Things that make you go 'Hmmm"
from N4YEK
www.qsl.net/n4yek

	> During an hour's swimming at a municipal pool you will
	  ingest 1/12 liter of urine.

	> An average person's yearly fast food intake will contain
	  12 pubic hairs.

	> In a year you will have swallowed 14 insects - while
	  you slept!

	> At an average wedding reception, you have a 1/100 chance
	  of getting a cold sore from one of the guest.


	True Facts

	> Only in America.....can a pizza get to your house faster
	  than an ambulance.

	> Only in America.....are there handicap parking places in
	  front of a skating rink.

	> 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.

	> Only in America.....do people order a double cheeseburger,
	  large fries, and a diet coke.

	> Only in America.....do banks leave both doors open and
	  then chain the pens to the counter.

	> Only in America.....do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars
	  in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

	> Only in America.....do we use answering machine to screen calls,
	  then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we
	  didn't want to talk to in the first place.

	> Only in America.....do we buy hotdogs in packages of ten and buns
	  in packages of eight.

	> Only in America.....do we use the word 'politics' to descibe the
	  process so well: "Poli" in latin means 'many' and "Tics" means
	  'blood-sucking creatures'.

	> Only in America.....do we have drive-up ATM machines with Braille.

	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 the "Windows Operating System" on your
	  computer, you have to click on "Start"?

	> Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing
	  liquid 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 advertised as 'New and Improved Tasting',
	  who test 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 air planes?
	  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 opposite of 'pro', is Congress the opposite of progress?

	> If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport 'the terminal'?

	> Why do you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?