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Pringles Can Designer Dies, Buried In a Pringles Can
n3hat sends along an item from the Cincinnati Enquirer: "Dr. Fredric J. Baur was so proud of having designed the container for Pringles... that he asked his family to bury him in one. His children honored his request. Part of his remains was buried in a Pringles can — along with a regular urn containing the rest... Dr. Baur, a retired organic chemist and food storage technician who specialized in research and development and quality control for Procter & Gamble, died May 4 at 89... He developed many products, including frying oils and a freeze-dried ice cream, for P&G... But the Pringles can was his proudest accomplishment, his daughter said. He received a patent for the package as well as the method of packaging Pringles in 1970."
so that's what they're made out of...
Once you croak, you must stop.
At least he'll be able to get good wi-fi.
Let's just be thankful he was so proud of the pringles can. I'm uncomfortable with the thought of him being freeze-dried or, even worse, fried.
But do you know how much work that is!?
No way man!!!
;)
Pringles cans rule!!!
They make excellent cheap Darth Vader voice modulators!
Try speaking into an empty one with your best James Earl Jones impression to do a Darth Vader.
Makes for an excellent party trick
Hmmm... I wonder what flavoer Dr. Baur was buried in...
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Obviously. It seems to affect your typing.
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. -- Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
...until you drop (dead).
I can't remember the last time I forgot anything.
You should have seen what Felix Klein was buried in.
Ah, so you're suggesting that they need to adjust for inflation ... of the American population. :)
"I think Pringles' initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles was a laid-back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut 'em up."
-Mitch Hedberg
Do you "first post" trolls want to be buried in the first lot in the cemetery? You have to be the first dead, I hate to tell ya.
Table-ized A.I.
So that guy who invented the bra...
Steve Jobs in a Mac?
Bill Gates squashed into a floppy? He'll at least be "micro" and "soft".
Table-ized A.I.
> humor, death
I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
Sorry, hands were still sticky at the time.
And the masses cried out, "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0!"
With a bit of skill crumbs are no problem. There is a little "hump" at the top of a Pringles can which can deal with crumbs fairly well. And if everything fails, there's still the option to hold your hand under the can to collect them. Gravity is your friend.
Well, unless you eat too many...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
To paraphrase Monty Python's Albatross sketch, "What blooming flavor? He's bloody dead bloody corpse bloody flavor!".
Just because you can mod me down, doesn't mean you're right. Shoes for industry!
Grave Digger A: "Dude, all this digging is making me hungry. Let's hurry up so we can catch a sandwich or something."
Digger B: "Hey, whatta coincidence. I just found a can of Pringles down here. Here ya go."
Digger A: "Bleck, they're stale and crumbled. Hey, do you still have that Twinkie we found last week?"
Digger B: "Yes, but I do have doubts that its really a Twinkie."
Digger A: "You worry too much; hand it over."
Table-ized A.I.
If only the can was designed to have a lid at the bottom as well...
Hey! That's my sig you're smoking there!
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Soylent Green flavor... get with the meme here
I make websites and stuff. Buy one.
"The self regulating nature of Pringles - if your hand can't fit in the tube anymore, you probably shouldn't be eating them anyway."
"If your hand is too big to fit in the Pringles can, you should stop eating them. "
Yes, for heaven's sake, stop eating your hands.
Good for crumb collection too, if you lick your fingers.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Cardiologist's Funeral
....I'm a gynecologist."
A cardiologist died and was given an elaborate funeral attended by fellow physicians, family members, friends.... A huge heart covered in flowers stood behind the casket during the service. Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the casket rolled inside. The heart then closed, sealing the doctor in the beautiful heart forever.
At that point, one of the mourners burst into laughter. When all eyes stared at him, he said, "I'm sorry, I was just thinking of my own funeral
That's when the proctologist fainted.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
BBQ flavour.
Part of his remains was buried in a Pringles can - along with a regular urn containing the rest...
So... which part did they put into the Pringles can?
I shudder to think.
Ah, arrogance and stupidity, all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari
It took that long to chop him up into little pringle shaped slices.
Just goes to show you that even if you do a great job you'll someday get canned!
Camping on quad since 1996.