Dateline: SYDNEY 3/3/04 (Reuters)
I’m no Versace – (Which I guess is a good thing cuz he’s dead and she’s a spoiled botox addict) – But how could anyone consider a million Aussie $ for a bale of wool a reasonable price?
I’m working on the assumption a bale of wool is close in quantity to a bale of cotton – which means we’re talking about approximately 500 pounds or 225 kilograms. If that’s the case, what we have here is some damn pricey wool:
$1,500 / Lb US, or
$4,450 / Kg Australian
Damn! I got a few sweaters that have gotta weigh 2# each – I couldn’t imagine the retail price of any garment that has $3,000 worth of raw material put into it. Though I’d consider any fashion designer who’d even consider paying such a high price for something that grows abundantly on a sheep a little loony, the real fool has got to be the end user who will have to cart in a wheelbarrow full of gold bricks just to buy their winter wardrobe.
This super fine wool is allegedly so valuable it’s under armed guard. I guess Sam the Sheepdog couldn’t be trusted to watch over such a luxurious commodity.
Bim & Richard Goodrich, the 2 Aussie farmers that produced the wool – (I don’t know, I tend to give more credit to the sheep themselves) - house their prized flock in lavish digs they call the Wooldorf Astoria.
The pun possibilities here are limitless.
