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A 43 year old fruitcake. Wouldnt you have thrown it out? Or regifted it?
I bet it winds up on Ebay.

Edit- it would have helped if I had put in the link initially:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/19/fruitcake.ap/index.html




My appologies.

*gets ready to bid on fruitcake*

ok, i promise myself to not bid more than 1,000 dollars. its just a fruitcake after all...

Ebay has seen weirder items, I'm sure... :D

Ebay has seen weirder items, I'm sure... :D
You are correct.

http://www.askmen.com/fashion/austin_100/125_fashion_style.html

I would keep it and go for the world's record of oldest fruitcake.

You are correct.

http://www.askmen.com/fashion/austin_100/125_fashion_style.html


HEY! You were probably listening to O & A the day they were joking about the "ghost in a jar" that was being sold on Ebay-remember that?

I think a phony bid was up to hundereds of thousands and other people were selling pictures of ghosts in jars their kids just drew, farts in prescription bottles- it made for a funny ride home with the radio that day.

Wow, 43-years-old. Is this an item on e-bay because it's new, compared to other fruitcakes?

HEY! You were probably listening to O & A the day they were joking about the "ghost in a jar" that was being sold on Ebay-remember that?

I think a phony bid was up to hundereds of thousands and other people were selling pictures of ghosts in jars their kids just drew, farts in prescription bottles- it made for a funny ride home with the radio that day.
No, I missed that one. But the ghost in the jar is covered in the article I linked to.

Wow, 43-years-old. Is this an item on e-bay because it's new, compared to other fruitcakes?

Its not on Ebay yet, as far as I know.
I just speculated that it might be ,at some point, now that its gaining notorioty.

Its not on Ebay yet, as far as I know.
I just speculated that it might be ,at some point, now that its gaining notorioty.You know, your post does say that, and for some reason I glossed over it. Ah, well. I wonder if he can prove that it's only 43-years-old.

I wonder if anyone is brave enough to try to eat it.

*gets a fork*

*gets a fork*

Hey, I want some too!

Hey, I want some too!
Too late..

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/Crumbs_saucer_fork.jpg/250px-Crumbs_saucer_fork.jpg

*eats the crumbs and sobs*

I hope your greed kills you. :D

Ruffino, I don't think you wanted to do that.

"I opened it up and didn't know what to do with it," Nesta said.

"I sure wasn't going to eat it, and I liked my fellow soldiers too much to share it with them."


If it was inedible 43 years ago... :D

Only 40 odd years old, no probably not safe to eat - however if it had been made in the truly old fashioned way it might well be. Made with honey ( has been found -still useable - in 3000 yr old containers ) and real spices - real cinnamon etc ( the stuff you get in the familiar tins now days is not real cinnamon and gets bitter when aged ) and soaked thru and thru with brandy, and then sealed in an air tight tin/ sealed jar...

The recipies aren't easy to find, as is real cinnamon but if you can oh my!

You think that's bad? Check this out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4693520.stm

50-year-old chicken-in-a-tin. Who could possibly say no to that treat?

You think that's bad? Check this out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4693520.stm

50-year-old chicken-in-a-tin. Who could possibly say no to that treat?
Yum!

Although it's nothing next to 90-year-old human body, half decomposed... with a side order of larvae... mmmm. ;)

You think that's bad? Check this out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4693520.stm

50-year-old chicken-in-a-tin. Who could possibly say no to that treat?

I thought the three week old pork lo mein I once ate by mistake was bad.

I dont want to eat chicken that was canned yesterday, if I had a choice.