CHICAGO: Sounds a little flaky, but someone has offered more than $20 (€12.85) 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.

Emily McIntire, a 15-year-old sophomore in high school from Chesapeake, Virginia, said she was grabbing fistfuls of cereal on her way to class when she found the flake.

"It was almost to my mouth, it didn't look like Illinois at first because it was held the wrong way," said McIntire, but then she noticed the resemblance and said, "Oh my goodness, it's Illinois."

Her 23-year-old sister, Melissa, said their parents suggested selling it for fun. They're offering free shipping to Illinois.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/17/...-Corn-Flake.php

It won't look like Illinois after a long time.

EDIT: Added Pictures and comment.



I Can't Believe what Am seeing here.!

Get out! Who?...

Get me a corn flake the shape of Florida or Texas, and then we'll talk...

Jeez, is that for real...I thought the high bid was $20.00...Oh now I get it, it was a sugar coated cornflake...That would go for alot more

Is there anything people WON'T buy for waaay too much money?

Who the heck would want to buy a piece of cereal?



$200,000? Sounds like a scammer to me.

Nah I think it's not a scam. There are lots of rich people there willing to throw off some big bucks to worthless stuffs.

Do you actually think they will eat it?

I did not know it was 200000 dollars.

Who knows how long it will last before it turns to dust and there goes his $200,000+ blowing in the wind.

Can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp.

thats just ridiculous, we had a rock that was kinda shaped like australia at out old house i knew i should have taken it with us

LOL I just read where these sisters got $1,375.00 for their cornflake....Check those Kellogg's.......

people buy anything thats crazy