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The Future of Portable Food

If we've learned one thing from the KFC Famous Bowls, it's that Americans love to find absurd ways to make food more convenient and efficient. OhGizmo! has a pair of food related innovations that stop shy of a "failure pile in a sadness bowl," but at least one still crosses the line in to fast food ridiculousness.

With only six locations nationwide, Korean-based BBQ Chicken USA is a somewhat obscure fast-food chain, but it is bound to make waves with its new Col-Pop Chicken menu item. The dual-leveled cup features a top section for chicken nuggets that fits above the bottom soda container. Yes, you can have warm soda and cold nuggets in one easy-to-carry vessel!
The Future of Portable Food

On the slightly more useful side, but still somewhat of a novelty, is Cereal on the Go. The ingenious, two-compartment container keeps milk or yogurt cold in a bottom-insulated cup with the help of a freezable gel pack, while keeping cereal dry and crisp in a attachable bowl until it's ready for consumption. Cereal on the Go even comes with a foldable plastic spoon. As clever as it is we're not sure how much we'd be eating cereal "on the go," and the idea of carrying around a container of milk in our bag or briefcase that could open and ruin everything inside scares the hell out of us, but we'll file these doodads under "nifty!"

From OhGizmo!

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Woman Faces $10 Million Fine for eBaying Without License in PARemember when we told you that the government of Pennsylvania was telling any eBayers in the state who sold goods for others to get a license? Yeah, well, apparently they weren't kidding. A woman there opened a consignment shop on the online auction house so that she could stay home and treat her daughter with cancer. Now she faces a $10-million fine for doing so without an auctioneer's license.

The woman, 33-year-old Mary Jo Pletz, sold 10,000 items on the site. Each item sold without a license is subject to a $1,000 fine, thus the total of $10 million. Pletz was notified of the law late in 2006 and immediately closed up shop and went to work as a dental hygienist, but that's apparently not enough for the PA government, which is still pursuing the charge.

From FARK.com and Philly.com

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