Pringles Can Designer Buried In Potato Crisp Container

[OhioChick]

POSTED: 10:58 am EDT June 2, 2008

CINCINNATI -- The man who designed the container for Pringles potato crisps was so proud of his accomplishment that he asked his family to bury him in one of the cans.

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

Baur's children honored his request by burying part of his remains in a Pringles can in his grave in a cemetery in suburban Cincinnati. The rest of his remains were placed in an urn buried along with the can.

The retired organic chemist and food storage technician specialized in research and development and quality control for Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. He also developed frying oils and a freeze-dried ice cream for P&G. The ice cream was patented and marketed, but never caught on with the public, his son Lawrence Baur, of Stevensville, Mich., said.

http://www.newsnet5.com/money/16458402/detail.html

:wtf:

[samdogmom]

1. What a wonderful family! They made sure his request was honored! n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Imagine the size of that slicer!

:wow:

[DesertFlower]

3. OMG.

:rofl:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Disappointing

I expected a picture - at the very least - of a coffin-sized Pringles can. Hell, anybody can get their ashes stashed in a Pringles can.

What I want to know now is who ate those Pringles?

[OhioChick]

5. LOL.....

I was looking for a picture too, but didn't want to admit it. :blush:

[uppityperson]

6. That is nice of his family to do that. Makes me smile to hear this.

[KSinTX]

7. Thanks for the visual. It helps.

It seems this was a family that shared a love for quirky humor. Must've been fun at holidays.

[Cronus Protagonist]

8. Future archeologists are going to think we ate dead people

n/t

[originalpckelly]

10. What, we don't do that?

Did I miss that memo?

[onethatcares]

9. guess we can't say

he kicked the can. Can we? Well, ya'll thought about saying it, but you didn't.

[Sheets of Easter]

11. Somehow, I lost my fever for the flavor...

[originalpckelly]

12. Once you grandpop you just can't stop.

[Sheets of Easter]

13. ...

:thumbsup: :D

[originalpckelly]

14. I'm going straight to hell for that one, although I'm so gay...

I can't really go straight anywhere. So I guess I'm going gay to hell for that one.

[OhioChick]

15. .....

:rofl:

[originalpckelly]

16. I'm glad I could please.

:P