The name supposedly came from shortening 'SPiced hAM' ---- Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > http://www.spam.com/ > > Spam is a canned meat of dubious value - it's one of those foods that > people either love or hate. > > Spam was lampooned by British Comedy troupe Monty Python's Flying Circus - > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(Monty_Python) > > My dad used to love eating the stuff, but I never developed a taste for it. > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > On 03 Jul 2009 20:00:24 UT, bernd.pa...@paulinet.de > <bernd.pa...@paulinet.de> wrote: > > Hi MikeG, Adam and List, > > > > Your roofers anecdote "reminds" me of those two Polish roofers on my > > neigbor's > > roof. He got new tiles and, although our temperatures have "only" been > > around 95 > > to 100°F during the last few days, you were sweating with every movement of > > your > > body because of the almost unbearable humidity (up to 81%). By the way, > > what's > > "spam" in this context? > > > >> proceeded to cook fried s p a m and egg sandwiches ... > > > > Best from Germany, > > > > Bernd > > > > ______________________________________________ > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > -- > ......................................................... > Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) > Member of the Meteoritical Society. > Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. > Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com > .......................................................... > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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