found this rather amusing me

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  1. Gue

    Guest Guest

    >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 cheeseburgers, large
    >fries, and a diet coke.
    >
    >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 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.





    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 it that to stop Windows, you have to click on "Start"?
    >
    >Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid
    >is 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?
    >
    >When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?
    >
    >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?








    >On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap."
    >(and that would be how??...)
    >
    >On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestion: Defrost."
    >(but, it's "just" a suggestion.)
    >
    >On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside
    down."
    >(well...duh, a bit late, huh!)
    >
    >On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating."
    >(...and you thought????...)
    >
    >On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." (but
    >wouldn't this save me more time?)
    >
    >On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:"Do not drive a car or operate
    >machinery after taking this medication."
    >(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we
    >could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)
    >
    >On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness."
    >(and... I'm taking this because???....)
    >
    >On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only."
    >(as opposed to...what?)
    >
    >On Sunsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts."
    >(talk about a news flash)
    >
    >On an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat

    >nuts." (Step 3: maybe, uh...fly Delta?)
    >
    >On a Swedish chainsaw:"Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or
    >genitals." (..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
    >
     
  2. stevie

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    chill a bit love, no4 would go down nice i've got bloody munchies ..bacon and egg looks like . gotta a go i've got to go and wake our lass up to come down and make it for me ..(dancin) ....
     
  3. Gue

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    I agree it's really funny. Can we have some more please ? And to think some people find American humour odd, I don't know
     
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    Don't worry YT

    Many of those happen here as well
     
  5. Gue

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    your sarcasm has not dulled with age dearest....you are still my fantasy man.

    xxx
     
  6. Gue

    Guest Guest

    what you fail to understand is...

    I ACTUALLY found it funny! I got it at work and was laughing out loud at my desk...when my co-workers read it they were laughing too. that list is ssssooooooooooo true!
    :pff
     
  7. Gue

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    be careful how you wake her sweetie

    otherwise you might be eating your teeth instead...lol
     

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