November 16, 2008

Big rise in Spam
posted by polychrome 15 years ago
  • Fuck, the entire United States is going to be Hawaii.
  • Times get tough and people start buying more expensive overprocessed food?
  • "But these days, consumers are rediscovering relatively cheap foods, Spam among them. A 12-ounce can of Spam, marketed as “Crazy Tasty,” costs about $2.40. “People are realizing it’s not that bad a product,” said Dan Johnson, 55, who operates a 70-foot-high Spam oven." Bolding mine. What does that mean? I mean, what does that even mean? Why 70-feet high? Hobby? What is a Spam oven? How is it different than a regular oven?
  • Maybe the oven took all those pills I keep getting told about on email.
  • OK, googling "Dan Johnson Spam Oven" brings back the same story picked up over the wire services, or other blogs wondering what the hell a "70 foot spam oven" is. How can they just throw a ridiculous sentence like that out there? It's irresponsible journalism.
  • OK, sent an email to the author. I realize now that it's quite possible that this man works in the Hormel factory, and that Spam is made in giant ovens. This isn't clear in the article, though. It's equally as possible that this man is some lunatic who built a massive oven in his backyard for spam orgies. Will let you know what I find out.
  • mmmm...glistening...pink...spam orgies....in a 70 ft oven..
  • hot...greasy...processed meat... *gags*
  • Spam. Spam. Spam.
  • orococo, that whole page was one coffee spittake after another!
  • mm m mm mm more spam please! My spam oven definitely needs some improvements if I'm going to keep up with that sort of competition.
  • OK, I got an answer! NY Times is up one in my books :) "as i understand it, it's some kind of massive industrial oven. unfortunately they wouldn't let me into the factory to see it. thanks for the note. andy " Thank you, Andrew Martin. (This really was driving me nuts!)
  • Also, I have to wonder what Hormel is hiding, if people can't go in their factories. Actually, it's probably best not to wonder at all.
  • Soylent SPAM is made from Charlton Heston! It's HESTON!
  • Spam . . . . is . . . .PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!! somehow, this revelation is not shocking at all. Admit it, it's kinda what everyone expected anyways. but it's still yummy, yummy, blocks of salty greasy goodness
  • Damn. You beat me to the punch, TUM.
  • urk. html skilz is lacking tonight. If only we had a preview button, everything would be so much easier.
  • We HAVE a preview button, you dork. It's made of SPAM!!!!
  • Lies! There is no preview button!
  • Sadly, Previews Are Missing.
  • Wetly, Monkeys Are Kissing.