[sustran] Re: The price of petrol

[Sujit Patwardhan]

Dear Eric,
As a graphic designer/printer I really appreciate this.
Need to hike my rates immediately......
*:-)*

P.S. Thanks also to Dirk van Dijl



On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:35 PM, eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org>wrote:

> A reminder from my friend Dirk van Dijl - Enterprise Britain
>
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>
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> WHAT ABOUT THIS FOLKS?
> The price of Petrol versus Printer Ink
>
> 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...)
>
> Compared with Petrol......
>
> 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...
>
> And - If you don't pass this along to at least one person, your exhaust
> will
> fall off!!
> Dirk van Dijl
>  <http://www.enterprisebritain.com/> Enterprise Britain
>
> The Coachhouse, 60a All Saints Street
>
> Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3BN
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> T: 0207 1006 399
>
> M: 07860 859 749
>
> E:  <mailto:dirk at enterprisebritain.com> dirk at enterprisebritain.com
> Skype: WDvandijl
>
>
>
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