in North America as do the people in the U.S.A.
Why do they insist on calling it America?
It's just the United States!!
I live in America, Canada of North America.
Most people in Canada just call the U.S., the states.
-Lorraine
Why do they insist on calling it America?
It's just the United States!!
I live in America, Canada of North America.
Most people in Canada just call the U.S., the states.
-Lorraine
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