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 Jul 11 2004, 12:28 AM
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 Yum. =]  Group: Member Posts: 888 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,139  |
Things Found Only In
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. 
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Jul 11 2004, 12:55 AM
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 unpretty Group: Member Posts: 304 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 23,778 |
Hmm thats funn-ay, and no, I've never heard it.
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Jul 11 2004, 01:09 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,795 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,421 |
Haha I posted this on my xanga a while ago
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Jul 11 2004, 01:13 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Human Posts: 1,152 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,239 |
I've heard of this before, but some aint true, like #5, #1.
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Jul 11 2004, 01:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,795 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,421 |
QUOTE I've heard of this before, but some aint true, like #5, #1. Yeah, 5 I dont think happens anymore.. but #1 still does.. |
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Jul 11 2004, 12:06 PM
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 doot doot doot Group: Member Posts: 1,803 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,954 |
lmao some are true some arent lol but still funny
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Jul 11 2004, 12:14 PM
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 LunchboxXx Group: Member Posts: 1,789 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,810 |
a michael jackson joke!
only in america......... can you be born a poor black boy and grow up to be a rich white woman. |
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Jul 11 2004, 01:33 PM
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 amanda Group: Member Posts: 138 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,302 |
QUOTE(ryfitaDF @ Jul 11 2004, 10:14 AM) a michael jackson joke! only in america......... can you be born a poor black boy and grow up to be a rich white woman. Hahaa!! that's great!
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Jul 11 2004, 06:17 PM
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 fREsh from HK Group: Member Posts: 62 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,649 |
QUOTE only in america......... can you be born a poor black boy and grow up to be a rich white woman. michael jackson's not a woman..  is he/she?? 
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Jul 11 2004, 06:50 PM
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 Feeel X Group: Member Posts: 2,814 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,498 |
nope, never heard of it but in canada some of those happen too...
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Jul 11 2004, 07:25 PM
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 ..::i<3 POonSKi::.. Group: Member Posts: 1,268 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,022 |
QUOTE(diezelbabygrl_xoxo @ Jul 11 2004, 12:28 AM) Things Found Only In 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. ooh,,,, lolz!! i like this |
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Jul 12 2004, 02:42 AM
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 Hi! I'm Dani :) Group: Member Posts: 5,637 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,369 |
haha man thats a good one
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Jul 12 2004, 04:46 AM
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 Your love is a razorblade kiss ♥ Group: Member Posts: 1,794 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 9,959 |
i'm glad i live in japan :P
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Jul 12 2004, 10:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 3,102 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,162 |
LOL, some of them are actually true!
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Jul 12 2004, 11:10 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,025 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,051 |
a lot of them are true, but this is a very old thing. i have heard it many times
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Jul 12 2004, 02:00 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 7,048 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,696 |
my mom and dad tell me these kind of things all the time
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