Life in these United States #1

Perks of going to a Jewish University- You find out how (some) Jewish boys get their skull caps to sit on their heads. By Securing them with hairclips. How embarrassing -for them.

Conversation between two undergrads, overheard-
"It's like, set in, like during the Civil War. It's about this soldier, and like, reincarnation. He gets like, reborn into his own body..And now, I believe he's going to Mars. I love it! So cool and so like, sci-fi. "Surreal. And I haven't the slightest clue as to what 'it' is. Probably a story that the girl's boyfriend wrote...

Learned from experience- Steam coming out from your bathroom can set off fire alarm. Be careful when you take a hot shower.

Cost of printing one page of paper in the library- 10 cents. Time you're allowed to keep a book you've borrowed from same library- rest of the year. Do you find this strange too, this dichotomy?

What do people eat in this country, other than junk food?? And why do they add Vitamin C to milk, and Vitamin D and Calcium to orange juice?

Why do women here remove the hair on their legs and not on their arms?

Why do they still measure in FPS here, instead of using the metric system which is about a hundred times easier and more elegant? Miles, feet, pounds, gallons, and Farenheit! Bah!

And why, oh why, toilet paper? How, in heaven's name is it more hygienic than water?

America is a strange place.

Uncyclopedia- my new favourite website. Up there with the Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Onion. Check out this, this and this.

Oh, and hello from Massachusetts- The Spirit of America. For a complete list of license plate slogans, see here. My favourites-

Idaho- Famous Potatoes (!)
Pennsylvania- You have a friend in Pennsylvania
New Hampshire- Live Free or Die

One last bit of absurdity for the day- Found, while looking for a nail clipper at the CVS pharmacy here, the Bikini Design kit. The blurb for which goes, "Remove hair... from down there. Surprise that special someone, or indulge the deviant in you. Comes in four naughty shapes- rectangle, heart, triangle and lightning bolt. Instructions inside."
I nearly died laughing.