"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."--Oscar Wilde
Only in America...do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well: "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "blood-sucking creatures".
Only in America...can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in America...are there handicapped parking places in front of a skating rink.
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 leave useless things and junk in boxes locked 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 award someone $3,000,000 for spilling hot coffee in their own lap.
Only in America...do we have labels on baby strollers to remind people to remove the baby before folding up the stroller.
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 drugstores put back pain relievers are on the bottom shelf.
Only in America...do people order double cheese burgers, large fries--and a diet coke.
Only in America...do they have drive-through ATM machines with Braille lettering!
Only in America...does every single toaster have a setting so high it burns the toast to a blackened crisp which no decent human being would eat.
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