Comments on: Peace, equality and pringles for all.

Peace, equality and pringles for all.

Z1LCH — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:39:23 -0800

At long last, Pringles have joined the family of potato chips after being shunned for years.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:41:36 -0800

For potato chips and potato chip connoisseurs everywhere, an era has ended

By: empath

empath — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:42:50 -0800

Yuck.

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:43:13 -0800

Science fiction luminary Gene Wolfe, early in his engineering career, helped to invent the machine that makes Pringles. It's a fact. /random

By: yeoz

yeoz — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:43:40 -0800

I personally refuse to acknowledge Pringles or any other product made out of potato powder/flour/flakes/etc, such as Baked Lays, as potato chips. A potato chip is a slice of whole potato damnit.

By: adipocere

adipocere — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:44:15 -0800

*slams into paywall with an audible crunching noise* It's a good thing I can't click just one link.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:46:01 -0800

Mitch Hedberg would be proud today.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:46:35 -0800

In Britain, most foods are exempt from the value-added tax, but potato chips — known as crisps — and "similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour," are taxable. What is this, a law specifically designed to punish the Irish?

By: NoMich

NoMich — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:47:18 -0800

Oh, forgot, NSFW language in that Mitch Hedberg video. Sorry.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:48:08 -0800

...but a Pringle is "made from potato flour in the sense that one cannot say that it is not made from potato flour ... The company argued that to be "made of potato" Pringles would have to be all potato, or nearly so. If so, Lord Justice Jacob noted, "a marmalade made using both oranges and grapefruit would be made of neither — a nonsense conclusion." I love these two excerpts.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:49:24 -0800

FTA:

Manufacturer Procter & Gamble (P&G) is likely to save millions of pounds as a result of the decision - with customers also likely to pay less.

Journalists are so cute when they're young!

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:50:12 -0800

I object, if only because of the name of the tax. Proctor & Gamble are not adding any value to anything by producing those things.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:50:36 -0800

I don't care what they are called, I love Pringles. But Munchos are better.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:51:50 -0800

Are Munchos the next to fall?

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:52:53 -0800

Pringles are to potato chips as Cheez Whiz is to cheese.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:54:51 -0800

Speaking of Pringles, I really miss Torengos. The salsa flavor really did taste like salsa and not that "generic south of the border spicy" flavoring that usually passes for "salsa" flavors on chips.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:55:32 -0800

IANAD, but if I were you, I'd err on the side of caution and throw them out. No use risking a trip to the emergency room. Oh, this wasn't a "should I eat this?" question?

By: zarq

zarq — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:55:39 -0800

"He was even more dismissive of Procter & Gamble's argument that to be taxable a product must contain enough potato to have the quality of "potatoness." This "Aristotelian question" of whether a product has the "essence of potato," he insisted, simply cannot be answered." I almost feel for the P&G lawyer who had to defend Pringles (whose first ingredient is "dried potato", ffs,) as an unnatural processed food that lacks an essence of potatoness.

By: fuzzypantalones

fuzzypantalones — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:57:07 -0800

nice, so basically the court is saying the ratio of flour:potato = beans:plate?

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:59:11 -0800

Their packaging, "unnatural shape" and the fact that the potato content is less than 50% helped Mr Justice Warren make his crunch decision. Unnaturally delicious, you mean!

By: game warden to the events rhino

game warden to the events rhino — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:02:11 -0800

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:02:36 -0800

At any rate, here are 1,123 other potato chip options you can consider. I particularly recommend Tim's Cascade Style Hot Jalapeño Seasoned Potato Chips.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:04:23 -0800

IANAL, so I can only imagine what it must feel like, after years of college and law school and passing the bar exam, being assigned to defend something like "potatoness". But I do know what I feel: Schadenfreude.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:04:43 -0800

Overthinking a tin of chips.

