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Sent along by the Auld Soldier...

2008-05-02T20:53:01Z

With this kicker: "Having just spent your inheritance for a couple of squirts of printer ink, I can relate to this."

Seen some like this before but they are always fun to read again. Enjoy and feel better about the price of gas.
I guess the next time I spend $9.00 for an 8oz. bottle of shampoo, I won't feel so guilty! The price of Gas versus Printer Ink

All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are....

You will be really shocked by the last one!
(At least, I was...)

Compared with Gasoline......

Think a gallon of gas is expensive?

This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.

Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ... $10.32 per gallon

Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ..........$9.52 per gallon

Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon

Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ........ $10.00 per gallon

Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ...... $33.60 per gallon

Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ... $178.13 per gallon

Pepto Bismol 4 oz $385 .. $123.20 per gallon

Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ..... . $25.42 per gallon

Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per gallon

And this is the REAL KICKER...

Evian water 9 oz $1.49..$21.19 per gallon! $21.19 for WATER and the buyers don't even know the source

(Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)

Ever wonder why printers are so cheap?

So they have you hooked for the ink.

Someone calculated the cost of the ink at...............

(you won't believe it....but it is true.......)

$5,200 a gal. (five thousand two hundred dollars)

So, the next time you're at the pump,be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!

Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...

And - If you don't pass this along to at least one person, your muffler will fall off!!

Okay, your muffler won't really fall off...but, you might run out of toilet paper

Comment from Argent on 2008-05-04

2008-05-04T07:18:50Z

I am paying $US5.24 per Gallon in Australia. I see here US paying just below $4.00/Gal, Canada $4.91/Gal and the Netherlands $9.83/Gal It would be interesting to see it compared with incomes and the amount of driving needed. Here the amount needed is high for the locations like shops, schools, work are far apart and poorly connected by public transport. I hope very much we start using less so it does last more like bottles of shampoo. Public transport, better car efficiency etc. We also need to examine these fuel substitutes and non petrol cars as well as how to get the most out of the oil the earth has to offer. I suspect many in the world cannot even touch the idea of consuming petrol.

Comment from Glenmore on 2008-05-03

2008-05-03T20:13:53Z

I saw essentially this same story back in the eighties. IIRC the final item was red ink - at twice the cost of black ink.

Comment from Barb on 2008-05-03

2008-05-03T13:14:55Z

Buying gas in Austria the other day, the Hubster reached for the lower octance pump automatically, as we are accustomed to it being cheaper than the higher octanes. The attendant pointed out (with a little language juggling, since we don't speak German), that the price for the available selections of unleaded were all the same price, so why not use the higher octane?!

Comment from eric on 2008-05-03

2008-05-03T08:57:26Z

In The Netherlands a gallon wil cost you 9,83 dollar! That is why we use euros and liters for measurement, because it will only cost 1,56 euro a liter! Feels a lot better.

Comment from Pat on 2008-05-02

2008-05-03T03:57:30Z

It cost me $1.296 CDN/ litre for regular 87 octane today, that works out to $4.905 per U.S. gallon. That was a drop from $1.334/l ($5.05/G)on Thursday. Pat

Comment from Shawn on 2008-05-02

2008-05-03T02:10:53Z

Now, if only a tank of gas would last as long as a printer cartridge or bottle of shampoo! -- Especially when a unit (tank) of gas costs upwards of of $50 compared to a $25 printer cartridge or $8 for a bottle of shampoo.

Comment from fdcol63 on 2008-05-02

2008-05-03T01:14:31Z

I just got a motorcycle endorsement on my DL, and am gonna buy an Asian-made scooter next week. I may still have to pay a LOT for a gallon of gas like everyone else, but I'm not gonna buy any more than I have to! LOL It's the start of my own small protest against Detroit, the UAW, Big Oil, OPEC, and the Feds. Ha!

Comment from FbL on 2008-05-02

2008-05-02T22:38:22Z

Just six years ago I was paying $.84 a gallon for gas in Indiana. *sigh* And like da Goddess, I feel lucky that I'm still under $4/gallon. *waves to da Goddess* Long time, no see! :)

Comment from Fishmugger on 2008-05-02

2008-05-02T21:45:20Z

And bread was a nickle. Just think of all the Tata autos being built in India for $2500. Or all the cars and trucks being built in China. The demand for oil will not come down any time soon. The other big problem is that we were always blessed with cheap food compared to percentage of income for other contries. I just bought a box of Wheaties and it wasn't even a pound. I almost couldn't afford the bananas. This could get very complicated.

Comment from Da Goddess on 2008-05-02

2008-05-02T21:20:45Z

Having narrowly escaped paying $4 a gallon for gas yesterday, I did stop and think about how cheap it is compared to a lot of other stuff we buy. Still, I miss the days of paying under a dollar.