Breakfast in America

For anyone who is worried about the future of civilisation, and the internet’s effect on it, we present disturbing news: at the time of writing eBay has five auctions related to cornflakes shaped like the American state of Illinois, including tribute art.
It all started when there was a bidding frenzy on a cornflake in the shape of Illinois discovered by Emily McIntire, a 15-year-old from Virginia, and listed by her older sister.
Yet as bidding predictably reached $2,000, eBay cancelled the auction. Not, we note, because it was silly – but because it violated the site’s policy on selling foodstuffs.
The good news, if indeed there is any good news in all of this, is that the McIntire sisters were able to relist the item with the caveat that it wasn’t edible.
Meanwhile eBay sellers have since offered a crisp shaped like Florida, and one enterprising seller is offering “unaltered corn flakes in the shape of Hawaii, Indiana, and California” as we went to press.