6/2/08

In Poor Taste

The story's from my brother via email. The sick segue is all mine.

Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his work
CINCINNATI (AP) — 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. (...)
I've got the fever for the flavor of... Grandpa?



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