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minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·12 days agoTrue story ; In Australia Hormel were ordered to withdraw an advertising campaign featuring the song “Spam - it’s real spiced ham !” because Spam is not ham and doesn’t contain any spices…
minus-square𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoWait, what is Spam then? I thought that was the whole thing… Sp(iced H)am. I’m going to be disgusted by the answer, aren’t I?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 days agoPork, ham, and salt, mostly. So it is spiced ham if you consider salt a spice (it’s not).
minus-squareiMastari@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·12 days agoWhen I was young I asked my dad what Spam was made of. He told me “Chicken lips and assholes”. My dad is a funny guy.
minus-squareislandcoda42@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 days agoHormel uses only the finest assholes available!
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThat is funny, but not true. They use the most diseased assholes.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoyour dad can’t tell the difference between spam and hot dogs.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days ago…Is the implication here that Americans consider salt a spice, or pork a spice?
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days agoWhat’s the difference between pork and ham? Aren’t they both just pig corpse?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoHam is a specific cut, and is cured. Pork is any pig meat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoLegally you need quotation marks, “pork,” and “ham,” mostly.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 days agoNo, it is real pork and real ham. It’s mostly the shoulder cuts, but there’s still real ham in there.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoYeah, I thought it was “Shoulder of Pork and Ham”
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoSpam is an abomination created to short our armed forces of real vittles in World War II, fucking MarArthur that son of a bitch he’s in hell now.
True story ; In Australia Hormel were ordered to withdraw an advertising campaign featuring the song “Spam - it’s real spiced ham !” because Spam is not ham and doesn’t contain any spices…
Wait, what is Spam then? I thought that was the whole thing… Sp(iced H)am.
I’m going to be disgusted by the answer, aren’t I?
Pork, ham, and salt, mostly. So it is spiced ham if you consider salt a spice (it’s not).
When I was young I asked my dad what Spam was made of. He told me “Chicken lips and assholes”. My dad is a funny guy.
Hormel uses only the finest assholes available!
That is funny, but not true. They use the most diseased assholes.
your dad can’t tell the difference between spam and hot dogs.
…Is the implication here that Americans consider salt a spice, or pork a spice?
What’s the difference between pork and ham? Aren’t they both just pig corpse?
Ham is a specific cut, and is cured. Pork is any pig meat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham
Legally you need quotation marks, “pork,” and “ham,” mostly.
No, it is real pork and real ham. It’s mostly the shoulder cuts, but there’s still real ham in there.
Yeah, I thought it was “Shoulder of Pork and Ham”
Spam is an abomination created to short our armed forces of real vittles in World War II, fucking MarArthur that son of a bitch he’s in hell now.