With everybody hot and bothered about the record price of gasoline, it's time once again to put a little perspecitve into the equation. Rob Cockerman at Cockeyed.com ranks 47 products from the least-expensive (tap water, $0 per gallon) to the most-expensive (scorpion venom, $38,858,507.46) - and a bunch of stuff in between. Gasoline, as always, remains a relative bargain, so let's stop the bellyaching, OK?

ITEM PRICE PER GALLON
tap water $0.00
Folgers Coffee $0.70
Kool-Aid $1.85
lowfat milk $3.79
Coffee Mate $5.54
Evian spring water $6.40
Budweiser $8.88
Hershey's chocolate syrup $13.23
Kikkoman soy sauce $15.33
Jamba Juice $21.82
Red Bull energy drink $30.69
Absolut Vodka $58.26
grapeseed oil $69.47
fresh squeezed wheat grass $124.80
Penicillin $301.49
human blood (processing fee) $1,514.79
insulin (Humulin L) $9,411.76
Chanel No.5 perfume $25,600.00