11 thoughts on “Shelf life.

  • 6/29/2007 at 8:26 pm
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    Odwalla? They replace that stuff constantly.

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  • 6/29/2007 at 9:19 pm
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    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.

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  • 6/30/2007 at 2:38 am
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    Cellphones….they’re all obsolete here compared to European and Japanese ones

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  • 6/30/2007 at 4:34 am
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    I want to say some sort of meat.

    …that’s all I got.

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  • 7/1/2007 at 11:01 am
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    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.

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  • 7/2/2007 at 9:15 am
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    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.

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  • 7/2/2007 at 12:25 pm
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    Good for starting fires though!

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  • 7/2/2007 at 11:16 pm
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    Yep! Also good for mulch or bedding. And when I was little, we used to fold them into pirate hats.

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  • 7/3/2007 at 1:37 pm
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    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.

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  • 7/3/2007 at 2:28 pm
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    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.

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