Positive sign that the recession is over

[rthomas]

Corn flake that resembles Illinois goes for $1350 on Ebay.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/22/cor...ap/index.html

WTF?

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Corn flake that resembles Illinois goes for $1350 on Ebay.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/22/cor...ap/index.html

WTF?

I saw this featured on one of the morning news shows last week. They noted that if you rotate the flake counter clockwise 90 degrees, it looks like north carolina. The sisters missed out - they could have had started a bidding competition between the states.

[YmoBeThere]

Well, they had to do something with the funds at a 0% interest rate from the credit card company...

[DevilAlumna]

Well, they had to do something with the funds at a 0% interest rate** from the credit card company...

**For the first 6 hours, average APR 23.99%, with $350 annual fee.

[ForeverBlowingBubbles]

I hope we all know and recognize that they were bidding on the publicity they would receive for buying a cornflake for over $1000.

[YmoBeThere]

Really, I thought a random cornflake was really that valuable. I've been dumping out boxes of this stuff looking for another state shaped flake of corniness. "Should I stop?", he asked with tongue firmly planted in cheek.