Spam

thtownse commented on the list spam--2

Great list in the making - I hope you get tons more spam so you can add more to it. (kidding)

I am particularly amused by the "from" names that are provided. Somehow the spam names are always just a bit off, and sometimes they are wildly off. Like "Fulgham Slager" or "Aurora Rushing".

Have you seen any of the sites featuring poetry constructed entirely of spam? Greatly amusing.

June 6, 2008

bilby commented on the list spam--2

Keep contributing! Send me the names of your spamalicious correspondents! Yes!

I haven't seen the sites you mention. I've dabbled in poems made of spam myself, still do.

June 7, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list spam--2

I have to say my spam correspondents have a rather good vocabulary. For example:

Experience new levels of pleasure

and, most impressive,

Rectify your weak points now!

June 23, 2008

bilby commented on the list spam--2

Thanks for the additions and comments.

June 23, 2008

bilby commented on the list spam--2

See also the 'from' field.

June 23, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list spam--2

I received this one today:

Achieve maximum sexual nirvana

when Ally McFeal (sic) shows up in court in her micro-miniskirt and NO panties, the jury sizzled

June 24, 2008

plethora commented on the list spam--2

Bilby, I have to thank you for stopping my spam. I used to get tons of it, and a lot of it was hilarious. But since you started this list I have been waiting for something amusing to add but my spam-flow is almost nonexistent!

July 1, 2008

bilby commented on the list spam--2

Pleth :-)

July 5, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list spam--2

Upsize your hotdog to a French loaf.

Spam.

October 7, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list spam--2

Yes, weekend!

Spam.

November 8, 2008

bilby commented on the list spam--2

Yes!

November 8, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list spam--2

You still have the best spam, bilby.

January 20, 2009

bilby commented on the list spam--2

I'm a nonsense magnet.

January 20, 2009

pterodactyl commented on the list spam--2

Got this today:

It has been long time since we did not meet.

Doesn't that sound like it means "let's stop seeing each other"?

February 24, 2009

bilby commented on the list spam--2

It's over!

February 24, 2009

vanishedone commented on the list spam--2

Some more examples are here.

April 6, 2009

madmouth commented on the list spam--2

One is moved to consider how 'spam' has moved to the highest and lowest places. Here, it stands for lowly internet garbage. At Lotte Mart, however, come Chuseok, shiny and expensive Spam Gift Packs abound.

June 12, 2009

bilby commented on the list spam--2

What's Chuseok?

I've never consumed the official Spam product and never will so I'm not quite sure whether to fall for Monty Python's implied class slur. Regardless, I find computer-age spam generally fascinating; the generally low signal-to-noise ratio of most internet stuff tends to produce lots of odd linguistic items for me to pick over.

June 12, 2009

madmouth commented on the list spam--2

being one of the American food rations Koreans have inexplicably fond memories of, Spam really transcends classes here. even white-collar workers who golf for a hobby will take their family out for bude jjige ("army stew", of which Spam is a principal component).

Chuseok

I must say I've never gotten such creative spam in my mailbox (the closest being totally legitimate bank statements with the subject line SKXXXXXXXXXX). what's remarkable about a lot of the entries here is how the word generators use genuinely meaningful-sounding English syllables; it's not letter-jumbling.

June 12, 2009

yarb commented on the list spam--2

Growing up in the UK in the 80's spam was still a pretty common ingredient in stews, hashes and the like. There's nothing wrong with it, it's no worse than your average sausage.

June 12, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list spam--2

Ex-beau of mine (a Brit) swore by his favorite comfort-food dish: cold slices of Spam covered with heated-up canned spaghetti.

June 13, 2009

yarb commented on the list spam--2

That strikes me as vile but it's exactly the sort of thing Brits of a certain generation ate a lot of at school.

June 13, 2009

Prolagus commented on the list spam--2

I should not have clicked on this page.

June 13, 2009

bilby commented on the list spam--2

Brit balked at becoming Beau Bear?

June 13, 2009

seanahan commented on the list spam--2

Apparently I can't tag this page, but I was going to tag vomit inducing.

June 14, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list spam--2

Bear balked at having Brit beau. :) Admittedly, he was more of a space alien than an actual Brit. Though he did introduce me to baked beans on toast, which I really (despite my own wishes) like.

June 15, 2009