Drunken Pumpkin :: 2007 :: April

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April 2007

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part X

The SPAM luncheon meat trademark is registered in 93 countries.

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part IX

SPAM is sold in over 99% of U.S. grocery stores.

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2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part VIII

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.

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part VII

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.

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part VI

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).

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part V

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

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part IV

By World War II, Hormel had sold twenty thousand tons of Spam. Then, during the wartime meat rationing, Spam got popular

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part III

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.

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part II

Residents of Hawai’i eat an average of four cans of SPAM per person per year, more than in any other place on Earth.

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

That’s right! Today the Drunken Pumpkin is spamming you! Part I

Spam Ingredients:Chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, Salt, Water, Sugar, Sodium Nitrite

2007 04 23

Educational (Mostly)

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