This is the planet Algon, fifth world in the system of Aldebaran, the Red Giant in the constellation of Sagittarius. Here an ordinary cup of drinking chocolate costs four million pounds, an immersion heater for a hot-water tank costs over six billion pounds, and a pair of split-crotch panties would be almost unobtainable. A simple rear window de-misting device costs eight thousand million billion pounds, and a new element for an electric kettle would cost as much as the gross national product of the United States from 1770 to the year 2000, and even then they wouldn't be able to afford the small fixing ring which attaches it to the kettle.
Of course, everyone wants to know about the split-crotch panties.
