What it Really Costs

 The price of Petrol versus Printer Ink
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> All these examples do NOT imply that petrol is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are....
> You will be really shocked by the last one!
> (At least, I was...)
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> Compared with Petrol......
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> Think a gallon of petrol is expensive?
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> This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.
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> Diet Snapple 16 oz £1.29 .. £10.32 per gallon
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> Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz £1.19 .£9.52 per gallon
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> Ocean Spray 16 oz £1.25 ...... £10.00 per gallon
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> Brake Fluid 12 oz £3.15 ...... £33.60 per gallon
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> Vick's Nyquil 6 oz E8.35 ... £178.13 per gallon
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> Pepto Bismol 4 oz £3.85 . £123.20 per gallon
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> Tippex 7 oz £1.39 ....... . £5.42 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.)
> You don't even want to compare it with perfume or after shave.
> 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 pounds)
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> So, the next time you're at the pump,be glad your car doesn't run on water, or Tippex, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!
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> Just a little humour to help ease the pain of your next trip to the petrol pump...
> And - If you don't pass this along to at least one person,
> your exhaust will fall off!!
> Okay, your exhaust won't really fall off....but you might run out of toilet paper   

A friend cheered me up with this!!!

Jenny <><

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