At last, the goverment shutdown is offically over. Huzzah! It only took 17 days, 20 topical pick-up lines (you’re welcome for that, by the way) and 24 billion dollars out of the economy.
Yes, billion.
Um, that’s a lot of money. In fact, we can think of a lot of things that would be a bargain compared to the 2013 government shutdown. We did the math and we promise you that you will be shocked at what you can buy for less than 24 billion dollars.
1. 390,000 Hermès Crocodile Birkin Bags (Retail Price: $60,000)
2. 350,000 Years at Sarah Lawrence College ($61,236/Year)
3. 25,000 Kim Kardashian Engagement Rings (Retail Price: $749,000)
4. 450 Oprah Winfrey Mansions (“You Get a Mansion!”) (Retail Price: $50 Million)
5. 4.7 Billion Subway $5 Footlongs (Retail Price: $5)
6. 1 Million Pairs of Christian Louboutin Simple 85 Leather Pumps (Retail Price: $625)
7. 100,000 2013 Ferrari 458 Italia Cars (Retail Price: $233,509)
8. 12 Billion 12-Pack Boxes of Paper Mate Ballpoint Stick Pens (Retail Price: $1.89)
9. 1.5 Billion Copies of Miley Cyrus’s Deluxe Edition of Bangerz (Retail Price: $13.99)
10. 900,000 Tickets to 2014’s Met Gala (Retail Price: $25,000)
11. 50 Million iPhone 5S (64 GB) Cell Phones (Retail Price: $399)
12. 950 Million 24-Pack Boxes of Cup of Noodles (Retail Price: $18.99)
13. 2 Million Cartier Love Bracelets (Retail Price: $10,200 for Yellow Gold with Diamonds Model)
14. An 8-Million-Night Stay (21,917.81 Years) at Chateau Marmont’s Poolside Bungalow (Retail Price: $2,200/Night)
15. 300 P. Diddy Yachts (Retail Price: $72 Million)
16. 20 Million General Admission Tickets to Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter December 19th Concert in Brooklyn (Retail Price: $108.65)
17. 12 Billion Tubes of ChapStick (Retail Price: $3.99 for a pack of 3)
18. 50,000 Years of Child Support for Suri Cruise ($400,000/Year)
19. 300 Million Pieces of Banksy Artwork (Retail Price: $60 at Central Park Stand)
20. 1.9 Billion Tickets to Catching Fire‘s Midnight Premiere (Retail Price: $12)