Saturday, September 10, 2005
Gaining Real Wealth
Somehow these things just seem to run together - don't ask me how, I just read 'em.
First we learn that there is now a 50 proof beer.
Then we discover that the price of beer and the price of gas are linked
Finally, we see this headline
Now the picture is complete! First you drink expensive Scotch and get gas, then you sell the gas at high rates and use some of that money to buy cheap beer that has the same effect as the expensive Scotch. Now your saving money! -- if you can find the bank to make the deposit.
Oh yeah, and while we are on the subject of gas, check this out
First we learn that there is now a 50 proof beer.
A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass.Being a chemist I'm tempted to tell you how this is done, and its links to light beer, but I won't bore you.
Then we discover that the price of beer and the price of gas are linked
If gas prices are driving you to drink, here's the place to go: the Handlebar, 2311 W. North. [Chicago]So far, so good, more booze less price.
Under its Inverse Petrol-O-Matic Beer Pricing Scheme, beer prices will fall as gas prices rise.
Finally, we see this headline
Now the picture is complete! First you drink expensive Scotch and get gas, then you sell the gas at high rates and use some of that money to buy cheap beer that has the same effect as the expensive Scotch. Now your saving money! -- if you can find the bank to make the deposit.
Oh yeah, and while we are on the subject of gas, check this out
At the top of every hour the clock in Elton John's dressing room at Caesars Palace breaks wind. And every hour, the gassy clock makes John laugh.Can you help me with this? I thought gay men were supposed to have better taste than us neanderthal heterosexual males? Then can you tell me where to get one of those clocks?
