Monday, June 2, 2008

Oh Bury Me Not . . . in a Pringles Tube

89 year old Dr Fredric J. Baur, creator of the Pringles tube passed away and, according to his wishes, was put into his most famous creation- for all eternity!

After being cremated his earthly remains were shoved, er, placed lovingly into the tube (and an urn for the "overflow"). He was a retired chemist and food storage technician for Procter and Gamble, and will always be remembered for thinking of the Pringles tube way back in 1970.

He was also credited with creating a freeze-dried ice cream that never caught on, but that he was still proud of anyway. Let this be a lesson- enjoy your own junk people! Don't nobody else's opinions matter!

Buried in a Pringles tube- at least he didn't invent the colostomy bag! What do you want to be buried in?? Here are a few options:

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