Linda went to Arby's for lunch and got my daughter an order of curly fries. Em is always looking for the longest french fry... and she found it today! When stretched out, it measures over 21" I was afraid to stretch it any longer, and it may reach as much as 22" but that would really be stretching it.



Now to find out what she wants to do with it. How do you preserve something like this? Guess I have to go to AC Moore to get a plaque... Doing a search online, I did find claims for a fry from Arby's for 27." Hmmmmmmm.. No pictures though!

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use string to measure it. it's probably 30"

[This message has been edited by ryan.hess (edited 02-11-2007).]

lol that's awsome!

i always liked those curly q's from the fairs and carnivals.

dang, i'm hungry now...

the arbies around me always gives me the short dinky things about 2"

hey, little girl, wanna measure my french fry?
kidding, just kidding.

looks like a fried tape worm to me...

Why not cover it with liquid resin+hardner... then it will b preserved for all eternity...

Family Heirloom at least...

Also would be PERFECT to remove those "hard-to-reach" boogers

Em wants to sell it on ebay... so here it goes!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBay...tegory0%3D%26fvi%3D1

More for fun than anything else. Bid high and bid often!

My favorite line:

"Even if you don't need the "world's longest french fry," maybe you could find it in your heart to help us get the computer for our daughter by bidding on this unique curiosity!"

My wife's eyes are still rolling... Maybe I should issue some press releases to build excitement?

[This message has been edited by F-I-E-R-O (edited 02-11-2007).]

It's the shipping that'll get ya!

Oooooooooooohhh! 45 visits (10 of them mine and Em's) and one watcher!

Um, how do you plan on shipping the fry?

As far as I can tell a normal box or envelope wont work. Any ideas on it?

Brad

I was thinking a skinny Tupperware type container with some tissue paper inside to protect it from getting jostled around...

the string idea would be a good idea to measure length, maybe try that and edit the e-bay auction with the new length

it would make a pretty big potato (potatoe as Al Gore would spell it) sorry thats old..... to make a 21 inch regular fry

Sounds good, perhaps offer insurance?

Wonder what you would insure it for?
LOL

Brad

Edited to add: Perhaps you could just ask the Mailman to "Keep an eye on it."

[This message has been edited by twofatguys (edited 02-11-2007).]

oh, a paper towel cardboard core would work well, or a heavier longer one for posters

woo!!! I am the current high bidder! come on guys, try and outbid me!!

Why don't you let it just sit there and dry. It will preserve itself. Haven't you seen on Super Size Me how the fries always stay the same no matter their age. They don't decay.

quote Originally posted by 84fierotrevor: Oh crap! I didn't notice the shipping! lol. ohwell.

LOL looks like you get the SUPER TUBER!!!

For now

Brad

quote Originally posted by $Rich$: (potatoe as Al Gore would spell it) sorry thats old..... to make a 21 inch regular fry

I think you mean Dan Quayle.

oh, was that it?
sorry its been years

quote Originally posted by $Rich$: oh, was that it? sorry its been years

They say the memory is the second thing to go.......I forget the first.

Yeah, it was good 'ol Danny boy who misspelled potato. Al did invent the internet though!

What happened????
Why did the auction end?


Brad

its still going, trevor musta retracted his bid

I just relisted it after some a-hole sent me this email:

"You didn't do a very good job of hiding your keyword spamming. This listing has been reported to eBay.

Have a nice day."

So, instead of getting in trouble with ebay, I relisted it without this...

A - abercrombie 12 * A * a900 * aa batteries * ...... * xm satellite radio * xps

Edit because it was rediculously long and pointless. I'm happy to send an email to anyone who wants the whole list.

[This message has been edited by F-I-E-R-O (edited 02-12-2007).]

wow thats quite a list

quote Originally posted by F-I-E-R-O: I just relisted it after some a-hole sent me this email: Which was put in at 1pt, in white... Oooooooooooppps.

How is he an ass-hole? You listed your item intentionally against Ebay's rules. I bet cops are ass-holes when they write you a ticket for speeding.

Ahhhhhh... and there in lies the difference. One is doing their job, the other is just a rat.

edit to add...

"You didn't do a very good job of hiding your keyword spamming. This listing has been reported to eBay.

Have a nice day."

If the guy had sent me an email stating that he saw this in the auction, and that it was not a good idea or a violation, then I would have thanked him and done what I did, which was end the auction and start over without the keywords. I was more than willing to pay extra to have the auction listed under more than two catagories, but that wasn't an option. For a person to send an email stating that it was a violation, say that he was going to tell, then throw sand in my face by adding "have a nice day" makes him an a-hole. I appreciate your opinion about my reaction, but turning this into a I hate cops thing is rediculous. Stop being so silly.

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quote Originally posted by ls3mach: How is he an ass-hole? You listed your item intentionally against Ebay's rules. I bet cops are ass-holes when they write you a ticket for speeding.

I do, thats the first thing I say when the cop walks up, I says, Fuk you ass-hole for doing your job. "unless he is of mexican decent" normaly I get out of my ticket because I have this really sweet camaro......it has stealth fighter body panels... and chicks love it.... and its just really cherry...
edited to say: Oh yeah now I remember why I came in here, what happend to my bid on the frylock?

[This message has been edited by 84fierotrevor (edited 02-12-2007).]

quote Originally posted by 84fierotrevor: woo!!! I am the current high bidder! come on guys, try and outbid me!!

I didn't see the listing after you had the problem.
Was Trevor a legit bidder or was he just trying to disrupt yet another auction with bogus bids?

[This message has been edited by Fiero5 (edited 02-12-2007).]

It was more of an experiment than anything else. When I tried to change the auction description, I couldn't because someone had bid on it. I tried to search under various categories to see if it would turn up but couldn't find it. I don't know how this self proclaimed eBay hall monitor came across it, but to take the time to figure out that within about 1" worth of space where words that couldn't be seen on screen because the color matched the background... ACK! The whole 'I'm gonna teeeeeeeeellllllllllllll, have a nice day' is so typical of a whiny snot nosed little weasel that didn't get beat up enough in school. Is there a company out there that will send something like... I don't know... maybe some PooBerry muffins to this guy as a 'thank you' ?

Great on listing the fry, but you are dead wrong on the keyword spamming. It is auctions like yours that have made searching on ebay such a pain.

Maybe it is a rat, I do not care, but I often report keyword spammers because they decided it was ok to waste my time with an auction that was not what I was looking for.

When an auction comes up that has nothing to do with what I want, I use search to find the word I looked for on the page.
Highlight the page and it all pops up.

A few keywords is not bad, but a whole list like that is uncalled for and against the rules.

Good luck with the fry.

I went to bid, but I see there is no paypal alas......
Oh well.

Gene

[This message has been edited by scrabblegod (edited 02-12-2007).]

I changed the Paypal thing, good point. There are many auctions that I have passed over because it didn't have a Paypal available, so I added it.

Any suggestions on what I could add to make it more interesting? I still have some time to change the listing before someone bids on it. Once they do, then the only way to do so is to do an afterthought thingie, which is somewhat limiting.