From: "Scott Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Kelson Vibber wrote:
>
> > At 11:59 PM 8/3/2004, Nancy McGough wrote:
> >
> >> * I think it is better not to use the word "ham" anywhere in the logo
> >> (e.g., don't say "Keep the ham, kill the spam") because some people
> >> will be offended by using the word "ham" to describe their "good mail."
> >
> >
> > More likely confused than offended, I suspect, but I agree on the main
> > point.
> >
> >
> > Kelson Vibber
> > SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>
>
> Don't use the Ham reference for anything official.
> When explaining the reporting process to my users I used the spam=bad,
> ham=good analogy. Several of my folks chimed in with the "Not to us"
> line. It was in jest, however I did make a quick apology for being a
> UScentric/WASP.
> Scott
> ps Boy, its a good thing Hormel has had a sense of humor about this<GRIN>
Spam and Beef as in, "Where's the beef?" Oh, wait, that offends yet another
large group. Oh well. Somehow Spam and Watercress simply does not make it.
{O,o}
