The Chase 04 2015-09-24
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
OK, so where does the "little monsters" come from?
And $20K/an is a lot of money even for 10 boxes of Thin Mints a week. That's only 520 boxes of cookies, or $38.46/box...
And $20K/an is a lot of money even for 10 boxes of Thin Mints a week. That's only 520 boxes of cookies, or $38.46/box...
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Nobody told Monica about Family Dollar's Family Gourmet brand Fudge Mint cookies, did they?
In case you're wondering...
In case you're wondering...
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Who called Girl Scouts? I don't think I'd ever be willing to pay that much for cookies. I mean, I love my Girl Scout cookies as much as most people (if not more...it's a miracle I wasn't a chubby child for all the cookies I ate as a scout)...but $10k or $20k? Hell no!
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
* le sigh *
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Great, contributing to the mafia mindset of para-girl scouts. Only Monica and Shelly.
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Them's good eatin'!
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
... I doubt it's ten consumer-sized boxes...
Lessee here...
Thin mints are, what,$7? Let's just round up to ten because it's after 1AM. So... $10 per box. Divide $10,000 by $10 gives us 1,000 normal, human sized boxes.
But at the rate given in the comic, M agrees to pay $20,000 for 520 boxes, $38.46 per box as Opus said.
Hmmm.
38~40... 40/10=4... Whaddaya say, folks? D'ya think a crate of thin mints containing enough cookies to fill four of our normal human boxes would transfer well to... A sphinx? I'd say a sphinx is reasonably within 4x the bodymass of an average human.
Besides, 10 boxes a week is a bit much for a human... I'm willing to bet some of those sphinx-sized crates will be shared.
...sorry if that was hard to follow, I'm pretty knackered at the moment.
Lessee here...
Thin mints are, what,$7? Let's just round up to ten because it's after 1AM. So... $10 per box. Divide $10,000 by $10 gives us 1,000 normal, human sized boxes.
But at the rate given in the comic, M agrees to pay $20,000 for 520 boxes, $38.46 per box as Opus said.
Hmmm.
38~40... 40/10=4... Whaddaya say, folks? D'ya think a crate of thin mints containing enough cookies to fill four of our normal human boxes would transfer well to... A sphinx? I'd say a sphinx is reasonably within 4x the bodymass of an average human.
Besides, 10 boxes a week is a bit much for a human... I'm willing to bet some of those sphinx-sized crates will be shared.
...sorry if that was hard to follow, I'm pretty knackered at the moment.
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
humm, dont think i would go for the thin mints at that price. now if it was them lemon glazed cookies we might could deal
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
I assume not.jwhouk wrote:Nobody told Monica about Family Dollar's Family Gourmet brand Fudge Mint cookies, did they?
In case you're wondering...
If memory serves, Dollar General also has their own store brand version.
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
M doesn't seem to be all that great at haggling.oldmanmickey wrote:humm, dont think i would go for the thin mints at that price. now if it was them lemon glazed cookies we might could deal
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
*facepalm*
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
What the frell is in those things anyway?
This cannot be normal thin mints by any stretch. Particularly the "fresh stock"comment had me blinking at the monitor this late at night...
This cannot be normal thin mints by any stretch. Particularly the "fresh stock"comment had me blinking at the monitor this late at night...
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Yeah, something about the math is off. $20K, 52 weeks, 10 boxes, should not cost $38.46 a box. I tried rules-lawyering it as much as I could, and even if it was $10K AND 10 boxes PER GIRL, the math still doesn't add up. If it was 100 boxes or only $2K, that would be an entirely reasonable price. Someone goofed.
Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Gyrrakavian wrote:M doesn't seem to be all that great at haggling.oldmanmickey wrote:humm, dont think i would go for the thin mints at that price. now if it was them lemon glazed cookies we might could deal
Her family is independently wealthy, she has her own settlement agreement funds, she can teleport gem stones right out of the bedrock, she is supernatural royalty, and she's dating a super model. Money is not something she lacks.
Cookies, however, are another story.
I think we are talking boxes of boxes, ie cases.
Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Or Keebler Grasshopper cookies are fairly close.Gyrrakavian wrote:I assume not.jwhouk wrote:Nobody told Monica about Family Dollar's Family Gourmet brand Fudge Mint cookies, did they?
In case you're wondering...
If memory serves, Dollar General also has their own store brand version.
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
Yeah, on first reading I mentally translated that to "cases," but ten boxes a week seems pretty low for that much trouble.BarGamer wrote:Yeah, something about the math is off. $20K, 52 weeks, 10 boxes, should not cost $38.46 a box. I tried rules-lawyering it as much as I could, and even if it was $10K AND 10 boxes PER GIRL, the math still doesn't add up. If it was 100 boxes or only $2K, that would be an entirely reasonable price. Someone goofed.
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
I did a little search: there's a Family Dollar store a few blocks soth of the Museum, fercryinoutloud.
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
That would make more sense.jeffepp wrote:Gyrrakavian wrote:M doesn't seem to be all that great at haggling.oldmanmickey wrote:humm, dont think i would go for the thin mints at that price. now if it was them lemon glazed cookies we might could deal
Her family is independently wealthy, she has her own settlement agreement funds, she can teleport gem stones right out of the bedrock, she is supernatural royalty, and she's dating a super model. Money is not something she lacks.
Cookies, however, are another story.
I think we are talking boxes of boxes, ie cases.
It's just my inner tightwad talking. I'd still haggle even if I were filthy rich. Sarsapirilla would be one of the few food items i'd be making this sort of bargain for (Frostop or Sprecher gourmet soda brand specifically).
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Re: The Chase 04 2015-09-24
We're assuming she's been anywhere near the museum in the past year or two.jwhouk wrote:I did a little search: there's a Family Dollar store a few blocks soth of the Museum, fercryinoutloud.