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67th anniversary of Spam

67th anniversary of Spam

Posted Mar 8, 2004 1:47 UTC (Mon) by bkeepers (guest, #13299)
Parent article: Spam's tenth anniversary is today (Netcraft)

Ironically enough, March 5 was the 67th anniversary of Spam(R) (the meat-or whatever you'd call it).


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Spam in a can

Posted Mar 8, 2004 14:21 UTC (Mon) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

It's a "potted meat product". But the common date is not ironic, it's just almost unbelieveably coincidental. I wonder if it's true. If so, we can start telling journalists that's where spam got its name, and stop confusing them with Monty Python skits. :-)

Of course nobody actually eats SPAM, except in Hawaii.

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