Subject: Makes Ya Think, don't it?
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>> Makes one THINK
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>> All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just
>> illustrates how outrageous some prices are....
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>> You will be really shocked by the last one!
>> (At least, I was....)
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>> Compared with Gasoline....
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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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>> Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ... $10.17 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 $8.35 ... $178.13 per gallon
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>> Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 ... $123.20 per gallon
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>> Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ... $25.42 per gallon
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>> Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 ... $84.48 per gallon
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>> And this is the REAL KICKER....
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>> 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.)
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>> Ever wonder why printers are so cheap?
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>> 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
>> gallon. (five
>> thousand two hundred dollars!!!)
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>> 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!
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>> Just a little humour to help ease the pain of your next trip to the
>> pump...
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