The Price of Printer Ink
Found at Metafilter - this link to the
U.K. Mirror and this article:
bq.
Liquid Gold
If you won the Lottery you might be tempted to bathe in champagne. If it was a triple rollover, you might fill the tub with printer ink - one of the world's most expensive liquids.
bq. The average cost of replacing the tablespoon of ink in a 17ml colour printer cartridge is £29, making it sixteen times more expensive than vintage 1985 Dom Perignon.
bq. It also puts Chanel No.5 and even rocket fuel in the shade.
Heh...
Posted by DaveH at June 9, 2004 2:21 PM