By Tim Binnall
A man who stole 17 tubes of Pringles from a store in Britain offered a rather amusing explanation for the curious caper in the form of the snack food's iconic slogan. The weird case reportedly began back in April when Adam Spencer embarked on a crime spree wherein he stole from two separate grocery stores and then broke into a different shop three times during the month of May to make off with a variety of items. At some point during the latter series of burglaries, the sticky-fingered ne'er-do-well took a staggering 17 tubes of Pringles home with him.
Upon being caught and questioned by police, when the subject turned to the considerable amount of snacks that he had stolen, Spencer simply replied with the long-running Pringles slogan "once you pop, you can't stop." It would seem that cops did not sympathize with his peculiar plight as he was subsequently charged with two counts of burglary and three counts of theft, which he pleaded guilty to last week. Spencer received a fine of around $250 and a suspended prison sentence of six months.