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:07:45 -0800

Confessions of a Pringles Lover

By: mattdidthat

mattdidthat — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:08:13 -0800

posted by R. Mutt Pringles are to potato chips as Cheez Whiz is to cheese. Word. Pringles are potato crisps, not potato chips! Pringles are to potato chips what the Star Wars Holiday Special is to the Star Wars movies. Pringles are Coy and Vance in the Dukes of Hazzard potato chip universe.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:10:01 -0800

Cochran ...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a Pringle. Pringles are a Savoury Snack from Proctor and Gamble. But Pringes contain potatoes. Now think about it; that does not make sense! Gerald Broflovski Damn it!... He's using the Pringles defense! Cochran Why would a Pringle, a tasty, tasty Pringle, want to contain potatoes, and associate with potato chips? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Pringles! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Pringles lives are chips, you must acquit! The defense rests.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:11:22 -0800

If Pringles ~~lives~~ are chips, you must acquit!

By: autodidact

autodidact — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:17:09 -0800

All I know is they better bring Flamin' Hot Cheetos back to Canada before I have to smuggle myself into the USA for my favourite extruded cheese product.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:17:18 -0800

Pringles are to potato chips as Pluto is to planets.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:22:10 -0800

*slams into paywall with an audible crunching noise* paywall? I see no paywall here. NYT requires registration, but it's free. Pringles are to potato chips as Totino's Frozen Pizza is to actual pizza. And you know, they are entirely separate food items, and have individual cravings. Sometimes you want cardboard-n-sauce, and the best brick-oven fired pie won't scratch that itch. Same with Pringles.

By: jock@law

jock@law — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:27:03 -0800

Wow. Definitely a clipboard error. That should have been: IANAL, so I can only imagine what it must feel like, after years of college and law school and passing the bar exam, being assigned to defend something like "potatoness". In the U.K., law is an undergraduate program. You get an LL.B. => legum baccalaureus => bachelor of laws.

By: orme

orme — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:27:16 -0800

The UK gets curry flavoured Pringles? I WANT curry flavoured Pringles!

By: DU

DU — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:27:58 -0800

a Pringle -------------- is made from potato flour in the sense that one cannot say that it is not made from potato flour - 2009

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:28:11 -0800

Pringles are to potato chips as Pluto is to planets. Yeah and EVERYONE loves Pluto. You ever hear anyone say a bad word about Pluto? No. That motherfucker Uranus is on everyone's shit list, ruins every party he's invited to, steals your money and your girl and he's still a Planet. But Pluto can't be a planet. Life ain't fair.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:28:41 -0800

I am reminded of Cypher's speech when he eats with Agent Smith in the first Matrix: You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain... that it is juicy... and delicious. *sighs* After nine years, you know what I realize? *puts bit of steak into mouth, sighs, chews it with eyes closed* Ignorance is bliss. That's pretty much how I feel about Pringles. Just give me a can of Cheese-Ums; I don't need the details.

By: Mastercheddaar

Mastercheddaar — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:29:51 -0800

Pringles are awesome. I can live off their sour cream and onion. Well actually I can't be everyone gets the point. If I were P and G I would put a special edition in a potato chip bag and call them "Pringles' Taxable Potato Chips."

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:33:36 -0800

I thought that people only bought Pringles so they could dump out the packaging styrofoam contents to use the canister to construct such devices as WiFi booster antennae and IEDs. Pringles are edible?

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:33:52 -0800

The shape isn't all that's unnatural. Eww. Link contains a text post of NSFW language, but in normal sized print. Bit gross, boss may hear you laughing.

By: JBennett

JBennett — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:33:55 -0800

Where did they find those packages with the original logo? I only ever see Pringles with the horrible new "extreme" logo.

By: qvantamon

qvantamon — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:47:52 -0800

In the U.K., law is an undergraduate program. You get an LL.B. => legum baccalaureus => bachelor of laws. A Legume Baccalaureus is certainly someone who can overthink a plate of beans.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:59:37 -0800

a Pringle is "made from potato flour in the sense that one cannot say that it is not made from potato flour, and the proportion of potato flour is significant being over 40 percent." OK, the second part I understand. The first part is causing my brain to spasm.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:59:57 -0800

I noticed that, too. Probably just an old stock image.

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:09 -0800

JBennett: "I only ever see Pringles with the horrible new "extreme" logo." There's nothing more extreme than a walrus moustache, dude!

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:31 -0800

Civil Disobedient is a human in the sense that one cannot say Civil Disobedient is not human. Nope. Still spasming.

