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[Jon Glass]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> Only in America.....do banks leave both doors open and then chain the
> pens to the counters.


I dunno. In Poland, during communism, there used to be these
super-cheap dining joints, called "milk bars" (think greasy spoon,
only worse), where the spoons would be chained to the wall. Think
about that one....


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

Also, from Krakow: We buy _our_ buns in pkgs of 4, but our hot dogs
tend to come in packages of 5.... Again, go figure. ;-)


-- 
 -Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass at usa.net>

"I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals." --Jack Nicklaus