Hit 5,000 before WOA 2003?

[Aegir]

If all the cans of Spam ever eaten were put end-to-end, they would circle the globe at least ten times.

 

[Aegir]

In the U.S. alone, 3.8 cans of Spam "are consumed every second"(assuming SPAM is eaten 24 hours a day, 365.25 days a year).

 

[Aegir]

By 1959, a billion cans of SPAM had been sold. The two billion mark was hit in 1970, followed by three billion in 1980, four billion in 1986, and five billion in 1993. That's a lot of SPAM!

 

[Aegir]

In Korea, SPAM is sold in stylish presentation gift boxes of nine cans each. SPAM stolen from army PXs can be found on the Korean black market. And there are Korean imitations called Lo-Spam, Dak, Plumrose, and Tulip, to ensure that no one need go without.

 

[Aegir]

Nikita Krushchev once credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. ''Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army,'' he said.

 

[calonderiel]

Damn! Where's Argon when you need him?

Aegir made his full page without being bothered! UNFAIR!!!!

 

[Aegir]

SPAM is made in two U.S. locations - Austin, Minnesota, and Fremont, Nebraska - and seven other countries: England, Australia, Denmark, Phillipines, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.

 

[calonderiel]

Oh, and Aegir, Nice work! We'll have a nice spamming done today if we keep up the good work

 

[Aegir]

Now I will hold a Q&A session about Spam, also taken from that site...

If anybody hasn't guessed, I'm very bored and I STILL have half an hour to burn

 

[Aegir]

Originally posted by calonderiel
Damn! Where's Argon when you need him?

Aegir made his full page without being bothered! UNFAIR!!!!

I know, its great
Come on, spam with me, post something useless!

 

[calonderiel]

Originally posted by Aegir
I know, its great
Come on, spam with me, post something useless!

something useless

 

[calonderiel]

There, you happy?

 

[Aegir]

Aegir answers your spam questions!

Question 1
How is SPAM made?

According to Hormel: ''The ingredients are ground to a medium-coarse texture. Spices are then added to enhance the product's natural flavour. After the blending process is completed, the meat is mechanically filled into cans, sealed, and cooked in a ret ort oven. Upon leaving the retort, the cans are dried and transferred to the packaging area. A caser then automatically unscrambles and distributes the cans into the feed section, forms the corrugated tray, and loads the cans into each tray. the packed cases are conveyed through an automatic code dater and a shrink film tunnel. The sealed cases are then transferred to the storage and warehouse area to await shipment.''

Wow!

 

[Aegir]

Originally posted by calonderiel
There, you happy?

Ecstatic

 

[calonderiel]

Originally posted by Aegir
Ecstatic

I'm so happy to please people...