Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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Lickable Business Cards
Business cards printed with edible inks for emergency snacking.
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No joke here folks. I actually experimented with this idea in 1974 and had modest success. I was a silkscreen artist at the time and was experimenting with ink alternatives.

My first attemps were with chocolate (fudge ice cream syrup). I created a whole series of proto-type business cards. Some were designed to resemble a fudgicle-pop, others said "lickem-here" with a patch of chocolate. Some had conventional typeface but with a panel of lick- able chocolate on the back. The printed typeface was also chocolate. To prevent stickiness each card was inter- leafed with a thin sheet of velum paper. They were quite stable and I still have some of them stored to this day.

Other examples were ketchup and mustard. Food coloring had to be added to intensify the color density.

One really weird idea I tried was just using clear cooking oil with some type of stabilizer to facilitate with the printing process. The result created a controlled graphic typeface which was oily. Subtle oil stain-like graphics. I tested out various card stocks from very porous to hard, smooth,finishes. I got my inspiration for that one looking at a grease stained pizza box. I was trying at the time, to infuse the oil with the smell of pepperoni pizza. I never applied to get a patent, I was trying to expand the boundries of artistic invention.


Cosmo, Aug 26 2003

would have been useful here http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Cookbook
voted on by four autoboners [FarmerJohn, Oct 04 2004]

LSD http://www.erowid.o...icals/lsd/lsd.shtml
[DeathNinja, Oct 04 2004]

Preston's Candy Cards http://www.prestonscandy.com/custom
They make business cards too [monkeywidget, Oct 04 2004]

Edible Business Cards http://mrl.nyu.edu/...iments/ebc/ebc.html
Fiction. [jutta, Apr 27 2005]


Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee

Destination URL. E.g., http://www.coffee.com/

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       Tried Gaelic scripts? Should do well in certain small communities.

UnaBubba, Aug 26 2003
  

       How about "scratch 'n' sniff" business cards, which would be infused with the corporate smell?

peterd, Aug 26 2003
  

       Anything that brings roaches to a competitor's desk get's a lickable picture of a croissant from me. +

k_sra, Aug 26 2003
  

       All business cards are lickable, but your cards probably tasted better. I personally never eat things from anyone's wallet aren't individually wrapped. '74 huh? Did you try dipping your cards in the usual '70s chemicals. I can think of atleast 3 of them that would make humans want to lick your cards. Chemicals like that are the other reason why I won't lick any one's cards, especially if they ask me to do so. Possibly, fine for other humans though. +

sartep, Aug 26 2003
  

       <notes the words 'other humans' and smiles to self>

k_sra, Aug 26 2003
  

       // make humans want to lick your cards //   

       I could imagine coming home to candles, food, and a wife wearing nothing but my business cards...

..hopefully I didn't choose "ketchup" cards...


DeathNinja, Aug 26 2003
  

       Might want to add a disclaimer for avoiding any responsibility for tongue-based paper cuts... ow! Hmmm. Why not make the edges salty just to add to the experience???

Dustoff, Aug 26 2003
  

       Margarita letterhead with salt sealing envelope.

k_sra, Aug 26 2003
  

       It was the early 1970's and the scratch and sniff concept was just being tested. I remember a Martini scent and Natural Gas. I was inspired........

Cosmo, Aug 26 2003
  

       Business-card-shaped stick of chewing gum would be flat, would stack with other cards, and be more sanitary.

flypaper, Aug 30 2003
  

       flypaper,..........this gives me a new idea! What about business cards made out of an edible, durable foodstuff. Highly compressed granola or something, with non-toxic soy- bean inks for the printing.

Cosmo, Aug 31 2003
  

       bizarre. delicious. call the nurse.

benfrost, Apr 28 2005
  


 
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