Pringles can designer- buried in 1
Fredric Baur dreamed up the original Pringles can. Now he's buried in one.
In 1966, Baur came up with a clever way for Procter & Gamble to stack chips uniformly rather than tossing them in a bag. He was so proud of the achievement, he wanted to go to his grave with it. So when Baur died last month, his children buried the 89-year-old's ashes in one of his iconic cans. (See pictures of what the world eats.)
"When my dad first raised the burial idea in the 1980s, I chuckled about it," Baur's eldest son Larry, 49, told TIME. Larry Baur quickly realized his father was serious. Family jokes circulated about the Pringles plan, but no one questioned the elder Baur's decision. So when Frederic Baur died after a battle with Alzheimer's, Larry and his siblings stopped at Walgreen's for a burial can of Pringles on their way to the funeral home. "My siblings and I briefly debated what flavor to use," Baur says, "but I said, 'Look, we need to use the original.'"
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/artic ... z1OVUowZF1
Pretty cool story...
By the way, does anyone know who's the character with the handlbar mustache on the Pringles can?
Dennis Gage of "My Classic Car" fame...
http://www.myclassiccar.com
He invented the concept of Pringles, sold it to Proctor & Gamble, got filthy rich to support his car-habit, and how cool is that?!?
