Posted on 03/29/2022 5:22:38 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Shocking! 10 Everyday Items That Are More Expensive Than Gasoline
By Len Penzo
I drove by the corner gas station today, as I do everyday on my way home from work, and I couldn’t help but notice that the price of gasoline rose another few cents over the weekend. This time the sign was unapologetically advertising a price of $4.619 per gallon.
You know, I hate that sign. Some days I feel like it is taunting me — especially the ones when I have no choice but to pull into the station and fill ‘er up.
“I’ve read your blog, Penzo,” that dumb old sign will say. “You and I both know shopping for low gas prices is a losing proposition, so suck it up and pay the piper.”
Owning a Honda Accord that averages about 32 miles per gallon doesn’t make it any less painful for me; I’m now dropping more than $50 each time I fill up the tank.
Anyway, when I got home I had to share the latest gas price news with the Honeybee, who happened to be curled up on the couch with a good book (so I’m told). “Can you believe it? Gas is up to $4.62!” I said, not even bothering to say hello.
“That’s three cents more than Friday!” she replied, also not bothering to say hello. With that the Honeybee promptly took a sip from one of her favorite drinks — a foo foo iced caramel macchiato from Starbucks. Then she said, “You know, gas prices are just outrageous!”
She was right. But as I watched her take another swig from her drink, it dawned on me that gasoline really ain’t such a bad deal when compared to those expensive beverages from the Starbucks menu — or a lot of other everyday products for that matter. Consider that the 24-ounce caramel macchiato in her hand cost $4.75; if Starbucks priced them like Exxon prices gasoline, that drink would cost $25.329 per gallon.
And we’re complaining about the price of a gallon of gas?
There are plenty of other examples, of course. Here are just a few based upon a quick online price survey I recently conducted:
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Speaking of gas, filled up yesterday just south of Terra Haute, Indiana at a pump plastered with Joe Biden, I did That stickers. Looked at the other pumps and could see the employees had just given up trying to scrape them off.
Tabasco sauce comes out to $102.14/gal, so we should be happy about gas being $4.50/gal.
That’s really a really profound observation. /s
I found 12 oz. bacon on sale, 3/$10! What a deal. BLTs last night. $3.33 bacon, $3.99 for a head of lettuce!! The last lettuce I bought was something like $1.69. That, my FRiend, is the scariest price increase I’ve paid yet. When does bread hit $10?
a 20 ounce bottle of coke costs $12.80 per gallon.
a 24 ounce cup of coke from McD’s costs $15.40 per gallon.
I’m glad my car doesn’t run on Johnnie Walker Blue label. I couldn’t afford to go anywhere.
11. Being married to my ex.
12. NIL agreements to get your favorite high school player to play for your alma matter.
13. 10% for the Big Guy.
14. The cost of healthcare as the Dims make it more "free". 15. The cost of uranium after Hillary's pay-for-play Uranium One deal (we now buy a lot of it from Russia).
“the employees had just given up trying to scrape them off.”
There is a gas station around here that put up a sign telling customers to leave the stickers alone or they would press charges for vandalism.
How long before local Democrat Persecutors charge people with criminal damage to property for the offense of putting Biden stickers on gas pumps?
Vandalism – Tagging, Defacing Property, Graffiti
Jerod Gunsberg, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
That was my initial reaction, also!
Domaine de la Romanee Conti La Tache- $80,000 per gallon
“Tabasco sauce comes out to $102.14/gal, so we should be happy about gas being $4.50/gal.”
First time I saw these comparisions was back during the Arab Oil Embargo. We now see same silly things every time Washington ‘fixes’ the price of oil.
This time, they may have Fixed it Beyond All Repair.
People will pay $10 a gallon for bottled WATER and complain about $4 a gallon for gasoline..................
With Johnnie Walker Blue label in the tank you wouldn’t need to go anywhere.................
You could sell a few vowels.......................
Propaganda trying to condition us for permanent high gas prices.
I don’t need tabasco sauce to get to work or heat my home.
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