Posted on 07/08/2016 6:14:06 PM PDT by Daffynition
A bunch of grapes has fetched a record price at an auction in Japan, where the fruit is considered a status symbol.
The bunch of about 30 grapes of the Ruby Roman variety sold for 1.1m yen (£8,350) – about £270 a grape. Each grape is roughly the size of a ping pong ball.
The grapes are grown in Ishikawa prefecture, and to qualify for the Ruby Roman designation, each grape must weigh at least 20g and have a sugar content of at least 18%.
Gotta really have a yen for that.
This is the planet Algon, fifth world in the system of Aldebaran, the Red Giant in the constellation of Sagittarius.
Here an ordinary cup of drinking chocolate costs four million pounds, an immersion heater for the hot-water tank costs over six billion pounds, and a pair of split-crotch panties would be almost unobtainable.
A simple rear window de-misting device for an 1100 costs eight thousand million billion pounds and a new element for an electric kettle like this would cost as much as the entire gross national product of the United States of America from 1770 to the year 2000, and even then they wouldn’t be able to afford the small fixing ring which attaches it to the kettle.
um... ok
Yes siree.
Darling I’m surprised you didn’t pick up on the melons for sale at the auction. :)
Each bunch of grapes gets its own white paper hat.
Many, many yen.
Got a grape haiku?
The Gwapes of Waff.
Clearly I chose the wrong line of work. My only hope is the Mega Millions.
that’s not grape grape
Dude.... put down the bong.
Well there was this girl from nantucket oh never mind Have a good week end Larry
More dollars than sense.
Got a grape Haiku
I have one for you maybe
Grapes are not cheap
Win.
Thanks! :-)
Uh huh. They get squeezed I get squeezed.
One of those imponderables. How can something that gives you so much pleasure cause you so much pain???
It probably has something to do with the lord of the rings and lordy don’t they lord it over you.
How much is that in quatloos?
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