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Procter & Gamble: Pringles Are Not Potato Chips

Seeking to evade a 17.5% sales tax, lawyers for Procter & Gamble successfully argued that Pringles aren't actually potato chips. Even though all Pringles containers are clearly marked "Potato Crisps," Procter & Gamble's lawyers argued that "Pringles don't look like a chip, don't feel like a chip, and don't taste like a chip." More »

9:15 AM on Sat Jul 5 2008
By Carey
18,561 views, 98 comments

Latest by TVarmy: I'm guessing the 17.5% tax is to make healhy foods competitive with the processed stuff. It's probably a vice more »

[image] The man who invented the Pringles canister died recently, and, as per his request, a portion of his ashes were interred in a container of Pringles. [AP]

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travel

Northwest Airlines Will Not Trade A Hot Meal For Pringles

Northwest Airlines must realize their food is crappier than a snack size tin of Pringles because when Stephen Dubner (of the Freakonomics book and blog) tried to swap his 1st/Business class hot meal for a tin of lowly coach Pringles, he was told that it would cost him $2—the coach price.
So I told the flight attendant "no thanks" to the dinner — but instead, I said, I would like a can of the Pringles that, as I'd heard over the P.A., were being offered for sale in coach.
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11:14 AM on Wed Jun 20 2007
By Meg Marco
2,959 views, 22 comments

Latest by anmlStyl: The lead flight attndt (purser) does have to account for any product sales and at the end of the flight more »

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