Duuuuuuude! These chips are stackable!!!

/whoa...

What do you call potato chips that come in a tennis ball can? So they opened up a phone book and put their finger down on the name Pringle.

I guess his fun did stop.

the cat was the 1st ...

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 "fark it. Cut 'em up."

He must be happy he didn't invent the douchebag.

Corn Pringles were the best ever.

EatCritAndDie:

Guess I spent too long looking that one up...

ughh I hate pringles.

Sometimes you gotta let those hard-to-reach chips go.

From wiki,

"Due to their shape, cans are frequently used to make temporary water pipes for smoking tobacco or other herbal smoking blends."

Teehee.

H. W. Plainview: I guess his fun did stop.

Ramen, keyboard, compensation, etc.

Thray: From wiki,

"Due to their shape, cans are frequently used to make temporary water pipes for smoking tobacco or other herbal smoking blends."

Teehee.

Great, are we now listing everything that can be used as an improvised smoking device? That's only... everything.

/From wiki: "The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. They can also be used to make temporary pipes for smoking tobacco or other herbal smoking blends."
//From wiki: "Yorick was the deceased court jester whose skull is exhumed by the gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of Shakespeare's Hamlet. This skull could be used to make a temporary pipe for smoking tobacco or other herbal smoking blends."

What's with all the potato men dying lately?

I don't know why I did this.

quiet_american: I don't know why I did this.

cause you're a Farker, and that's what Farkers do ;)

Beyond the awesome commercial with the Basement Jaxx song, Pringles has never done anything I've liked.

Their chips are awful! They're horrible reconstituted potato sawdust flakes with all the flavour sucked out of them and then replaced with bad flavour that is similar to potato, but not. Pringles are like the Uncanny valley of chips. JUST WRONG.

In contrast, I give you Kettle Chips, which makes a) a damn good chip and b) has sold me on flavours that sound totally disgusting to a plain-chip preferrer (Honey dijon? Yogurt Green Onion?) but are surprisingly insanely delicious. (Along with Cheddar Beer... mmm...)

Actually, I take that back. I won't give you Kettle Chips. Buy your own, these ones are mine.

I bet he gets great wi-fi reception down there, too...

bobbette: In contrast, I give you Kettle Chips, which makes a) a damn good chip and b) has sold me on flavours that sound totally disgusting to a plain-chip preferrer (Honey dijon? Yogurt Green Onion?) but are surprisingly insanely delicious. (Along with Cheddar Beer... mmm...)

I concur, good kettle-style chips are superior to all others. I don't actually even like regular potato chips (like Lays), but kettle chips are delicious. I like the inventive flavors, but my favorite is still good ole' salt & black pepper.

bobbette: Pringles has never done anything I've liked.

Their chips are awful! They're horrible reconstituted potato sawdust flakes with all the flavour sucked out of them and then replaced with bad flavour that is similar to potato, but not. Pringles are like the Uncanny valley of chips. JUST WRONG.

Ditch the chips and eat the tube. It tastes better, trust me on this.

Eh, that's sorta why I posted it Occam's Chainsaw. Just hit up the article to refresh myself on the afore-mentioned potato sawdust (funnily enough not discussed), and found that tidbit odd and amusingly phrased.

skinink: He must be happy he didn't invent the douchebag.

Hey, don't laugh. From a story on Prince Charles and Camilla:

"The depth of their intimacy became clear in 1992 when the so-called "Camillagate" tape surfaced, in which Charles was caught saying he longed to be Camilla's tampon."
From the Guardian 2/10/2005.

So some guys would not mind at all being a douchebag.

Dang. Was enjoying the image of a man buried in a giant-sized pringles can...then I read the article. (sigh)

"Most of the women I've dated are like Pringles. They're white, slightly warped and they snap easily."
- Drew Hastings

My sister is an Organic Chemist who does R+D at P+G and I am getting a kick out of these responses.

/Torragos was her project
//Went over like dehydrated ice cream

Ciocia: Oh GOD WHY??? A whole wing of my brain was just evacuated!

good night, funnyman.

Separated at birth?

Pringles are the worst chips ever. They are processed 4 times more than any other chip and they're made from potato DOUGH. Completely unnatural and disgusting. I wouldn't mind if this product disappeared from the earth forever.

I always thought he looked like this guy...

My multivariate calculus professor used Pringles to teach us what saddle points are. I don't care for them too much as a food, but it was a really good way to demonstrate saddle points to a bunch of students who'd never learned about them before.

Finally they can get the oval tube in production so the chips don't break.

/dirty kettle
//sea salt & malt vinegar once in a while.

Good night, sweet prince. :(

I believe they'll be burying him in a giant pringles tube... cos, everyone knows that once you pop, you just can't stop!

/window seat please...

Actually, Pringles are named after the street the inventor lived on. It's a few miles from downtown Cincinnati.

I am a direct descendant of William Pringle (b. 1712) so I am getting a kick out of these replies.

/note: attempts at grinding the remains of Mr. Pringle into a fine powder, turning him into a slurry and then drying him into a roughly human shape did not result in the resuscitation of Mr. Pringle.

Evidently, the SF writer Gene Wolfe (Shadow of the Torturer, etc.) invented the machine that bakes them. Wonder if they compressed Baur's ashes into little saddle shapes before burial....

Next time any of you farkers are out camping, throw just one Pringle on the campfire. They have so much crap in them they burn REALLY bright for about 20 seconds or so. But yeah, still love them!

HAHAHA, oh wait sorry - "farkers" and "outdoor activities" in the same sentence! Wooo, that's a good one!

apt311: Next time any of you farkers are out camping, throw just one Pringle on the campfire. They have so much crap in them they burn REALLY bright for about 20 seconds or so. But yeah, still love them!

HAHAHA, oh wait sorry - "farkers" and "outdoor activities" in the same sentence! Wooo, that's a good one!

Real outdoorsmen don't have "campfires".
/but they sure do burn

FarkinFarker: Sometimes you gotta let those hard-to-reach chips go.

Or you could turn that tube upside-down.

Well Doc, I liked your can design better than the chips. Bon Voyage.

Getting your obituary in the national news is the final great honor. Most of us will have to pay to have ours published.

Once in a while, you see one that could make the plot for good movie, like this one:

I remember when Pringles first came out. The cans had a clear plastic cup type thing in the bottom of the can, and some cardboard siding along the inside of the can. You didn't see NEAR as many of the crisps broken as a result!

EatCritAndDie: Ciocia: Oh GOD WHY??? A whole wing of my brain was just evacuated!

Sorry, hon. Just pointing out that one person's expression of lustful craving is another person's unbearable need for brain bleach.

Guardian996
My multivariate calculus professor used Pringles to teach us what saddle points are. I don't care for them too much as a food, but it was a really good way to demonstrate saddle points to a bunch of students who'd never learned about them before.

hell yah, 2nd derivative matrices ftw!

Personally, I always liked Snyder's of Hanover chips, especially the jalapeno. But kettle chip jalepeno are the bomb. Pringles always seemed like what Coors are to beer--they are fakes for people who don't really like or care about the real thing.

ughh I hate pringles.

Sacrilege! Burn her! Man was a genius, may he rest in peace

P&G modeled the shape and size of the Pringles can after my cock.