{"id":235,"date":"2011-07-20T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/ever-thought-about-this-before.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:27","slug":"ever-thought-about-this-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/ever-thought-about-this-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever thought about this before?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s part of an email that I received some time ago. Just a little something random to entertain you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-z_VIaGIQAko\/TicvJPZ6m2I\/AAAAAAAAA_s\/T_ZLAa80-uw\/s1600\/f66b3_Thought.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nialangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/f66b3_Thought.png?resize=320%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nOnly in America&#8230;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. <\/p>\n<p>Only in America&#8230;do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.<\/p>\n<p>Only in America&#8230;do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.<\/p>\n<p>Only in America&#8230;do people leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.<\/p>\n<p>Only in America&#8230;do people buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. <\/p>\n<p>Only in America&#8230;do banks have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.<\/p>\n<p>EVER WONDER&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?<\/p>\n<p>Why women can&#8217;t put on mascara with their mouth closed?<\/p>\n<p>Why is &#8216;abbreviated&#8217; such a long word?<\/p>\n<p>Why is it that doctors call what they do &#8216;practice&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?<\/p>\n<p>Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?<\/p>\n<p>You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don&#8217;t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!<\/p>\n<p>Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?<\/p>\n<p>If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?<\/p>\n<p>If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FovuBdxE2jE\/TicugY7RBtI\/AAAAAAAAA_k\/rkYSGSEtpTU\/s1600\/Signature.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nialangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Signature-1.jpg?resize=320%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><i>Picture citation: http:\/\/jsst-technologies.com\/social-networking-sharing-too-much-personal-information-online<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s part of an email that I received some time ago. 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