Do rice cards taste unpleasant, like eating cardboard? “Rice cakes really satisfy my cravings for styrofoam” is a jocular one-liner that has been printed on an ecard. “Eating rice cakes is like eating flavored styrofoam. Tasty tasty styrofoam” was posted on Twitter on August 4, 2008. “Rice cakes really hit the spot when you’re craving a styrofoam disk” was posted on Twitter on November 22, 2009.
“Rice cakes really satisfy my cravings for styrofoam”—the usual form of the saying—was posted on Twitter on January 10, 2013.
“Rice cakes have no right calling themselves ‘cake’ at all” is another one-line saying about rice cakes.
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Oz
@bnsrf
Eating rice cakes is like eating flavored styrofoam. Tasty tasty styrofoam.
6:13 PM - 4 Aug 2008
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Tályaa Liera
@lightspring
Rice cakes really hit the spot when you’re craving a styrofoam disk.
2:14 PM - 22 Nov 2009
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Bailey
@the_author_
Rice cakes: the only edible way to satisfy your craving about how Styrofoam tastes without poisoning yourself. Probably.
6:06 PM - 9 Jul 2011
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randi simon lupo
@randilupo
There’s nothing like a good piece of Melba Toast to satisfy your craving for styrofoam.
12:56 PM - 3 Dec 2012
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randi simon lupo
@randilupo
Nothing like styrofoam to curb your cravings for rice cakes!
1:14 PM - 3 Dec 2012
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Little White Lion
@LittleWhiteLion
Rice cakes really satisfy my cravings for styrofoam.
10:46 AM - 10 Jan 2013
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ShellStar ♥
@ShellStar12
Rice cakes really satisfy my cravings for styrofoam. 
8:01 AM - 17 Jan 2013
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kareem
@Kreemofthecrop
Rice cakes really satisfy my craving for styrofoam
8:21 AM - 17 Jan 2013
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Mike Marks
@mikethemarks
Rice cakes really satisfy my cravings for Styrofoam. -unknown, but I’ll take credit.
9:59 PM - 13 Sep 2013
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Donnette Strukl to Funny Status
September 1, 2016
I STARTED MY NEW DIET TODAY.... RICE CAKES REALLY DO SATISFY MY CRAVING FOR STYROFOAM. ..
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