Ok, so it has been a while since I wrote anything of note on here, some may even argue that that is yet to happen! Anyway, here I am. By now it may have become apparent that seemingly uninteresting events can get me thinking...well the other day something happened that did just that, and I am going to share it with you now, so get comfy. When I say "something happened" it sounds a bit grand, like some kind of life changing event. That's not strictly true. I bought a coffee. Or rather, a mate of mine bought a coffee, i just happened to be there. We were in one of those motorway service stations, the kind that promise the world and never deliver. Basically to cut a potentially very long story short, my ate paid three of the queen's finest English pounds for a cappuccino - Now that seemed a little bit pricey to me, but it was a service station and i was prepared to let it slide, until I saw that an espresso cost two pounds. Now that got me thinking. If an espresso costs two pounds, how much would a litre cost? I chose a litre because I can use the price of petrol as a benchmark - you see, method to the madness. So I got home and worked it out, an espresso is approx 125ml, so that means there are about 8 in a litre, so a litre of espresso would cost £16. Petrol is about 93p a litre at the moment. Now I appreciate that if you factor in service, and the cup and everything it’s probably not the fairest of comparisons, but for my purposes it’s close enough. Like I said, my thought process was in full swing by now, so I wondered if that was the most expensive liquid you could buy, per litre I mean. We all complain about the thought of petrol prices hitting £1 per litre, but you don’t see us blocking the roads and panic buying at Starbucks at the thought of coffee hitting £20 do you?
Right, so coffee is £16 per litre give or take, how does that compare to say beer? A pint of lager in my local is about £2.20, and as I’m sure everyone’s mother has told them at some point a litre of water is a pint and three quarters, so a litre of beer costs £3.85, cheap by comparison. Wine then, now this is difficult because you can buy wine for a couple of quid, or for a couple of grand, but as this is my blog, I will use the wine I have in my wine rack! I have a bottle of Chasse du Pape, which is £4.95 a pop, and as I’m a bit of a fancy Dan (see previous post!) I also have a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape, which retails at 14 and a half quid. But, as I don’t drink that too often I’ll go with a price of a fiver a bottle for an average bottle, which if memory serves is 75cl, so with the aid of my abacus I make that £6.25 a litre. Now, not only am I a fancy Dan, im also a flash Harry, and have a bottle of Veuve Cliquot awaiting consumption, and I have it on good authority that the RRP for that is £30, and again a little bit of multiplication makes that £37.50 a litre, a new leader ladies and gentlemen. Like I said, there are plenty of bottles of wine, champagne, whisky or whatever that cost a lot more, but my rules, my kitchen.
Tabasco sauce then, that comes in a cheeky little bottle so I bet that works out quite pricey- yep, £17.20 a litre, more than espresso granted, but I’d rather consume the coffee. How about some aftershave, personally I’m an Issay Miyake/Vera Wang man, we’re talking about £35 for 50ml, so £700 per litre, pretty impressive.
Where, you might ask, is this leading? Well, although it could well be argued that my research is neither extensive nor scientific (I didn’t really use an abacus), I have found the single most expensive liquid based product, and it comes in at a whopping £1831.67 per litre, and I bet you all have some within reach right now, yes its something you all use regularly.
Any ideas?
Come on, think!
Nope? Ok then, try this on for size….Printer Ink. Yep, ink for printers! At PC World if you part with £10.99 you will receive 6ml of black ink.
Well then, not quite sure if there was a point to all that, but never mind.
Hasta luego
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