The Crisp Pringle Challenge

 

The Challenge: To mail a single Pringles® potato chip, intact.

 

The Greater Challenge: To have the minimum packaged weight.

 

The Details/Rules/Regulations:

·Packaging may NOT include bubble wrap, plastic 'peanuts' or other commercial packing material. Anything you would purchase exclusively for shipping materials or purchase I the store to protect Pringles. (read: Pringle snack packs). Hence…be creative and think out of the proverbial box.

 

·The chip must arrive in edible form. This means that the packing material cannot affect the edibility or taste of the chip in anyway; the chip cannot be poisoned, colored, attached to anything, etc. (You don't, however, have to weather-proof it...)

               

                -All entries must honor to the spirit of the competition.

 

Packages should be sent via U.S. Mail, standard first class, to:

<Mr. Schemm>

c/o Prof. Peter Galvin

124 Paterson Ave

Midland Park, NJ 07432-1846

 

MAIL YOUR ENTRY ON OR BEFORE Saturday December 6th, 2008.

 

·All packages must be received by Prof. Galvin on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 to be considered for credit or prizes. You can take what gambles you choose with the Postal Service.

·All packages must have a return address with your name and home address. Be sure to note your period next to your name. (e.g Jimmy Joe Bob Smith – A/B Period)

 

·All packages must have a New Milford, Gaylordsville, or Sherman postmark. It is always a good idea to have the receipt from the post office as proof that you have indeed mailed the package if (perhaps) it doesn’t arrive at its destination.

 

·Entries will be opened in school the day before their Winter Break. (Tuesday, December 23, 2008) All entries will be weighed before opening and a record will be taken as to your chip’s condition.

 

·The lightest package containing an intact chip will win a class prize. A Grand Prize will also be awarded to the lightest intact-chip packing job among the various classes participating!

 

·Grading is based on participation and success! Out of 25 possible points.

 25pts: Fully intact chip with a packaged weight under 45 g.

22 pts: Missing part of chip may be covered by a dime

20 pts: Missing part of chip may be covered by a quarter

18 pts: Entry containing chip arrived on time.