Spam: The Original Kind

May 28th, 2008, 10:46 PM EDT

People are finding it again. It’s back. It’s back because food prices are rising fast and there’s no sign of a slowdown.  The price of spam is rising, too, but’s still just about $2.62.  But is it good?

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  1. Most of the people who call the show on First Word have Spam and fish sticks and call it surf & turf.

    Posted by jerseyjeff
    May 28th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
  2. Mmmm…good old spammie….never gets old. Well for some people it’s a love/ hate situation with Spam. Some either eat it or not.

    I’ll pay any price for spam as long as it’ll be the only think I’ll get at the supermarket.
    Oh yeah and some bananas AND water because they’re GOOD FOR YA!

  3. Huh!! Of course it’s good. But stay away from the boutique flavors, stick with the classic original.

    Slice it. Fry it. Serve it with scrambled eggs and biscuits.

    There’s nothing better, just don’t eat too much of it.

    Posted by anonymouse
    May 28th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
  4. Why would I need to buy some new SPAM when I still have so much of it left over from the 80’s?

  5. I love Monty Pythom. (through without so much spam.)

  6. Thank you for that video. I am a Monty Python fanatic. That is one of my favorite skits of theirs, although my all time favorites are “Dinsdale” and “The Ministry of Silly Walks”.

    Spam. Also reminds me of one of my favorite Dr. Suess stories, “Green Eggs and Ham”. Just substitute spam for ham…

    Do you like
    green eggs and spam?

    I do not like them,
    Sam-I-am.
    I do not like
    green eggs and spam.

    Would you like them
    here or there?

    I would not like them
    here or there.
    I would not like them
    anywhere.
    I do not like
    green eggs and spam.
    I do not like them,
    Sam-I-am.”

    I have never eaten spam. I will never eat spam unless I am starving on the street. It probably doesn’t taste that bad but it has always looked very nasty to me.

    You must You must You must visit the spam website:
    http://www.spam.com/

    You won’t be disappointed when you go there. The characters are psychotic, especially the front guy in the blue shirt. I wonder how much he got paid to humiliate himself like that. Click on the characters to hear them tell you the glories of spam. The first time I ever saw this I almost hurt myself laughing.
    Like a very bad acid trip.

    For Spam lovers there is also a SPAM FAN CLUB you can join there! I’m serious! Probably have tee shirts too.

    Posted by Epiphany
    May 29th, 2008 at 7:17 am
  7. Eventually, if you click long enough, the guy in the blue shirt will say:

    “I wish Spam was my real Daddy”

    WHAT??? LOLOL!

    Yes I have too much time on my hands.

    I went to the supermarket last night. A box of Cheerios for $5.69? Grapes were $3.99 per pound. It costs me a small fortune every time I go. Outrageous.

    Maybe I will be eating spam soon afterall. And lots of rice, beans, speghetti and potatoes. I don’t know how people do it. Especially with a family to feed.

    Posted by Epiphany
    May 29th, 2008 at 7:35 am
  8. Ok, so it’s pork shoulders, but look at it this way. If we go into a global depression and the electric power network collapses and the Anti-Christ brings on the end times and everyone starts talking like John Hagee, well at least you’ve still got spam because it doesn’t require refrigeration.

    And furthermore…

    Posted by RC from Smithtown
    May 29th, 2008 at 8:56 am
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  10. I eat SPAM on occasion. It’s one of the poverty foods that remind me to never be poor again.
    Cheap macaroni and cheese, fried bologna, SPAM, watery hamburger(hard to find these days), etc…

    Posted by Boogieman
    May 29th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
  11. Poverty foods? What’re you talking about? That’s great stuff! All you left out is Hormel chili, Chef Boy-R-Dee spaghetti, corn beef hash, and pizza-for-one!

    Pop open a bottle of dills and you got a total balanced diet!

    Posted by RC from Smithtown
    May 29th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
  12. people act so stupid sometimes. the anonymity of the email… sheeesh. say it to alan’s face chump!!! ;)

    and alan remember not all republicans act that way or feel that way. some of us really like you even though we disagree on almost everything.

  13. hmmm i meant to post that in the hate mail comments… i hope alan doesn’t think all republicans are dopey too. ;)

  14. i hate spam and bologna. GROSS.

  15. What!?
    Cheryl you need to one of these days just let go, close your eyes and devour a double stacker bologna sandwich. You’ll gain a better and the freshest perspective on bologna…it’s goooood.

    I’ll let spam be an alternative though.

  16. Lol, watery hamburgers…I’ve had those. I’m not poor though.

  17. i know a joke alot, but i’m NOT right now. thinking about eating bologna makes me want to throw up. i’m so serious.

    i’m the same with boiled hot dogs. GROSS.

    sorry, lydia…

  18. Yuck. Why not just be vegetarian? It’s much cheaper. We never buy meat, and that leaves more money for other stuff.
    But yes, groceries are putting us in the poorhouse.
    Seriously. We pay the rent, buy the groceries, and utilities, and there’s nothing left.

  19. How do you know its good alen? did you and Jay diamond share a couple cans bought from walgreens?

    Posted by Anonymous
    May 31st, 2008 at 9:44 am