THE SHAPE OF THING$

By Dan Miller
March 28, 2008

I guess by now you've seen the photo of the corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois.
Isn't it astonishing?
Not astonishing that it looks like Illinois... astonishing that two sisters in Virginia actually made $1,350 by selling this thing on eBay.
One flake! $1,350!!!

Holy cow, I've eaten cereal all my life and never really bothered to pay close attention to the shape of the flakes.
I've probably poured milk over a fortune.

With that in mind, I spent some time last night studying a map, and the shapes of the states.

I quickly realized that -- somewhere in my tool boxes -- I have an old X-Acto knife with a chipped blade that looks exactly like Nevada.
That oughta be worth something.

And unless I'm mistaken, I've run across countless taco chips shaped just like South Carolina.
Sadly, seconds after finding them, I dipped them into a bowl of salsa and ate them.
Chalk it up to poor financial planning, spawned by poor eating habits.

By the way, here's an interesting little tidbit I noticed about the shape of states.... if you look at the border between Montana and Idaho, it bears an eerie resemblance to the profile of Richard Nixon!!
Check it out.

That's all for now.
I'm heading to the grocery store to pick up a box of corn flakes.

Who needs the lottery?

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