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A 2007 Ferarri 599 GTB Fiorano F1 costs a ton of money right? Well, if you were using pennies to pay for it, you'd need to truck 92.75 tons of them down to the dealer. This is the kind of fun that Rough Equivalents has with sayings like "a ton of money". It pokes fun at topical ideas like "How Much Toilet Paper Is Iraq Costing?" and makes you think about one of your favorite tongue twisters, "If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?" Rough Equivalents has the answer to this and a lot more silly (or are they?!) questions. (ME) From This is True for 4 May 2008 Suggestions for further reading:
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