This thing doesn't look anything like Illinois.
Posted on 03/22/2008 6:39:48 AM PDT by AngieGal
Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350.
"We were biting our nails all the way up to the finish, seeing what would happen," said Melissa McIntire, 23. "There's a lot of relief involved."
The winner of the auction, which lasted more than a week, is the owner of a trivia Web site who wants to add the corn flake to a traveling museum.
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Man, I knew the price of corn was going up but this is getting ridiculous.
I have a Wheat Thin in the shape of Colorado. Any offers? Anyone?
And the media keeps telling us we’re in a recession???
PLEeeeeaaaase....
There’s one born every minute.
This thing doesn't look anything like Illinois.
If people are looking for a way to give away money I can help with that.
It looks more like someone’s kidney to me.
I’m kind of wondering if, like many of the high profile weird auctions, this one got driven up by people bidding as a joke with no intention of paying.
I had to pay far more for the Abe Lincoln Cornflake.
It looks like a poodle begging.
I see your poodle and raise you a Santa Claus hailing Rudolph.
I want my money back.
What happens if the package, with the flake, is crushed before it gets to the bidder?
I bet those girls will never eat another bowl of corn flakes cereal with just pleasure. They’ll be checking every flake they eat!
A breakfast cereal company might do well creating flakes shaped like all the US states. Regional brands might do well too. California flakes would be redundant. :)
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