Ink More Expensive Than Champagne 587
laing writes "According to this story, ink for home printers is now seven times more expensive than vintage champagne.Ink in a typical replacement cartridge costs about £1.70 per millilitre, compared with 1985 Dom Perignon at 23p per millilitre." Explains why I get daily spam about toner, but none at all for booze!
Reassignment of terms. (Score:5, Funny)
And the buzz is better (Score:5, Funny)
On the other hand... (Score:5, Funny)
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Bootlegging (Score:5, Funny)
Ink (Score:5, Funny)
lucky drunks (Score:5, Funny)
It would stain your teeth some ugly color like #006666, and you would never get a date and you would die cold and alone, a pitiful 30 year old virgin.
Instead, drink beer -- it's been helping ugly people get laid for over 200 years!
Other shocking comparisons.. (Score:5, Funny)
Poodles cost more than horses!
Crack whores cost more than fatties!
Eardrums cost more than eyeballs!
Get Smart (Score:5, Funny)
Max: But chief, that's incredible. Do you realize what this could mean to our energy supply?
Chief: Unfortunately its an extremely rare type of ink that can only be found in the Middle East.
Yes I'm paraphrasing, but that's the first thing that came to mind;-)
Newsflash: Apples and Oranges vary in price! (Score:4, Funny)
Champagne is to printer ink as:
a) Automobiles are to shoes.
b) Doorknobs are to bedpans.
c) Beach sand is to integrated circuits.
The answer is c because integrated circuits are computer related and this is slashdot...
Re:Quick! (Score:4, Funny)
But How Much is Inside (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Off topic but interesting point about ink. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:But How Much is Inside (Score:3, Funny)
My New Businessplan (Score:4, Funny)
2. Make scads of money
3. Buy one of the really prestigious Champagne "Houses" - they are so funny...they do not call them estates, but houses!
4. Hire the best chef in France to make lots of Hot Grits
5. Invite Natalie Portman over
6. Enjoy 3 course meal of Fine Champagne, hot grits and Natalie
7. Print out pictures of #6 on cheap color printer
8. Sell copies of pictures
9 Profit!!!!!
Re:Slashdot is too UK-centric (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks to : http://www.xe.com/ucc/
So a bottle of Lexmark ink would cost USD 2132.00. Unfortunately, it doesn't taste nearly as good, and goes rather poorly with lobster. The initial bouquet is bad, the nose just aweful, and the horrid taste sticks to you tongue like, well, ink.
Dean G.
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Sounds like "General's Hospital"... (Score:3, Funny)
Worms more expensive than steak! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:1, Funny)
This is why I laugh every time one of those nutcases claims to have invented a car that will run on pure water.
Re:You don't get any for booze because... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Slashdot is too UK-centric (Score:5, Funny)
Since it's ink, perhaps it would go rather better with squid ?
Yeah, but... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ink (Score:2, Funny)
Hmmm- could anyone recommend a delicate Champagne to accent my vintage Canon bubbly-jet?
Re:Price of bottling (Score:5, Funny)
What the hell have I been doing? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Slashdot is too UK-centric (Score:5, Funny)
Well, yes, when you use the blue ink. If you try the red ink, I'm sure you'll be much happier.
Re:Other shocking comparisons.. (Score:2, Funny)
You can get a better value by requesting the Assistant Crack Whore-in-Training. They haven't mastered the trade, yet, but they get the job done.
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:3, Funny)
How many times do I have to tell you: humans consume liquid with the top orifice, not the bottom one. Do try to be more careful, or we might be noticed!
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:5, Funny)
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My old hp c400 inkjet (really slow and ugly) had print cartridges with refill holes built into them.
But my champagne bottles never did! You couldn't even put the corks back in the darned thing! I'll bet you that's where they got the idea from!
Re:Hardcore dupe action (Score:5, Funny)
Re:P & £ (Score:4, Funny)
Bottled Water (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Ink is too expensive (Score:4, Funny)
Part of the paper feed system of an HP5000 (good printers, ask me about 79.00FE errors from OS X clients) managed to disappear; without this part of the guide, it will jam on every single sheet. To get at this part you have to remove the toner cartridge, lift up another part, and take out two screws. This piece vanished. I was watching the repair when the tach found it, and two days later I watched him put the new one in.
Two weeks later... Yep, the printer is jamming again. I watch the tech take it apart. That same damned piece is missing again.
It just has to be users.
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Bizarre (Score:2, Funny)
Have you ever tried drinking ink?
It tastes shit, and got no bubbles.
What is the point of this story? If I want to drink expensive and good bubbly, I drink Cristal!
Ink tasting (Score:1, Funny)
This ink is an India vintage...2002 I think. It has an excellently robust color and a nice stain. The spread is characteristic of a 3% solution. The smell contains just a hint of petroleum. Yes, I am certain this is Epson Black, catalog number 734-T4.
*polite applause*
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:4, Funny)
you are one classy motherfucker.
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:2, Funny)
However, much of the time they speak out of the bottom one...
Today, you can lead the revolution! Speak out of your top orifice for once...
Dr. Strangelove (Score:4, Funny)
"Mandrake, have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation? Fluoridation of water?"
"Do you know what it is? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot that we have ever had to face?"
Ink piracy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:3, Funny)
At home, I buy a 24-pk of bottles for cheap, then refill them from my filtered tap. Refil 5-10 times until the bottle gets crusty.
Re:Other shocking comparisons.. (Score:3, Funny)
makes me glad... (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder when I'll be able to order it in resturant.
me: I'd like a flute of printer ink thank you.
waiter: Would that be red, yellow, blue or black?
me: Make it blue - oh and none of that refiller ink crap!
6 years from now at McDonalds. "Would you like printer ink with that?"
I guess it's a good thing (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:5, Funny)
[Ooog walks into cave]
Bogg: Hi, Ooog! I see you have your rock with you.
Ooog: Yeah, I know, it's kinda heavy, but, well, you know, ya gotta carry something...
Bogg: Oh, I know! Believe me!
[Bogg picks up his rock]
Bogg: I've had this sucker for 3 days now. It really fills the void left when I threw my last rock into the river...
Ooog: What'd you do that for, anyways?
Bogg: Oh, well, you know, gotta throw something...
Ooog: Oh yeah, I hear ya!
Boog: Hey, can you believe they're charging three squirrels for a good rock nowadays?
Ooog: Oh, man, that sucks! That's even more than a good clay pot -- those are 2 squirrels, maybe 2 and a half max!
Bogg: Yeah, man, why are there so many idiots who would pay so much just for a rock?!
Ooog: Well, ya know, gotta carry something...
Bogg: Oh, yeah, I hear ya!
Cupertino (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ink is too expensive (Score:1, Funny)
No, man... Fuck no- I do believe you would get your ass kicked for that.
Re:Reassignment of terms. (Score:4, Funny)
And yes, it's a Pepsi product.
sex (Score:2, Funny)
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