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Old 03-17-2008, 11:14 PM
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Post News, Illinois-Shaped Corn Flake for Sale.

CHICAGO (AP) - Sounds a little flaky, but someone has offered more than $50 on eBay for a piece of breakfast cereal that is touted as a lookalike to the state of Illinois.

Two sisters listed "The Great Illinois Corn Flake" on the online auction site, promising it has undergone no alterations.

Illinois-Shaped Corn Flake for Sale

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Old 03-18-2008, 09:09 AM
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It is up to $6,000 now. Man, I am putting my kids to work, dumpin' out a box of frosted flakes and having them make up what the individual flakes look like... put themselves through college!

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Old 03-18-2008, 09:31 AM
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I cant believe the retards who sell that retarded crap. And the retards who are buying that retarded crap are more retarded than retarded can get. Retards.

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Old 03-18-2008, 12:16 PM
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^ The people selling them aren't mentally challenged, the people buying are. The people selling knew that the mentally challenged would be all over it. Sad, really.

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Old 03-18-2008, 12:46 PM
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Honestly, it looks like any other corn flake to me.

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Old 03-18-2008, 12:52 PM
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Honestly, it looks like any other corn flake to me.
Speaking of flakes, I cant believe the bid is up to 6 grand. Armageddon cant come fast enough these days.

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Old 03-18-2008, 01:47 PM
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^ Not only that but that flake is eventually going to either break apart or dissolve into little crumbs, or both.

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Old 03-18-2008, 02:32 PM
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^ Not only that but that flake is eventually going to either break apart or dissolve into little crumbs, or both.
One can only hope.

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Old 03-18-2008, 02:34 PM
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People that buy stuff like this are in the "More money than brains" club. It isn't even the shape of a religious figure - what the heck?!

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Old 03-18-2008, 02:39 PM
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Um... it's up to 200k now... I don't think it's going to sell for that...

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