FW: Hard To Explain

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> 
>  Having a Resident in the White House like Mr. Bush isn't the 
> only anomaly in 
> our lives.   For example:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 11.  EVER WONDER Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? 
> 
> 12.  hy women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed? 
> 
> 13.  Why don't you ever see the headline! "Psychic Wins Lottery"? 
> 
> 14.  Why is "abbreviated" such a long word? 
> 
> 15.  Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"? 
> 
> 16.  Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"? 
> 
> 17.  Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and 
> dishwashing liquid 
> made with real lemons? 
> 
> 18.  Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? 
> 
> 19.  Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
> 
> 20.  Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food? 
> 
> 21.  When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it? 
> 
> 22.  Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes? 
> 
> 23.  Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections? 
> 
> 24.  You know that indestructible black box that is used on 
> airplanes? Why 
> don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff? 
> 
> 25.  Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? 
> 
> 26.  Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? 
> 
> 27.  If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite 
> of progress? 
> 
> 28.  If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
>