Pringles Can Inventor Buried in Pringles Can

[babylonsister]

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/06/ashes_of_pringles_can_designer.php

Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work

At his request, ashes of man who designed can for Pringles chips buried in one of the cans

Staff
AP News

Jun 02, 2008 11:19 EST

The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans.

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, Miss.

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

[greyl]

1. Wish Mitch Hedberg was still around.

"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

[Frustratedlady]

2. Thanks for the chuckle!

This guy really knew how to put himself into his work.

[greyl]

3. You do mean Baur, right? :) nt

[aquart]

4. Thanks for the chuckle! LOL!

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5. The full-on Gonzo would have been to ask for a portion of his ashes

be made into a Pringle chip!

[damntexdem]

6. Talk about a chip off the old block!

And besides, his ashes likely taste no worse than the Pringles.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. ...and centuries hence, when that can is unearthed by anthropologists...

and the contents analyzed, they are going to royally freak out, wondering just what the hell people DID eat way back in the 21st century. (And whatever they DID eat, they certainly overcooked it!)

(No offense intended, Mr. Baur. RIP.)