For the benefit of all you young un's (and so I can increase my post count!! SPAM SPAM SPAM):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(Monty_Python)
Quote:
Waitress: (brightly) "Well, there's Spam, egg, sausage, and Spam, that's not got much Spam in it."
Mrs Bun: (exasperated) "I don't want any Spam!"
Mr Bun attempts to mollify his wife:
Mr Bun: "Don't make a fuss, dear. I'll have your Spam. I love it. I'm having Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans, Spam, Spam, and Spam."
Waitress: "Baked beans are off."
Mr Bun: (to Waitress) "Well, can I have Spam instead of the baked beans, then?"
Waitress: "You mean Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, and Spam?"
and as for Spam the "meat" product:
Quote:
Spam was one of the few meats excluded from the British food rationing that began in World War II and continued for a number of years after the war, and the British grew heartily tired of it, hence the sketch.
The Spam joke got used as a term for repetitive internet crap (see: most of my posts) due to the similarity between the relentless pushing of Spam in the sketch, and the relentless pushing of crap via the net. There, now you know!
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