Price Comparison... is it really a good deal?

A friend sent me this email and I thought it interesting.

An article in “Autoweek” magazine addressed the issue of high gas prices and how people were complaining about the rising costs.
What if you were to buy a gallon of . . .

Diet Snapple 16 oz for $1.29 = $10.32 per gallon

Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz for $119 = $9.52 per gallon

Gatorade 20 oz for $1.59 = $10.17 per gallon

Ocean Spray 16 oz for $1.25 = $10.00 per gallon

Quart of milk 16 oz for $1.59 = $6.32 per gallon

Evian (water) 9 oz for $1.49 = $21.19 per gallon

STP Brake Fluid 12 oz for $3.15 = $33.60 per gallon

Vicks Nyquil 6 oz for $8.35 = $178.13 per gallon

Pepto Bismol 4 oz for $3.85 = $123.20 per gallon

White Out 7 oz for $1.39 = $254.17 per gallon

Scope 1.5 oz for $0.99 = $84.84 per gallon

You get the idea. So next time you’re at the pump, be glad your car doesn’t run on Nyquil or Scope or White Out!

Thought I would leave it up to you Math Wizards to figure out your own liquid of choice. Might be amusing considering the amount of booze that is consumed in chat.

:slight_smile:


I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!

the one that is amazing is water…who would believe that people are willing to spend more for it than for gasoline?

Gas went up here yesterday to 60.2 per litre. I think I want an electric car.


We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another

I’ve said this before in another thread… you would be paying over 4 US bucks for a US galon of petrol in The Netherlands - quit whining :smiley:


Coldfire


"You know how complex women are"

  • Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

I wasn’t complaining… just thought interesting when put this way. I was more interested in the calculations we Dopers could come up with for the liquid of our choice.


I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!

A gallon of Nyquill?

Lullabye, and good night, go to sleep my dear baby…


“I should not take bribes and Minister Bal Bahadur KC should not do so either. But if clerks take a bribe of Rs 50-60 after a hard day’s work, it is not an issue.” ----Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Current Prime Minister of Nepal

Don’t know about you guys, but somehow I find the gallon of Pepto Bismol more disturbing than the gallon of Nyquil.

Here’s my contribution:
20 oz. gas station cappucino for .69 = $4.42 a gallon. Not bad, I guess.

beer bought in a bar

$3.00 for 12 oz
$32 per gallon

A petroleum research company, John S. Herold, Inc., made the following comparison in a press release last Friday:

“One gallon of gasoline equates to an average of 20 miles. However, one gallon of Coca-Cola provides enough energy, or calories, to walk at a comfortable pace for only 14.1 miles. Meaning, one gallon of gasoline allows you to travel 42% farther at a one-third lower cost!”

Sue:

60 cents, I wish. In Ottawa it has been 67 cents for a while now.


Scoobysnax

Save water drink beer!

K-Y Jelly is $159.36 per gallon.

BTW there are 128 Ounces in 1 Gallon. And if you have ever bought K-Y in gallon increments, I’ll buy the book!


“You CAN’T be evil. 'Cos no matter how many ‘bad’ things you do on purpose,
you MUST be doing it because you think it’s the right thing to do.”

Here are a couple:

Visine Tears - $1430.00/gal
Afrin - $1790.00/gal
Primatene Mist - $3580.00/gal

ROFLMAO…even I don’t need k-jelly by the gallon.


I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!

And the heavyweight winner in the candy division is

Certs Powerful Mints at $100 a pound.

50 mints per package doesn’t justify this- they’re still trying to squeeze $1.50 out of you for a quarter-ounce package.