David Cole

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The pride in products:

Fredric Baur invented the crush-resistant canister in 1966 and was so proud that he said he’d like to be buried in one. It remained a family joke for years, but when Baur died last year after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his children stopped at a Walgreen’s on their way to the funeral home, bought a can of Pringles, and buried a portion of their father’s ashes in the bright red can.

“My siblings and I briefly debated what flavor to use,” Larry Baur told Time magazine, “but I said, ‘Look, we need to use the original.’”

From newfangled beginnings to endurance.

Ten flavors of Pringles, in decreasing appropriateness for use as an urn:

1. Original
2. Salt & vinegar
3. Paprika
4. Barbecue
5. Sour cream & onion
6. Pizza
7. Jalapeño
8. Prawn cocktail
9. Loaded baked potato
10. Mexican layered dip