Wow! $3 for an 8oz cup of crappy coffee. That's $48/gallon!!!!<br><br>That would fund some _serious_ monorail building!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 9:12 AM, drifter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drifter@oppositelock.org">drifter@oppositelock.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Can you imagine the outrage if gasoline cost as much as Starbuck's<br>
cofee?<br>
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Sean<br>
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On Friday 02 July 2010 16:55:24 Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
<br>
> I can't come up with a snarky enough moniker for "drinkers of stupidly<br>
> overpriced burnt coffee"<br>
><br>
> I can't recall who said it but "people are paying for a cup of coffee<br>
> what they wouldn't pay for a sandwich just a few years ago thanks to<br>
> Starbucks".<br>
><br>
> Mocha Frappochino = $0.01 of ice, $0.10 coffee, $0.08 chocolate syrup,<br>
> $0.03 whipped cream = $3.98 sale price.<br>
><br>
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