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List of Things I love about the US of A!


The coffee; buy in bulk; pay at pump; right on red; take-a-penny-take-a-penny; Seinfeld; the sun;  wood peckers;  automatic drive; express elevators; 24/7; rain check; not having to wash and recycle zip lock bags; no cover charge with a two drink minimum; air-conditioning; d
angerously low-riding pants; tatoos on the coccyx; appliances with plugs attached; $20 Rolex sale on 5th Ave; the coffee; the ubiquitous thong; SUV's, PC's, DVD's, MP3's, HDTV, NY/LA; surf and turf; 'Kerby' vacuum cleaners; the lack of Royalty; Vegas by night; (oh did I mention the coffee?); ordering eggs 'sunny side up'; Mike Myers; those teeny marshmallows for hot chocolate; shampoo with conditioner added; the sun; ‘if cashier fails to give you a receipt the meal is on us’; crystal lite; spelling 'light' with 20% less words; coffee refills; cheap skiing; the theme-tune to the Walton's; watching that annoying kid fall at the end of Little House on the Prairie; Daisy Duke’s sawn-off jeans; speed dating with a two drink minimum; running through the sprinkler; automatic transmission; marshmallow-cheese-wiz pop-tarts; when girls drink for free; when secretaries say that their boss is ‘Out to lunch; when Texans ask each other if they raise their own beef; squagles; doing the funky chickenpopping that ‘big’ bubble wrap; automatic return address on front of envelopes; chocolate frosted Duncan’s Donuts; cinnamon raisin bread; big bertha; ‘the 5 second rule’; when the captains say goodbye to everyone on the plane; when the captain sounds thrilled that we are going to land a whole two minutes early!; the way Texans make ‘no shiiiit maan’ into three syllable words; extreme shopping; how people turn the wheel with one hand; how Starsky gets into the car; that ‘room service’ is now called ‘guest room dining’; being in the fast lane in the tunnel; the service roads; when a highway gets "adopted"; automatic soap/faucet/seat-cover/flushing; zuccini; people who say ‘Come and see my space!’; any yac-yac about bling-bling and de-cha-ching!; Chia "erb" pets; that 70% of college students expect to become millionaires; that someone called 'Glagojevitch' can run for Mayor; sunglasses to keep out the glare; headphones to muffle the noise; the way they leave that little paper hat on the drinking straw; muffin tops; cheerleaders; stacks of pancakes; the power of the shower; fire-flies; self-adhesive postage stamps; smoke-free zones; free refills; multiple-auto-coffee-cup-holders; pronunciation of fungi and aluminium; bargain basements; girls who like guys just because they have a cute accent

.... to be continued .... but first take a look at all the Things that I Don't Understand about the US of A!

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