🎃 Just when you thought Halloween couldn’t get any weirder, Pringles is offering you the chance to spend eternity inside a giant version of its iconic can! And yes, we’re being serious. 😂
The company just announced a spooky new contest called “Once You DROP,” where one lucky Pringles superfan can win a custom-made Pringles can urn to hold their ashes after they die. Because apparently, “Once you pop, you can’t stop” applies to the afterlife, too. 💀
Want to enter? Head over to OnceYouDrop.com and sign the company’s so-called “will and taste-ament,” committing to the idea of being buried in a Pringles can. You’ve got until October 22nd to enter.
And don’t worry, signing this thing isn’t legally binding. The company makes it clear in the fine print that the document is just for entertainment purposes. So you can enter without accidentally committing your eternal soul to Sour Cream and Onion. 😅
The grand prize is pretty wild, too. The winner gets a custom metal Pringles can urn with personalized engraving, valued at $500, plus what the company calls an “AFTER-lifetime supply of Pringles.”
That means the cash equivalent of two lifetime supplies of chips: one can every week for the next 200 years! 🤑 Pringles says that’s worth $28,080, and the winner gets that money upfront in cash. So, no, your great-great-great-grandchildren won’t be getting Pringles deliveries in the mail for the next two centuries.
But there’s actually a reason behind this bizarre promotion. The inventor of the Pringles can, Fredric Baur, requested before his death in 2008 that he be cremated and buried inside one of his own creations. His children honored his wishes, placing some of his ashes in a Pringles can.
His son even said the siblings briefly debated which flavor to use before deciding on the original. Now THAT is family commitment. 🥹🍟
So, would you want your final resting place to be a Pringles can? Or would you rather be remembered for something other than being the human version of a snack container? 😂⚰️