Think a gallon of gas 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
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59
$10.17 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 $8.35
$178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85
$123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39
$25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99
$84.48 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.)
So, the next time you’re at the pump, be glad your car doesn’t run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid Pepto Bismal or Nyquil. Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump.
Newer Orleans
Excuse me for perhaps saying something people might find offensive, but I’m legitimately curious:
If the town won’t be livable again for months/years, a lot of people won’t be coming back, right? And if water damage has ruined most buildings, what “is” New Orleans? The people? The roads/buildings? The community? The location? Well, most of that is now screwed, and won’t be the same exactly later, but you do need a place for all these people, and a lot of people love the city…
Might it be better to just not rebuild New Orleans where it is now? Just keep it flooded, don’t fix the levees, and instead just rebuild the town up north, out of harm’s way.
Name all the roads the same, keeping their same proportions, keep all the same crazy laws, give title/deeds to the same people in the same spots, etc. I mean, they have to do all that anyway, so why not do it in a new spot. Not like they’re going to have to relocate people any more than they are now.
Plus the current location provably blows, and global ocean water levels aren’t falling anytime soon. Maybe New Orleans should see this as an opportunity to relocate the city. Hell, just look at all the trouble Venice is going through lately. They don’t have much time left either.
I propose the name of the rebuilt city be named “Newer Orleans”. Or maybe just “no-linns” so tourists will be able to pronounce it correctly.
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Four Years Later
On September 11, 2001, four U.S. planes hijacked by terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people in a matter of hours. Behind the staggering number of deaths are the individuals, each of whom left behind family, friends and co-workers who feel the national tragedy on a personal level.
I will never forget.
Happy 7th Birthday, Google
Google turns seven today. Happy Birthday!
Quote of the day
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness), it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.”
- Thomas Jefferson