Comments on: Origin Of Spam! http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html Biggest Optical Illusions blog. Dedicated to visual phenomena and real life illusions. Daily updated. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jon http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-134323 jon Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:57:39 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-134323 I thought this was common knowledge. I thought this was common knowledge.

]]> By: Fabian Noggle http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-109249 Fabian Noggle Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:51:47 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-109249 i have actually been through this already and i have watched a tv show about spam and the history of it so let em break it down for you. teh name spam actually comes from putting the first 2 letters of one word and teh last 2 letters of another word together to make the name. what words are those you ask? SPiced hAM take sp from spiced and teh am from ham put them together you get SPAM. ok it has been around since WWII and was actually a military ration (k-rat/C-rat) however it became quite popular especially in the hawaiian islands where to this day hawaiians are teh LARGEST consumer of teh product spam. i have actually been through this already and i have watched a tv show about spam and the
history of it so let em break it down for you.

teh name spam actually comes from putting the first 2 letters of one word and teh last 2 letters of another word together to make the name. what words are those you ask? SPiced hAM take sp from spiced and teh am from ham put them together you get SPAM. ok it has been around since WWII and was actually a military ration (k-rat/C-rat) however it became quite popular especially in the hawaiian islands where to this day hawaiians are teh LARGEST consumer of teh product spam.

]]> By: ohmygosh http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-106955 ohmygosh Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:13:46 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-106955 This is really weird. I actually eaten spam before, but then I stopped cause it's really gross This is really weird. I actually eaten spam before, but then I stopped cause it’s really gross

]]> By: Lala http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-97548 Lala Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:43:30 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-97548 SPAM actually stands for 'Special Processed American Meat', and as far as I'm aware, production was started in order to give long-lasting protein to soldiers fighting in WW2, since it keeps forEVER. I've not corroborated with Wikipedia yet though so it may be some useless nugget of trivia that actually has no standing... SPAM actually stands for ‘Special Processed American Meat’, and as far as I’m aware, production was started in order to give long-lasting protein to soldiers fighting in WW2, since it keeps forEVER. I’ve not corroborated with Wikipedia yet though so it may be some useless nugget of trivia that actually has no standing…

]]> By: Green Goblin http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-89552 Green Goblin Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:42:11 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-89552 Specially Processed Ailen Meat SPAM ROTFL Specially
Processed
Ailen
Meat

SPAM

ROTFL

]]> By: someone http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-81720 someone Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:34:29 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-81720 wot the heck-? wot the heck-?

]]> By: CareBear http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29584 CareBear Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29584 Guess I'm about to show my age, but I remember Spam before the computer was even a gleam in Bill Gates' eye. We ate it all the time. When the term was eventually applied to e-mail, I made the connection instantly. Knowing what I know now about both, I don't have anything to do with either. Guess I’m about to show my age, but I remember Spam before the computer was even a gleam in Bill Gates’ eye. We ate it all the time. When the term was eventually applied to e-mail, I made the connection instantly. Knowing what I know now about both, I don’t have anything to do with either.

]]> By: Bennett http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29583 Bennett Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:45:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29583 Ha I love Monty Pythons. I remember an episode...<br/><br/>"I'll have a cheese and spam sandwich without the spam".<br/><br/>"How about you lady?"<br/><br/>"I'll have a lettuce, tomato and spam sandwich with extra spam"<br/><br/>"and would you like spam with that?"<br/><br/>"No thankyou"<br/><br/>"Waiter!"<br/><br/>"Yes?"<br/><br/>"I'll have some spam, just make sure there's no spam in it".<br/><br/>Ahh I loved that show...tee hee....... Ha I love Monty Pythons. I remember an episode…

“I’ll have a cheese and spam sandwich without the spam”.

“How about you lady?”

“I’ll have a lettuce, tomato and spam sandwich with extra spam”

“and would you like spam with that?”

“No thankyou”

“Waiter!”

“Yes?”

“I’ll have some spam, just make sure there’s no spam in it”.

Ahh I loved that show…tee hee…….

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29582 Anonymous Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:41:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29582 i saw this thing in mad magazine once where it said spam satnds for some parts are meat i saw this thing in mad magazine once where it said spam satnds for some parts are meat

]]> By: steve http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29581 steve Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:30:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29581 Yeah, we know that ;-)<br/>SPiced hAM- made famous by Monty Python, a stapple of the british lunch menu for much of the 70's and 80's, still available today (i think_) but wouldn't go near it with a barge pole. 'Something Posing As Meat' should be enough to tell you why! Yeah, we know that ;-)
SPiced hAM- made famous by Monty Python, a stapple of the british lunch menu for much of the 70′s and 80′s, still available today (i think_) but wouldn’t go near it with a barge pole. ‘Something Posing As Meat’ should be enough to tell you why!

]]> By: Spammy http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29580 Spammy Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:22:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29580 See the mighty SPAM yourself @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4 See the mighty SPAM yourself @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4

]]> By: Zero http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29579 Zero Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:39:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29579 Stuff<br/>Posed<br/>As<br/>Meat Stuff
Posed
As
Meat

]]> By: Elliexx ANIMALS ROCK!! http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29578 Elliexx ANIMALS ROCK!! Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:50:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29578 eww! gros food!! kl information thou! eww! gros food!! kl information thou!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29577 Anonymous Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:56:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29577 hehe. no need to say u already knew that...ruins the effect.<br/>Love Monty Python it so funny hehe. no need to say u already knew that…ruins the effect.
Love Monty Python it so funny

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.moillusions.com/2007/04/origin-of-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-29576 Anonymous Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:50:00 +0000 http://testvurdlak8.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/origin-of-spam/#comment-29576 I saw a picture of it on myspace [yeah i know..kids these days, i tell you they have no lives] but i thought it was photoshoped. then again i don't eat pork so i wouldn't really know these stuff. to be honest the sacond to last picture kinda looks like bad tuna, grossss! ha :]] I saw a picture of it on myspace [yeah i know..kids these days, i tell you they have no lives] but i thought it was photoshoped. then again i don’t eat pork so i wouldn’t really know these stuff. to be honest the sacond to last picture kinda looks like bad tuna, grossss! ha :]]

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