QUIZ!
What major consumer product has the shortest shelf life? And how long can it stay on a shelf before going bad or becoming obsolete?
(the answer is in the comments)
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QUIZ!
What major consumer product has the shortest shelf life? And how long can it stay on a shelf before going bad or becoming obsolete?
(the answer is in the comments)
Fresh Bread, a day?
Odwalla? They replace that stuff constantly.
If we’re talking food here, then I’d guess something not found in the grocery store…donuts or bagels? I figure 1 day shelf life.
Sushi, maybe? I figure that won’t last long. Maybe you mean food that’s major, but now around here? Like…some wierdo food halfway accross the world that’s good for about 5 seconds? Crazy Asians.
Possibly goldfish and a frat party…I know one guy ate 37.
Though I can’t help but think that your answer is somewhat tricky, and has nothing to do with food. I’m thinking…human organs for transplants? It’s not necessarily a CONSUMER product, unless you count hospital bills.
Final guess? Baseball at a major league game. They go through like 2 per inning.
Cellphones….they’re all obsolete here compared to European and Japanese ones
I want to say some sort of meat.
…that’s all I got.
There’s plenty of stuff that will only be on sale for a day before being thrown out (sushi, fresh bread, donuts and assorted baked goods). I know there’s a chain of baguette sellers in the UK who throw out unsold baguettes after like 4 or 6 hours or something (this is kind of artificially short shelf life though – the baguettes could probably last longer). Can’t think of anything shorter than that right now.
ANSWER:
Newspapers.
All of your guesses were pretty darn good. Baked goods and such are definitely less desired after a day, but usually a discount works. Yesterday’s newspapers are all but completely useless.
Good for starting fires though!
Yep! Also good for mulch or bedding. And when I was little, we used to fold them into pirate hats.
Hmm, I dunno, you can still read a day-old newspaper, and it’s not functionally useless. Stuff like stale bread or gone-off sushi – there really is no use for that.
Yeah, we used to keep our guinea pigs on newspaper that we ran through a paper shredder. Very economical, and it kept our guinea swine up on the latest current events.