Pink Solo cups – a staple of barbecues and beer pong – are normally synonymous with good occasions.
However on Tuesday, as phrase of nation singer Toby Keith’s loss of life unfold, many have been elevating their pink Solos in unhappy tribute to the singer, who immortalized the standard plastic cups in his 2011 hit “Pink Solo Cup.” Keith, who had abdomen most cancers, died Monday at age 62.
“He was a terrific American and an distinctive storyteller who will likely be deeply missed in nation music,” stated Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, in a put up Tuesday on X. “Increase your ‘Pink Solo Cup’ to Toby for a life well-lived.”
Tons of of followers stated they deliberate to fill their pink Solo cups with beer, whiskey and even wine and hoist them in Keith’s reminiscence Tuesday. Social media was flooded with photographs of Keith, pink Solo cup in hand. Bars, like Madison Social in Tallahassee, Florida, and Impartial Brewing Co. in Bel Air, Maryland, introduced drink specials served in pink Solo cups.
The Solo model acquired its begin in 1936, when Leo Hulseman — a former worker of Dixie Co. — started making disposable paper ingesting cones that have been bought to bottled-water firms.
Within the Nineteen Seventies, Leo’s son, Robert Hulseman, invented the sturdy plastic cup that turned synonymous with Solo. It was first launched in pink however is now supplied in a number of colours, together with blue and inexperienced.
Mason, Michigan-based Dart Container Corp. purchased Illinois-based Solo Cup Co. in 2012. As a non-public firm, Dart doesn’t launch gross sales information, however the firm stated Tuesday that the Solo cup stays “one of many best-selling get together cups in America immediately.”
“We have been honored that Toby selected the long-lasting Solo cup as an indication of fine occasions, and we prolong our sympathies to all those that are mourning him immediately,” Dart stated in an announcement Tuesday.
“Pink Solo Cup” was featured on Keith’s 2011 album “Clancy’s Tavern.” Keith didn’t write the music, and in a 2014 interview with The Boot, a rustic music publication, he stated he wasn’t even positive he would launch it. However at any time when he performed it, he seen folks would begin singing alongside nearly instantly.
“It’s the stupidest music I ever heard in my life, nevertheless it’s so silly it’s good,” Keith advised The Boot.
So for these inclined to boost a pink Solo cup in Keith’s honor, these phrases from his music might ring true: “Pink Solo cup, you’re extra than simply plastic. You’re greater than wonderful, you’re greater than improbable.”
