Thursday, June 21, 2007

Things I Remember About Americaland

1. “Public” transportation is meant for people only, not livestock
2. Mommies and daddies buy meals for their kids in boxes instead of killing it the hour before the meal
3. Employees don't take naps at work with reckless abandon
4. Roads are meant strictly for driving, not drying food or playing children's games
5. People point with their fingers, not their lips
6. Rice doesn't have rocks in it
7. It is rude to hock loogies in public
8. Restrooms generally have tissue in them
9. It's rude to stare, ask personal questions, or point out that someone's baby is fat and white with a long nose
10. People don't talk about their bodily functions or recent illnesses
11. When they don't know the answer, people honestly reply “I don't know”
12. When food at a restaurant is served to you cold, that is unacceptable
13. Ketchup isn't made from bananas
14. Men get arrested for public urination
15. I can't buy or flirt my way out of any problem
16. Gas is sold via pump, not coke bottle
17. I don't need to lock my toothbrush in tupperware at night for fear that cockroaches will get to it
18. Not everyone and their mother's neighbor's chicken's breeder knows me
19. When I raise my eyebrows as a means of saying hello, people think I'm coming on to them
20. I don't need to plan my outfits based on how much I think I'll sweat on that day