Going for over $620 now. I can't figure out if that's a joke bid or real. I remember seeing an old lady on one of the late night talk shows who collected Lay's Potato Chips in the shape of famous people and animals. I guess there is a market, but $600????
Maybe I posted that a bit prematurely. It seems the French Battle Flag is back in replica form: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2161835864&category=128
Actually, that is a quote from that reality TV show, "Are You Hot?" I watched the first episode until I heard that quote from a contestant. I then officially turned off the TV and began slapping myself silly for even watching it in the first place.
There should be a reality-based tv show, where ordinary citizens must sit back and watch really bad reality-based tv shows, all while being filmed.
I suspect drug testing might be in order for the person putting the item up for sale on ebay as well.
Please, more threads like this one... Its not cheap to put up something on Ebay nowadays either. Isn't it like 4 bucks min? Has anyone here ever washed a cheeto with water? They turn white.
<blockquote><H1><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/05/offbeat.big.cheeto/index.html">Crunch! Giant Chee-to spurs online frenzy</a></H1> <b>Small Iowa town to put it on display</b> By Jeordan Legon Thursday, March 6, 2003 Posted: 11:46 AM EST (1646 GMT) (CNN) -- It's believed to be the largest Chee-to in the world. The cheesy glob of fried cornmeal that Navy Petty Officer Mike Evans found last week in a bag of the snacks is about the size of a small lemon and weighs in at about half an ounce. Evans, 41, a fervent user of online auctions, posted his find on eBay. He never expected the flurry of attention that followed. Radio stations from around the country interviewed Evans, a Gulf War veteran stationed in Pearl Harbor who patiently explained that he bought the bag of Chee-tos for his 3-year-old son. Giant Chee-to T-shirts and Chee-to puppet auctions sprung up online. And pranksters bid up the Chee-to into the millions of dollars -- so much that eBay cancelled the sale and a frustrated Evans donated the Chee-to to a good cause: a sleepy farming community in Iowa. "I was absolutely astounded that something like a Chee-to could become a pop icon," said Evans. "It's international. I've even seen it online on a Russian site." Putting it on display The folks in Algona, Iowa -- a one-movie-theater town with 5,970 residents -- can hardly wait to get their hands on the giant Chee-to. They plan to shellac it, lay it on plush velvet and put it under Plexiglas. "This giant Chee-to could be a boon to our local economy," said Tom Straub, owner of Algona's Sister Sarah's Bar. "Anything we can do to attract visitors to our town would be good." Though no official records are kept of such finds, a spokeswoman for Frito-Lay said she doesn't recall such a big Chee-to ever making it through the rigorous quality control process since the company began making them 55 years ago. A rare thing indeed because snackers devour billions of Chee-tos every year. More than 3 million bags are made daily, making the tasty treat almost synonymous with America. "We have very high standards and practices in place," Frito-Lay's Lynn Markley said. "It's never happened before. Not in our lifetime." <b>Making a giant Chee-to</b> So how did this one Chee-to get to be a behemoth? Chee-tos Development Manager Kevin Cogan's job is to ponder such mysteries. He believes that some of the cheddar seasoning in the company's machines built up and plopped out in big blob. That sneaked past inspectors. "We call it Seasoning Accumulation," Cogan said. "If you love cheese, this is the Chee-to for you. It's beyond dangerously cheesy." Bryce Wilson, the radio station disc jockey who headed the campaign to bring the Chee-to to Algona, said no one in the town would dare think of tasting it. Town residents raised $180 to bid on the Chee-to, but when Evans found out, he decided to send it to them for free. The $180 -- along with another $1000 pledged by Frito-Lay -- will go to a local food bank. "If you take a big chunk of food out of circulation, you should put some food in circulation," said Wilson, 24, who has contacted the folks at Guinness World Records to see if the Chee-to qualifies. "Best of all, in these uncertain times, having something to laugh at is a really good thing." </blockquote> <img src="http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/TECH/internet/03/05/offbeat.big.cheeto/story.cheeto.cnn.jpg"> <img src="http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/TECH/internet/03/05/offbeat.big.cheeto/story.cheeto2.cnn.jpg">
