It’s Wednesday again, so get out your nickels…it’s time for eBay roundup. Today we have a “funny darkey” postcard issued by the H-O Co, Buffalo, NY. This 100 year-old deliciously racist advertisement pictures Kornelia Kinks trying to escape her sister who has inadvertently wrapped a kite around one of Kornelia’s stilts. Oh my, it looks [...]

Dancing children on food packaging is always the clincher with me. If they are dancing, that means the food hasn’t been poisoned. So it would go to prove that Showddie Malted Wheat Cereal is ok for you, right? WRONG. No real food would advertise a “3.00 Tool Kid” and a “2.100 Electric” on the [...]

It’s Wednesday again, so strap on your rocket boots…it’s time for eBay roundup! Yesterday, Pat brought us the news that a Virgin Mary Cocoa Pebble was up for auction. Blasphemy, I say. If you want the real deal look no farther than this: an empty box of Raisin Nut Bran from 1990.
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Do you have a bowl of cereal before you head out to church on Sunday morning? What if you could go to church and have a bowl of cereal at the same time? Sounds way too good to be true, right? WRONG. The solution to your dilemma comes from eBay seller ordinarytoyvault (96.6% positive feedback) [...]

On February 1st, Chitoshi Nakahara introduced Bilk to the world, a beer for the morning-minded. The idea was born out of concern for wasted surplus milk in Hokkaido, Japan. Brewed by the Abashiri brewery, Bilk contains 30% milk, though the production does not differ drastically from that of any other beer. Kaori Takahashi, a participant [...]

It’s Wednesday again, so get your credit card primed…it’s time for eBay roundup! For a cereal that claims to be “Made For Kids” to make reference to “applied pschology” is one thing. To use a zombie-child (shown at right in a delightful pink get-up) in the ad-campaign, however, is pure genius. Back in 1958, Trix [...]

It’s Wednesday, so get your wooden gavel ready…it’s time for eBay roundup! This week we have for you a bowl of faux cereal for you to look upon with fat eyes. Not just cornflakes, this gag comes with faux fruit as well. Seller Lucky_yur_cute (98.2% positive feedback) has listed the Buy It Now price at [...]