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Pringles Can Designer Dies, Buried In a Pringles Can

Posted by kdawson on from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

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."

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  1. aha by rakslice · · Score: 5, Funny

    so that's what they're made out of...

  2. Pringles cans suck. by 3p1ph4ny · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

    1. Re:Pringles cans suck. by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Have you tried tilting the can?

    2. Re:Pringles cans suck. by glitch23 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I too have problems with my hands swelling after excessive amounts of masterbation.

      Obviously. It seems to affect your typing.

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    3. Re:Pringles cans suck. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "The self regulating nature of Pringles - if your hand can't fit in the tube anymore, you probably shouldn't be eating them anyway."

    4. Re:Pringles cans suck. by ABasketOfPups · · Score: 5, Funny

      "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.

  3. Popped by theurge14 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once you croak, you must stop.

  4. one advantage by nerdonamotorcycle · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least he'll be able to get good wi-fi.

  5. It could have been worse by nobodyman · · Score: 5, Funny

    He developed many products, including frying oils and a freeze-dried ice cream, for P&G... But the Pringles can was his proudest accomplishment...

    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.
    1. Re:It could have been worse by blackest_k · · Score: 5, Informative

      well if you really want to know, essentially pringles are reconstituted potato similar to instant mash. If I remember right its mainly dried potato powder and oil. A dough is made up which gets squeezed to the right thickness on a belt and then a roller cookie cuts the pringles out and the unused dough goes back into the hopper and is rolled out again. they are then fried, flavor added, and canned.

      The recipe is all important since it controls both the flavor and the curve of the pringles. A big problem is that if they curve too much then you cant fit enough in a can (the machine couldn't handle bigger cans) and if the recipe was adjusted to make them flatter then the product tastes like cardboard.

      It was a pretty cool machine to see in action.

      things like quavers and wotsits are fried potato starch, without flavor they are like chewing on packing beads.

      and finally low fat crisps are identical to regular crisps in every way right up to the flavor station where a lower fat flavor is added.

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  6. Once you pop, you can't stop by wilsoniya · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...until you drop (dead).

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  7. Pringle's Can? Boring! by elnico · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should have seen what Felix Klein was buried in.

  8. Environmental Impact by bazald · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I remember visiting a recycling center when I was in elementary school. One particular item that they picked on as being very difficult to recycle was the Pringles can. A bizarre combination of metal, cardboard, and plastic, it is almost impossible for them to get the components apart.

    So, no thanks for failing to consider the environmental impact of your design.

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  9. Someone had to say it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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

  10. Brazier by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    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".

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    1. Re:Brazier by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Linus Torvalds in an open casket so you can dig through the source

      But SCO claims an arm and a leg.

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    2. Re:Brazier by ELTaNiN · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bill Gates' tomb will have windows so you can see the bugs inside...

  11. Tags by taupin · · Score: 5, Funny

    > humor, death
    I don't know whether to laugh or cry!

  12. Potential mistake by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

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  13. ogligatory by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cardiologist's Funeral

    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 ....I'm a gynecologist."

    That's when the proctologist fainted.

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  14. He was cremated: by Tezcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    BBQ flavour.