Petrol's not that expensive is it?.........

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Petrol's not that expensive is it?.........

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Copy of an email doing the rounds (sorry if you've seen this):

Think a gallon of petrol 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

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 E8.35 ... £178.13 per gallon

Pepto Bismol 4 oz £3.85 . £123.20 per gallon

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)

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!

Just a little humour to help ease the pain of your next trip to the petrol pump...
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Re: Petrol's not that expensive is it?.........

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Welton wrote: 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)
but my printer doesnt do 30mpg like my discovery :cheesy:
just dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians
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Re: Petrol's not that expensive is it?.........

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Vick's Nyquil 6 oz E8.35 ... £178.13 per gallon
Just think of all that pseudoephedrine :shock: Drink that much and you'd be floating around Saturn!

I keep saying, still cheaper than beer.
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I filled up in Belgium the other day... 1.73 euros per litre - that's £1.37/litre! France wasn't that cheap either at about £1.30/litre
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
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