The Spam Post

I have heard of some people who are stocking up on food and ammunition because of the election of Obama. That's probably not necessary, but there is an article in the New York Times titled, "Spam Turns Serious and Hormel Turns Out More". It shows that in this tough economic time period, people are purchasing more and more spam. It seems that the factory can't keep up with current demand.

An interesting tidbit from the article is that:

Spam developed a camp following in the 1970s, mainly because of Monty Python, the English comedy troupe. In a 1970 skit, a couple tried to order breakfast at a cafe featuring Spam in nearly every entree, like “Spam, Eggs, Sausage and Spam.” The diners were eventually drowned out by a group of Vikings singing, “Spam, lovely Spam, wonderful Spam.”

(Familiar with the skit, Internet pioneers labeled junk e-mail “spam” because it overwhelmed other dialogue, according to one theory.)

Here is the video of that famous Monty Python skit: