A Bargain at Twice the Price
"Five bucks...how can a card be worth five bucks [Canadian]," gripes April. (Seemingly somewhat out of context, since this young teen would not have been around in the "old days," when cards cost, say, only $2 Canadian.) Speaking through our youthful protagonist, crusading Lynn Johnston is willing to take the controversial position that "things cost too much these days!" Why, even a horny not-quite-14-year-old can see it.
So, inpsired by Comrade Johnston's courageous willingness to take on our capitalistic society, and reminded of an observation a few days ago by contributor Buster Bear, I moused over to the "Shameless Commerce Division" of the official For Better or For Worse web site.
As of today, $5 Canadian equals about $4.15 US. (Thank you, George Bush! Ever wonder why fuel costs $57 per barrel?)
So, what would that buy you in the FBOFW shop?
11% of a signed, 9" x 13" copy of today's hee-larious installment of FBoFW.
One-fourth (32 pages) of the latest FBOFW collection.
One-fifth (two short-sleeves) of a t-shirt feauturing the most popular FBoFW character: Dr. John the dentist.
About one-eleventh of a pendant depicting the Patterson rabbit.
60% of a 2005 wall calendar (marked down since we're 30% into the year).
Just slightly less than half of a Ned Tanner Figurine. (Advice: Choose the upper half, since the arms appear to be disproportionately larger than the legs.)
Slightly more than half a bib.
One-sixth of an Elizabeth charm.
1.3% of one FBoFW animation cel. (Great news: Layaway is available!)
20% of a video of the Lynn Johnston story.
About 80% of the shipping costs for receiving any of this fabulous merchandise.
Hmmm, right about now, that $4.15 greeting card seems like a bargain!
Today's strip
So, inpsired by Comrade Johnston's courageous willingness to take on our capitalistic society, and reminded of an observation a few days ago by contributor Buster Bear, I moused over to the "Shameless Commerce Division" of the official For Better or For Worse web site.
As of today, $5 Canadian equals about $4.15 US. (Thank you, George Bush! Ever wonder why fuel costs $57 per barrel?)
So, what would that buy you in the FBOFW shop?
Hmmm, right about now, that $4.15 greeting card seems like a bargain!
posted by mike at 11:54
2 Comments:
My thing is - what's that on the cover of the card? Sort of Picasso-esque, but in a bad way. Maybe she's leading into a story that will benefit TVAC?
The card must be embossed with pure 24k gold. That's the only reason it could even be $5.00, because a Wal-Mart card -- the best way to show your displeasure at someone asking for cash -- tops at usually $1.95 American. It's not a comment on capitalism, just a comment on stupidity.
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