Tuesday, March 18, 2008

News from all over - Chesapeake

Two sisters from Virginia are selling a single corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois on the online auction site eBay, with the bidding topping out at $1,525 Monday afternoon.

Twenty-three-year-old Melissa McIntire of Chesapeake, Virginia, says as of now the family is keeping the flake wrapped in cotton in a jewelry box. McIntire's sister, 15-year-old Emily McIntire, pulled the flake from a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.

The sisters promise the flake "has undergone no alterations" to its shape. The listing promises free shipping to Illinois and the girls say they'll use the money earned from the winning bidder to buy more Frosted Flakes.

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