Posted on 02/22/2018 10:33:47 AM PST by nickcarraway
It’s been awhile since billionaire Bill Gates had to grocery shop among us plebs, so you’ll forgive him if he’s a little disconnected from the price of common items.
The Microsoft co-founder appeared on “Ellen” yesterday, where the daytime host had him guessing costs of supermarket sundries like Rice-a-Roni, pizza rolls and forbidden snack-du-jour Tide Pods.
SNIP
Gates pegged Rice-a-Roni at $5 (it’s $1). He thought a container of Tide Pods cost $4. Please, it’s $19.97. After guessing an exorbitantly high cost for Totino’s Pizza Rolls, the audience took pity on him and pointed him to a more on-the-nose answer of $8 (they’re $8.98).
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I guess he has to wear a watch now that Microsoft phones are kaput :D
I have never been able to understand *wanting* to live in a ‘house’ that feels like an institution.
I lived in what was, for me, a huge apartment for a few years. I would have disturbing dreams about discovering new rooms in that place that I didn’t know were there.
When i was a single guy, i was acutely aware of grocery prices because I did all my own shopping.
But that was long before I was married. I haven’t been in charge of that chore for decades now, and have little idea about the exact costs of grocery items.
Ellen didn’t do anything but embarrass Bill Gates for no good reason.
Why would anybody need a “good” reason to embarrass Bill Gates? I’d be happy to do it just to be nasty.
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