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Dyne 06-02-2008 02:26 PM
The Pringles can guy dies and his remains in pringles can.
 
Nooo. :(

Quote:
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) -- The man who designed the Pringles potato chip packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans.

The man who designed the Pringles can had part of his cremated remains buried in one, his family says.

Fredric J. Baur, of Cincinnati, died May 4 at Vitas Hospice in Cincinnati, his family said. He was 89.

Baur's children said they honored his request to bury him in one of the cans by placing part of his cremated remains in a Pringles container in his grave in suburban Springfield Township.

The rest of his remains were placed in an urn buried along with the can, with some placed in another urn and given to a grandson, said Baur's daughter, Linda Baur of Diamondhead, Mississippi.

Baur requested the burial arrangement because he was proud of his design of the Pringles container, a son, Lawrence Baur of Stevensville, Michigan, said Monday.

Baur was an organic chemist and food storage technician who specialized in research and development and quality control for Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co.

Baur filed for a patent for the tubular Pringles container and for the method of packaging the curved, stacked chips in the container in 1966, and it was granted in 1970, P&G archivist Ed Rider said.

Baur retired from P&G in the early 1980s.
Sauce: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/02/pri...ef=mpstoryview

I love pringles to death but this is kind of creepy. :eek3:

Fox 6 06-02-2008 03:04 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
they should have put the can on a store shelf just to see the persons reaction when they opened it.

Angrist 06-02-2008 05:01 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
What's the use of cremation if you're going to end up in a grave after all?

Dyne 06-02-2008 05:05 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Angrist (Post 226120)
What's the use of cremation if you're going to end up in a grave after all?
So you don't take up space and decompose faster?

Angrist 06-02-2008 05:28 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
IF they're using smallers graves for that... And who cares about decomposition?
I know that some people don't like the idea of slowly rotting away, that's a good reason.

Jonbo298 06-02-2008 05:30 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
It's cheaper I think also. No giant wooden coffin needed that costs thousands more then it actually is worth when you are buried in the ground, where no one will see you until the Venusian's attack, and use our bones to power their ships.

Wait...that all sounds familiar ;)

The Germanator 06-02-2008 05:38 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
Once you pop, ya just can't stop! Until you're 89 and die I guess. :(

Angrist 06-02-2008 05:50 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
I also want to be cremated (when I die), I discussed it with my family. The fact that it's cheaper played a role in the decision.
I just don't need my ashes to be buried.

KillerGremlin 06-02-2008 07:15 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
I want my ashes to be used in an elaborate prank. Milk shake anyone?

GameMaster 06-02-2008 07:21 PM
Re: The Pringles can guy dies.
 
I'm electing to be frozen. I haven't set it up yet. But the service does exist.

All in the hope of being brought back to life in the future.


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