Pete Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 ONLY IN AMERICA 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. [image removed] Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke. ! [image removed] Only in America......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters. [image removed] Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage. [image removed] Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. [image removed] 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'. [image removed] Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering. [image removed] EVER WONDER .... Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? [image removed] Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed? ! [image removed] Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"? [image removed] Why is "abbreviated" such a long word? Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"? [image removed] Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons? [image removed] Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? [image removed] Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? [image removed] Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food? [image removed] Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes? [image removed] Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections? [image removed] You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?! [image removed] Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? [image removed] Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? [image removed] If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? [image removed] If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering. 711491[/snapback] There's actually a very good reason for this. First person to figure it out gets a cookie...
Albany,n.y. Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 There's actually a very good reason for this. First person to figure it out gets a cookie... 711525[/snapback] I can think of 3: 1) ATMs keyboards are mass produced without knowing which will be used for walk up & which ones will be used for driveup. 2) Blind people are allowed to sit in the passenger seat behind the driver and can use the machine from there. 3) Stevie Wonder went to the California DMV, spoke a foreign language and was immediately given a license.
boomerjamhead Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 There's actually a very good reason for this. First person to figure it out gets a cookie... 711525[/snapback] Mickey?
rockpile Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 There's actually a very good reason for this. First person to figure it out gets a cookie... 711525[/snapback] Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336
IDBillzFan Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 There's actually a very good reason for this. First person to figure it out gets a cookie... 711525[/snapback] I know. I know. Because a blind person actually one day was able to drive a car through a bank drive-thru ATM but was unable to use the right keys on the keypad so they sued the bank, who had to give them hundreds of thousands of dollars for causing extreme carpal tunnel and emotional suffering because without the money they were going to be late for their Driving for the Blind class, and if they didn't make the class on time then they wouldn't be able to look their classmates in the eyes, and as a result the courts made sure that all driving blind people could use the ATM drive thru as a result. I thought everyone knew that.
Beerball Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 ONLY IN AMERICA [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] 711491[/snapback] Anyone else miss the imagery?
bartshan-83 Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 I can think of 3:1) ATMs keyboards are mass produced without knowing which will be used for walk up & which ones will be used for driveup. 711526[/snapback] bingo.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 I can think of 3:1) ATMs keyboards are mass produced without knowing which will be used for walk up & which ones will be used for driveup. 711526[/snapback] Ding ding ding ding ding! We have a winner. It's cheaper to produce on version of the keyboard for all ATMs. Congrats, you get a cookie. It should be in your "cookies" folder right now...
IDBillzFan Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Ding ding ding ding ding! We have a winner. It's cheaper to produce on version of the keyboard for all ATMs. Congrats, you get a cookie. It should be in your "cookies" folder right now... 711639[/snapback] Damn. I thought I had it.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Damn. I thought I had it. 711712[/snapback] So close...but that was just an unintended benefit...
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