On 2/26/04 8:49 AM chris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. >>All this spammer talk made me realize I don't even know what the word >>means or where it came from. Is it an acronym or what? > >Its originally from a Monty Python skit. > >They had a skit where a bunch of Vikings chanted "spam spam spam spam" >until it was so loud and annoying it drowned out all other conversation. >So when junk email started to appear, it reminded people of that skit >because the junk email just kept coming, more and more of it, until it >drowned out legit email. > SNIP >As to the origin of the name of the meat product, I've heard it was a >conjunction of Spiced and Ham, because that is what the original SPAM >was... SPiced hAM. However, I believe Hormel simply claims they ran a >contest for a name, and that was the winning entry. I'm not sure they >give much of an explanation for its origins beyond that. > Hi Chris- That is most interesting, i.e. Spam being junk mail and to me the meat product is also junk but I have to admit having it with eggs now and then, at least once a year or so.
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