Page 1 of 1
Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:59 pm
by dualstow
"of last fall dealers in (country_name) quoted prices ranging from $33 to $133 a gram, which at the top end is double the price of gold and can exceed the price of cocaine."
I'll give the source and fill in the rest of the details later. Don't want to give it away prematurely.
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:11 pm
by MediumTex
Is it political wisdom?
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:15 pm
by Storm
Is it cannabis?
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:17 pm
by Gosso
A signed Wayne Gretzky rookie hockey card?
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:27 pm
by l82start
frankincense or myrrh
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:54 pm
by SteveGo
rhino horn
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:11 pm
by l82start
whale poop...
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:17 pm
by Alanw
sildenafil citrate
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:41 pm
by MediumTex
Storm wrote:
Is it cannabis?
I thought about that, but I don't think it would ever exceed the price of cocaine.
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:27 pm
by PP67
Unicorn skittles...
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:37 pm
by 6 Iron
Saffron?
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:45 pm
by dualstow
SteveGo got it: rhino horn. It's in this month's (March 2012 issue) National Geographic. The main buyers are in Vietnam, which only makes sense to me because it was banned in China. That's not to say China doesn't import it, but it's more difficult than in previous decades. There's a very sad photo of a hornless rhino at the beginning of the story, that had to be euthanized soon after it was discovered.
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:50 pm
by l82start
damn... i was sure it was going to be whale poop ( Ambergris )
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:58 pm
by TripleB
Rhino horn works better than viagra AND you are temporarily immune to HIV.
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:13 pm
by Alanw
TripleB wrote:
Rhino horn works better than viagra AND you are temporarily immune to HIV.
Let's let the Rhino's keep their horns and stick with Viagra
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:47 pm
by dualstow
l82start wrote:
damn... i was sure it was going to be whale poop ( Ambergris )
I thought that was whale phlegm.
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:21 pm
by MediumTex
I'm impressed that someone got it.
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:22 pm
by l82start
dualstow wrote:
l82start wrote:
damn... i was sure it was going to be whale poop ( Ambergris )
I thought that was whale phlegm.
same thing... byproduct of the whales lower digestive system/intestines, it can exit from either end, it sells at around the same per gram price (give or take) as your rhino horn...
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:04 am
by dualstow
ugh, sorry I asked. :-)
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:49 am
by l82start
yep ugh.... but i wouldn't hesitate for a second to scoop it up and drag it home if i found some on a beach, and what a great "how i made my first million" story you'd have to tell, while sitting around the gentleman's club sipping brandy and smoking cigars,
Re: Can you guess the commodity?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:28 am
by cabronjames
my guess was whatever the "rarest" of the rare earth metals is