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Pour one out: The inventor of the red Solo cup has died
cnn ^ | December 29, 2016 | Doug Criss

Posted on 12/29/2016 8:05:38 AM PST by Morgana

(CNN)2016 is still not done. Before we lost George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds this week, we lost someone who's probably had just as big an impact on our lives, though you've never heard of him: Robert Leo Hulseman.

He's the man who invented the red Solo cup, staple at every party ever. He died last week at age 84. The Solo Cup Company was the family business -- Hulseman's dad started it in 1936 -- and Hulseman started working in the company factory when he was 18, according to his obit on Legacy.com.

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KEYWORDS: obituary; redsolocup; rip; solocup
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To: Morgana

What a fortune he must have made! I bought some just last week.


21 posted on 12/29/2016 8:32:11 AM PST by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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To: folkquest

So True so true


22 posted on 12/29/2016 8:32:15 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: pax_et_bonum

My Mother in-law...


23 posted on 12/29/2016 8:37:14 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: Daffynition

The one on the far left looks like Obama. I wonder why?


24 posted on 12/29/2016 8:46:00 AM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: JBW1949
Only beverage cup that I know of that ever had a song written about it....

Too bad the Dixie Cups aren't around to cut a cover of Red Solo Cup.


25 posted on 12/29/2016 8:46:30 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Morgana

He has saved me many hours of washing dishes.

:-)

Thanks for posting!


26 posted on 12/29/2016 8:48:11 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Sirius Lee; workerbee

It was irresistible.


27 posted on 12/29/2016 8:57:17 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: MrEdd

Bless her heart.

;-)


28 posted on 12/29/2016 8:58:54 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: InterceptPoint

They are great in the pool filled up with vino!!!!


29 posted on 12/29/2016 9:01:22 AM PST by 1217Chic
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To: Morgana

I read somewhere that the lines on the cup are different drink measurements, first line is 1 1/2 oz (one shot) and so on. Pretty handy!


30 posted on 12/29/2016 9:15:03 AM PST by NorthstarMom
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To: Sgt_Schultze

At 1:43 of the that Toby Keith video is Princess Leia!


31 posted on 12/29/2016 9:28:49 AM PST by jeannineinsd
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To: Morgana

Without the Solo Cup, no Beer Pong.

Without Beer Pong, no College Booty Call.

Without College Booty Call, College Graduates that actually learned something in College.


32 posted on 12/29/2016 9:33:23 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: pax_et_bonum

You are welcome :)

So tell me....was I post 1 or post 201?


33 posted on 12/29/2016 9:50:48 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

34 posted on 12/29/2016 9:53:27 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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35 posted on 12/29/2016 9:54:50 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: TexasCruzin
Hussein is good at beer pong


36 posted on 12/29/2016 10:04:33 AM PST by Daffynition ( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder")
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To: JBW1949
Toby Keith 'Red Solo Cup' uncut version Language warning.
37 posted on 12/29/2016 10:06:11 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: b4its2late

Those are “unofficial” markings. Besides, 1oz? A jigger is 1.5oz...


38 posted on 12/29/2016 10:21:26 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Morgana

RIP.


39 posted on 12/29/2016 10:49:06 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Morgana

1 or 201?

At this point, what difference does it make?

;-)


40 posted on 12/29/2016 11:38:50 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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