By: pianomover

pianomover — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:03:51 -0800

My father worked his whole life in "the snack food industry" specifically Laura Scudder's potato chips. "Laura Scudder's potato chips the loudest chips in the world". I remember him bringing home a can of Pringles when they were first released, offering us early exposure to the ugly turn that his life's work had taken. He knew they were not potato chips and he may be turning in his grave at this moment.

By: Mick

Mick — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:15:09 -0800

I can only imagine what it must feel like, after years of college and law school and passing the bar exam, being assigned to defend something like "potatoness". Since you're working for P&G, it feels wealthy.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:25:05 -0800

All I know is they better bring Flamin' Hot Cheetos back to Canada. I'll trade you Flamin' Hot Cheetos from the US for Four-Cheese Pringles from Canada. (With at least a dozen varieties of Pringles marketed in the US, why they've never brought that heavenly variety here is beyond me.)

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:28:44 -0800

Our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over.

By: oddman

oddman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:32:35 -0800

I wish our judges could discuss the use of Aristotelian arguments and the favored rhetorical devices of a tyro. The Brits have all the luck.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:38:47 -0800

oddman, the "Justice Holmes" that Lord Justice Jacob quotes about the tyro is United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

By: 445supermag

445supermag — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:42:03 -0800

But at least "Miracle Whip" isn't mayonnaise yet, right?

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:50:03 -0800

Civil Disobedient is a human in the sense that one cannot say Civil Disobedient is not human. My reading of this is that since it is impossible to say or claim that you are NOT human, you are therefore human. In other words, no one in their right mind can make a defensible claim that Pringles are NOT potato flour, because a large or majority percentage of their make up is in fact potato flour, therefore, they are potato flour. It is definitely twisting my brain though.

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:56:08 -0800

In the very early 1970's, as part of the promotion for the new Pringles, our local newspaper ran a coupon for a free can. There was no limit specified. My brother and I collected all the papers from the block, cut out the coupons, begged our Mom to take us to Von's, and walked out with armloads of potato tubes. [pringle orgy redacted] Later that day, we all went on a boat ride. A fun, fun boat ride. I didn't eat Pringles again until the mid 1980's.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:07:11 -0800

So, Pringles cause diarrhea?

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:31:35 -0800

No, just lots and lots of "fish food".

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:46:58 -0800

A consists of B in the sense that it is false that A does not consist of B.... A is made from B, and A is not not made from B. Therefore, A is made from B.... Man, the pro-potato chip Pringles arguments are harder to understand than the Creationist arguments.

By: daniel_charms

daniel_charms — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:06:56 -0800

Civil_Disobedient: OK, the second part I understand. The first part is causing my brain to spasm. What's so hard to understand about this? This is very basic logic that the judge is employing: the statement that 'A is true' is logically equivalent to the statement 'the inverse of A is not true'. In some cases, proving the latter is easier than proving the former; this is exactly what the judge did. This is of course implying that there is no middle ground here - tertium non datur. It can easily be argued that the argumentation used by the judge is really not applicable here.

By: Spatch

Spatch — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:10:02 -0800

Old anecdote regarding New Yorker editor Harold Ross, an ungainly gentleman to say the least, after an interesting winter outing: New Yorker Staffer: So, what did Ross look like tobogganing? F P Adams: Well, you know what Ross looks like not tobogganing...

By: DU

DU — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:11:11 -0800

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:12:36 -0800

Is this going to turn into a debate about whether or not God is actually in the communion bread?

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:28:30 -0800

THERE CAN BE NO DEBATE HE IS IN WITH AND UNDER, MOTHERFUCKER PRINGLES HOWEVER ARE CERTIFIABLY BEREFT OF THE HOLY PRESENCE

By: daniel_charms

daniel_charms — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:25:42 -0800

Fact: Cars contain some metal. This statement is true: Cars are made from metal. This statement is false: Cars are NOT made from metal. Fact: Cars contain some cloth. This statement is false: Cars are made from cloth. This statement is true: Cars are NOT made from cloth. Fact: Formal logic doesn't really describe the world that well. Your example only works when you take the facts you presented one by one, independent of each other. In reality, of course, cars are made from many different materials. It's our system of categories that makes us think cars ARE made from metal and are NOT made of all those other materials they are made of. But what is a car anyway? Is it the body or the chassis? If the body of a car is made of plastic and the chassis (which probably weighs quite a bit more), then is the car made of plastic or metal?

