Tim Worstall

It is all obvious or trivial except…

 

 

Eh?

March 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments

So, congratulations Gordon: a line of cocaine (on Dec07 street prices) is now cheaper than half a pint cider.

The Hansard Fraser points to says cocaine is £40 a gramme. A half pint of cider, well….

Sainsbury’s has come under fire for slashing the price of cider to 26p a pint, fuelling concern over the role of supermarkets in the nation’s binge-drinking culture.

So, umm, 13 p.

So, we can now calculate how much cocaine Fraser thinks is in a line, can we not?

One three hundred and eighth of a gramme.

1/308 g.

Journalists really are lightweights, aren’t they?

 

Tags: Drugs

3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Surreptitious Evil // Mar 13, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    Come on - he’s a journo - he won’t buy cider in Sainsbury’s (or even Waitrose) - how would he put it on expenses?

    There are some staggeringly expensive pubs in Westminster - it would only need to be, what, £4 per pint to get to Freud’s reputed 50mg dose?

  • 2 Mark Wadsworth // Mar 13, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Yup. Anybody who only sniffs it 0.003 of a gram at a time is a lightweight.

  • 3 Bob B // Mar 13, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    “Sainsbury’s has come under fire for slashing the price of cider to 26p a pint”

    C’mon. Tesco has “Value” lager at 22p a can - mind you, it’s only 2% alcohol.

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