The other day at the mall I came across what is probably the most expensive commodity there is.

USD 8,888,889/kg

[USD 4,031,932/lb]

Well OK, I guess a one lb diamond would cost more than that... but anyway, still mind-boggling.

Mind-boggling, because the commodity seems so mundane when you hear about it.

And so, I leave you all to guess what it is. I doubt anybody would be able to guess.

Hint: It is not a food item.

Hint: It is used only in the rich Middle Eastern countries by disgustingly wasteful princes.

Will login again after about 20 hours.

Happy guessing!

P.S. There is a "hidden" third hint in this post.

1/28/2007 6:32:57 AM

For reference:

Rhodium is the most expensive precious metal:

USD 85,000/lb


But, according to the intArnets, the most expensive object:

Californium-252: at $1,000 per microgram (note;1968 price)

Which translates to USD 454 million/lb.

1/28/2007 6:42:34 AM

i'm gonna guess rolling paper?

1/28/2007 6:45:17 AM

expensive whores

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 10:28 AM. Reason : guess thats a food item if you are brave and/or crazy]

1/28/2007 10:28:07 AM

It's either something really offwall and exotic

Or something tottally ordinary that is some how "special" (probably bullshit). - which i'm leaning towards since you apparently saw the thing? (or info about the thing) in a mall.

Although I'm at a loss at to what exactly it is.

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 10:31 AM. Reason : .]

1/28/2007 10:30:39 AM

and you saw this in a mall?

^ my point

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 10:32 AM. Reason : ]

1/28/2007 10:32:07 AM

gold toiletpaper

1/28/2007 10:34:12 AM

opium?

1/28/2007 11:07:18 AM

prly a type of saffron

1/28/2007 11:13:35 AM

perfume

1/28/2007 11:22:52 AM

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 11:41 AM. Reason : .]

1/28/2007 11:41:29 AM

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 12:03 PM. Reason : .]

1/28/2007 12:03:13 PM

anus eye looms.

1/28/2007 12:22:29 PM

i woulda guessed spices if not for the 1st hint

1/28/2007 12:37:45 PM

Some type of tobacco

1/28/2007 12:59:55 PM

rubies

1/28/2007 1:18:45 PM

gold toiletpaper

1/28/2007 2:35:05 PM

its at the mall, and its mundane, so lets assume it costs $20.

then it must weigh .00008 oz

so, what weighs nothing and costs $20

1/28/2007 2:41:05 PM

a dead nigger

1/28/2007 2:42:35 PM

18 year old virgins

1/28/2007 3:09:08 PM

i'm guessing that it is some sort of tissue paper

1/28/2007 3:11:13 PM

urine in a jar

1/28/2007 3:55:58 PM

sweet and sour sauce

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 4:08 PM. Reason : if not for 1st hint]

1/28/2007 4:07:27 PM

Quote :

"a dead nigger"

I'll take 10

1/28/2007 4:17:39 PM

human horn

1/28/2007 4:44:28 PM

upper or lower

1/28/2007 4:46:31 PM

a baby

1/28/2007 4:55:11 PM

some kind of truffle?

1/28/2007 4:56:25 PM

goat assholes

1/28/2007 5:00:57 PM

^^White

1/28/2007 5:06:07 PM

i would have said caviar since its illegal now and when it was legal it would cost you up wards of $300 an oz.

1/28/2007 5:11:54 PM

It is not a food item

1/28/2007 5:16:47 PM

I would have said

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 5:18 PM. Reason : said]

1/28/2007 5:18:34 PM

truffles arent that expensive

1/28/2007 5:18:40 PM

so somethin that cost 8million for 1kg and is used by middle eastern princes.....

1/28/2007 5:20:45 PM

virgin's blood

1/28/2007 5:24:15 PM

the popes poop

1/28/2007 5:27:46 PM

caviar is not illegal

1/28/2007 6:24:31 PM

well?

1/28/2007 6:27:13 PM

well what?

you have to have some context for a question like "well?"

1/28/2007 6:28:47 PM

[insaneman]menstruation of the virgin mary[/insaneman]

1/28/2007 6:28:50 PM

powdered human adrenal gland

northgate ftw.

1/28/2007 6:32:06 PM

PLATINUM PLATED COMMODES

1/28/2007 10:20:21 PM

probably magic carpets.

1/28/2007 10:31:50 PM

Quote :

"truffles arent that expensive"

$1200/lbs late last year, for a fucking food.

1/28/2007 10:37:42 PM

what the fuck is the answer already

1/28/2007 11:35:27 PM

ivory?

1/28/2007 11:37:48 PM

^are you serious?

elephants would be extinct if ivory cost 4 mil a lb

1/28/2007 11:40:53 PM

^^^ he prolly was thinking i meant chocolate truffles..which are not real truffles.

Some kinda drug maybe?

1/28/2007 11:43:12 PM

or maybe i can just recognize that a few thousand dollars is less than a few thousand and mentioned that it cant be truffles because they arent that expensive

1/28/2007 11:51:15 PM