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:42:39 -0800

Communion wafers always reminded me of Pringles. I think it was a combination of the texture and the certain knowledge that I should not be eating either of them in the rectory.

By: retronic

retronic — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:16:58 -0800

...a Pringle is "made from potato flour in the sense that one cannot say that it is not made from potato flour, and the proportion of potato flour is significant being over 40 percent." In other words, you can't make a Pringle without potato flour, folks. It ain't a "nice to have" ingredient--it's a "need to have" ingredient.

By: djgh

djgh — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:34:14 -0800

I wish our judges could discuss the use of Aristotelian arguments and the favored rhetorical devices of a tyro. The Brits have all the luck. You haven't had to put up with Lord Denning. Years of (hilarious) damage, all in the name of justice. And probably as good a place as any to chuck in some F.E. Smith: Judge: Are you trying to show contempt for this court, Mr Smith? Smith: No, My Lord. I am attempting to conceal it. Master of the Rolls: Really, Mr Smith, do give this Court credit for some little intelligence. Smith: That is the mistake I made in the Court below, My Lord.

By: DU

DU — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:52:20 -0800

Fact: Formal logic doesn't really describe the world that well. Your example only works when you take the facts you presented one by one, independent of each other. In reality, of course, cars are made from many different materials. It's our system of categories that makes us think cars ARE made from metal and are NOT made of all those other materials they are made of. But what is a car anyway? Is it the body or the chassis? If the body of a car is made of plastic and the chassis (which probably weighs quite a bit more), then is the car made of plastic or metal? Ummm...that's exactly my point.

By: Zambrano

Zambrano — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:00:25 -0800

Pringles are to potato chips what Hershey is to chocolate.

By: cazoo

cazoo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:13:46 -0800

What the hell are Funions?

By: Tube

Tube — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:16:35 -0800

In general, I avoid eating foods that can effectively function as tinder.

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:50:55 -0800

> What the hell are Funions? The snack-food equivalent to crack in a bag.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:05:19 -0800

> What the hell are Funions? They're like bunions, but they're FUN!

By: wintermute2_0

wintermute2_0 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:05:41 -0800

I consider Pringles to represent the pinnacle of human achievement. So tasty and such a satisfying texture. Especially the jalapeno-flavored ones.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:38:30 -0800

Mmmmmmm Funyuns!!!!

By: milquetoast

milquetoast — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:07:34 -0800

In related news, Sabor de Soledad now has 20% more bull semen.

By: lunalaguna

lunalaguna — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:19:14 -0800

A Mt Everest guide once told me that Pringles were the preferred snack food of mountaineers. Lots of needed calories, the vacuum-sealed container didn't explode at high altitudes, and the chips/crisps didn't get crushed in the backpack.

By: mccarty.tim

mccarty.tim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:25:05 -0800

Good point, but I went and tried it out on my body as an experiment. Now I'm freaked out. I contain teeth, therefore, I am made out of teeth. I have just stumbled on a philosophical black hole. I now realize that I'm some form of disgusting Lovecraftian tooth monster. Those fucking Pringles bastards. They screw with your insides, and then your mind.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:39:04 -0800

It will soon be discovered that Pringles contain whatever the trash trucks brought in that day

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:02:35 -0800

They're like hot dogs, then?

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:21:52 -0800

What's so hard to understand about this? This is very basic logic that the judge is employing: the statement that 'A is true' is logically equivalent to the statement 'the inverse of A is not true'. I'm more than familiar with the logic. My problem with statement was not its complexity, but its utility. It is needlessly repetitive without adding any clarification to the issue. Something is descriptor in the sense that you can't say it isn't descriptor. Well, along those lines, something is spelled s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g only in the sense that you can't say it isn't spelled s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g. Oh, well that clears it up!

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:38:13 -0800

I have eaten the Pringles that were in the tube and which you were probably saving for eating in desperation if you had no other options Forgive me they were delicious so crisp though not particularly potatoe-y