That’s Outrageous!

IT’S ALL IN THE NUMBERS

$37.50 The price a New Jersey restaurantgoer thought he was paying for a bottle of wine. The waitress said it cost “thirtyseven fifty,” but she had a different thirtyseven fifty in mind, as in the real price – $3750. In the end, the restaurant lowered the bill to $2200.

Source: nj.com

$500 The starting bid for a pile of bird poop on eBay. A man found droppings on his car’s windshield that bore a resemblance to the late Michael Jackson. So he auctioned them off. “One of two things will happen,” he told reporters. “It will go for an astronomical amount, or I’ll get nothing.” He got nothing.

Source: upi.com

$1,900,000 The price that a portrait sold for at a New York City auction house. The portrait was of the late actress Bea Arthur … topless.

Source: nypost.com

$1,000,000,000 The sum five inmates at the Idaho State Correctional

$680,000 The value of a three-storey home overlooking the Atlantic Ocean that a Missouri couple had built in Florida. The five-bedroom dream house includes 5.5 bathrooms, a home theatre, a games room, and a screened-in pool. It was also accidentally built on a vacant lot owned by someone else.

Source: news-journalonline.com Institution were seeking from Anheuser-Busch and other alcohol companies. Their complaint: the businesses should have warned them that booze was addictive and that it could lead to a life of crime. The complaint was dismissed.

Source: blog.oregonlive.com

$160,000 The worth of the diamond that a UPS worker allegedly stole while unloading an aeroplane.

$20 The price of the marijuana that the above worker traded the $160,000 diamond for.

Source: abc15.com