Last Call for Flutie Flakes

In honor of Doug Flutie's retirement yesterday, I figured the time was right for another installment of Yes, You Can Get Pretty Much Anything On ebay. To wit, check out these listings for boxes of Flutie Flakes. Yeah, there are apparently people out there who will bid on a box of cereal that is nearly a decade old. Mmm. That's good eatin'.

Flutie Flakes were produced for only a few years beginning in 1998, and their cause was a noble one. All the proceeds from the sales of the cereal benefited the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, which is named for the former Heisman winner's autistic son. Something tells me the dopes who are putting their cereal up for bid won't be passing along the proceeds, though.

Anyway, if you were a Flutie fan (and really, who wasn't? The guy was barely 43 inches tall and he still managed to play quarterback until he was 43 years old!) a nice way to pay tribute might be to visit his foundation's site and make a donation. Or, you could pony up a few bucks for a box of incredibly stale cereal. It's up to you.