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."

Comments

Pringles cans suck.

[3p1ph4ny]

I can't get my hand in them to get the chips out of the bottom.

Re:Pringles cans suck.

[phagstrom]

That's the smart bit. If your hand is too big to fit in the Pringles can, you should stop eating them. The Pringles Diet....maybe I should write a book or something.

Re:Pringles cans suck.

[drsquare]

If your hand is small enough to fit into a Pringles can, then you must be a midget.

Re:It was a good design...

[Fumus]

Interestingly, a very similar idea is used to trap monkeys without harming them. They put a long hollow tube attached to the ground and put some food in it. The monkeys put their hand in there and once they grab the food they can't squeeze their fist back through the tube. Most of the time they won't let go of the food, thus keeping themselves trapped.

Re:Environmental Impact

[bloodninja]

Just because unthinking Joe Sixpack decides to throw something out doesn't make it the fault of the designer. Actually, it does. The designer should be aware that the product will continue to exist even after it's intended purpose is fulfilled. But according to TFS the Pringles can was designed in 19fucking70. Nobody was thinking about recycling back then. The irresponsibility of the current design lays with Pringles, who have not changed the almost-40 year old design in light of current knowledge.